Councillors have expressed pride in the way Carmarthenshire County Council has promoted the use and importance of the Welsh language across the county over the last year.

The Welsh Language Annual Report has been published, and approved by Cllr Glynog Davies, cabinet member for education and Welsh language.

The report explains the steps taken to ensure that the council provides services for the public in Welsh and operates internally in Welsh.

There are also details about how the council promotes the Welsh language across the county and considers the Welsh language in developing policy. 

The report provides data on the Welsh language skills of the workforce and Welsh language training provided by the Council.

Councillor Glynog Davies, cabinet member for education and Welsh language, said: “This is the sixth year of implementing the Welsh Language Standards, during a period of adapting and rebuilding following lockdowns and the disruption of the pandemic.

“The extremely high standards were continued while providing on-line services and communicating with our residents.

“Our communication work was provided in accordance with the standards without fail, throughout the storms, with weather warnings and all information about road closures being provided bilingually, across our social media platforms, at the same time in Welsh and English.

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“Following the Covid-19 pandemic, we are extremely proud of the way in which we placed the Welsh language at the heart of the work of rebuilding services and re-establishing regeneration projects.

“This thorough report, along with the data that will come from the census later this year, provides a full picture of the situation of the Welsh language in the county. It will be a sound basis for planning for the Welsh language in the future.

“The council has already started the work of coordinating efforts to plan for the future and prepare a new promotion strategy for the next five years.

“In presenting this report, I must recognise the tireless work of Councillor Peter Hughes-Griffiths, who was responsible for the Welsh language, tourism, culture and leisure portfolio in the cabinet during the work period of this report.

“I look forward to continuing the work of providing, developing and promoting the Welsh Language with the same tenacity and working with the new Welsh language commissioner, Efa Gruffudd Jones, during the next period.”