Organisations with the Cynnig Cymraeg
Early Years Wales
• Members of Early Years Wales will receive a hard copy of SmallTalk, their full-colour bilingual magazine, packed with articles to inspire you to embed and lead high-quality practice. Also available as a digital magazine.
• You can navigate their website in Welsh, where you will find resources to support your work in the early years, including resources to support the development of the Welsh language.
• You are welcome to communicate with them in Welsh or English and the same standard of service will be provided in both languages.
• They are committed to developing a bilingual workforce. Every job advertisement and job description will state whether Welsh is an essential or desirable skill. Where it is essential, the minimum requirement is level 3 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages); where desirable, the recruit will be supported to achieve level 3 over an agreed period during the recruitment process.
• You can download and/or purchase all of their publications either bilingually or in Welsh.
• They use Iaith Gwaith resources to help you identify Welsh speakers within the organisation, both digitally and in person.
Equal Education Partners
- Their website is fully bilingual and it is clear how to navigate between the Welsh and
English pages by selecting the language of choice at the top of each page. - You can write to them in Welsh and receive a reply in Welsh at any time. You can identify
their Welsh-speaking staff by the Iaith Gwaith logo in their email signatures. - All of their key resources and guidance blogs for educators are available in Welsh.
- Their Safeguarding course is available in Welsh (“Diogelu”), which is compulsory for all
new teaching staff to complete when joining their team. All of their other professional
learning courses will soon also be available in Welsh. - Their social media content is bilingual and you are welcome to contact them in Welsh
through their social media channels.
Eryri Co-op
- They offer an E-Chat service through the medium of Welsh to their clients.
- They offer volunteering opportunities and support through the medium of Welsh to our volunteers.
- Their website is fully bilingual.
- They ask their clients what their preferred language is and strive to provide all services in their preferred language.
- They can speak with them in Welsh by email or phone.
Ffeistiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
JOB VACANCIES ADVERTISED BILINGUALLY
They are proud of the fact that all of our permanent and seasonal job vacancies are advertised bilingually on the website, which includes the job descriptions and application forms. This is of particular significance as it means that applicants can apply for any role, entirely through the medium of Welsh.
‘PLEASE WRITE TO ME IN WELSH OR ENGLISH EMAIL SIGNATURES’
They have added a bilingual email signature and a ‘Please write to me in Welsh or English’ banner on the large majority of our Welsh speaking staff members’ email footers. This makes it clear to Welsh speaking customers, which members of staff can correspond and answer their queries in Welsh.
CATERING MENUS AVAILABLE IN WELSH
They make sure all Catering outlets across the railway (Spooners at Porthmadog Harbour Station, Cafe De Winton at Caernarfon Station and Tearoom at Tan-y-Bwlch) have bilingual menus, either on request or on the same sheet. This means that customers in any of our catering outlets have the ability to view our food and drink options in Welsh.
BILINGUAL SOCIAL MEDIA BIOS
They have translated all our social media profile bios, (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube) which means followers and visitors to our different pages can read an overview of ‘who we are’ in both English and Welsh. First impressions are important and we wanted all our future social media page visitors to be greeted by a bilingual bio.
WELSH LANGUAGE SKILLS ENCOURAGED
They have a responsibility to encourage the use of the Welsh language among our staff and volunteers and therefore, on the large majority of our permanent and seasonal job vacancies, Welsh language skills are listed as desirable. We also encourage ‘a positive attitude towards the use of Welsh language’ on our various Volunteer adverts.
Ffilm Cymru
- They produce application forms in Welsh and English and welcome applications to our funds in the applicants preferred language choice.
- The website is fully bilingual, with an easy process to switch between languages.
- All job advertisements are published bilingually
- Dedicated Welsh language film funds designed to encourage the use of the language.
- Staff are offered free access to Welsh language lessons during work time.
- Iaith Gwaith lanyards and pin badges are used at events and meetings by Welsh language speakers and learners.
- All Ffilm Cymru Wales signage and marketing materials are bilingual.
- One-to-one advice sessions for filmmakers in Welsh
Fflach Cymunedol
Bilingual website
All correspondence available in Welsh and English
Bilingual social media
Promote musicians to perform in Welsh
FLVC
- They will reply to any correspondence they receive in Welsh in Welsh, this is done by one of their Welsh Speaking team or we have access to a translation service
- Their website is fully bilingual which enables them to reach a larger audience and be inclusive of all community members locally and across North Wales/Wales looking for support and guidance.
- All of their formal publications and information leaflets are produced bilingually
Galeri
- They promote their events in Welsh.
- They welcome inquiries from the public in Welsh – verbally, by email or letter or online.
- Their website is fully bilingual.
- They have a Welsh menu in their cafe.
- Their internal communication as a company is all in Welsh.
GISDA
- The language of GISDA is Welsh, their public image and corporate identity are entirely Welsh.
- They will give their customers and service users a proactive Welsh offer by starting every conversation in Welsh.
- Their key workers promote the importance of bilingual skills and the resulting local and national job opportunities when providing training and development.
- GISDA will continue to support its workforce to be confident in delivering services, support and projects through the medium of Welsh. By welcoming guests and tourists from outside Wales to Caffi GISDA, they will educate them about the Welsh language and culture.