Steffan Cravos former Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, and Osian Jones the organisation's North Wales Field Workrt are to appear before Caernarfon Magistrates Court at 9 o'clock tomorrow, Wednesday August 14th. They have been charged with criminal damage following their arrest on June 9th for painting slogans calling for a New Welsh language Act on Superdrug and Boots stores in Llangefni, Bangor and Caernarfon.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has vowed to do everything possible to stop a housing development, which would undermine a Welsh speaking community in the Teifi valley and which makes a total nonsense of planning laws.
In order to draw attention to the housing crisis in our communities members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg intend to build a house on the National Eisteddfod field at 1 o'clock today (friday August 8th). The house will then be carried to the unit of Welsh Assembly Government on the field.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will deliver it's final warning to the Welsh Assembly Government on the Eisteddfod field on Thursday August 7th at 1 o' clock. Alun Ffred Jones the new Heritage Minister has been invited to join the demonstration.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith will be taking action on the Eisteddfod field in Cardiff to open up the campaign and debate about a Welsh-medium Federal College to the people. Education Minister, Jane Hutt, has announced that a Working Group - to be chaired by Robin Williams - is being set up to look at different models for establishing a Welsh-medium Federal College which was one of the core commitments of the Coalition Government's One-Wales document.
The new Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones will attend a book launch at the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg tent (906 -908) on the National Eisteddfod field at 1 o'clock on Monday August 4th. The book, 'Hawl i'r Gymraeg' (A Right to Use the Welsh Language) by Gwion Lewis one of the foremost legal minds of his generation discusses the linguistic rights of Welsh speakers in relation to European and international law.
Today, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will be putting the case for a Welsh language daily newspaper before the National Assembly's Petition's Committee which meets at the Royal Show in Llanelwedd today. Cymdeithas had launched a petition following the announcement made by the Heritage Minister, Rhodri Glyn Thomas last February that there would only be a £200,000 annual grant towards the development of the welsh language press.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has written to Alun Ffred Jones congratulating him on his appointment as the new Heritage Minister. Speaking on behalf of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Dafydd Morgan Lewis said,
"We wish Alun Ffred Jones well in his new job. Our feeling at the moment is that the Welsh Assembly Government is still on trial as far as its commitment to the Welsh language is concerned. The failure, earlier this year to establish a Welsh language daily newspaper was a great disappointment. But WAG's greatest test will come in the Autumn when the LCO on the Welsh language is published."
Steffan Cravos former Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, and Osian Jones the organisation's North Wales Organizer are to appear before Caernarfon Magistrates Court at 9 o'clock tomorrow, Wednesday July 15th. They have been charged with criminal damage following their arrest on June 9th for painting slogans calling for a New Welsh language Act on Superdrug and Boots stores in Llangefni, Bangor and Caernarfon. Two school pupils, also arrested with Osian Jones and Steffan Cravos and Osian Jones were given an official warning by the police. The police also confiscated a car and mobile phones belonging to the defendants.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have hit out at the pressure which Carmarthenshire
County Council have exerted on Ysgol Carreg Hirfaen which is a 3-site
federation. By changing the funding formula to discriminate against
smaller schools , and by removing the allowance for federations, the
Council are trying to force the Governors to close two of the sites in
the small villages of Llanycrwys and Ffarmers. Parents have been given
just 3 weeks notice that their school sites could close.
Ceredigion County Council's Cabinet will be discussing tomorrow their 'School reorganisation policy.
Below you will find Cymdeithas yr Iaith's response to this report:
Cymdeithas yr Iaith welcomes Ceredigion's willingness to discuss with
all concerned a county-wide strategy for rural schools. This is in stark
contrast with the bureaucratic attitude of Carmarthenshire County
Council which drew up a hit-list of schools for closure and only enters
into consultation when required to do so by statutory processes.
Steffan Cravos, Cymdeithas yr Iaith's Entertainment Officer, recently announced on C2 Radio Cymru the full list of bands playing at Cymdeithas yr Iaith's gigs during the National Eisteddfod Week in Cardiff this year. Two gigs per night will run from Saturday 2nd of August to Saturday August 9th, and all of the gigs are being held at Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street, Cardiff.
On Thursday Jane Hutt is expected to make an announcement concerning the Welsh Assembly Government's policy regarding a Welsh Medium Federal College. To coincide with this Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will today be presenting a petition with 1,000 signatures to the Education Minister and the Petition's Committee. The petition draws attention to the four principles that have been central to the campaign from the start.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have welcomed the statement made by Councillor Liz Saville (the cabinet member that holds the education portfolio) that the old school re-organisation plan has come to an end and there are no longer any schools on the list of closure, nor are there any plans to enforce change on other schools. We welcome her statement made in the Council chamber today that the Council want to move forward by co-working with the Gwynedd School Alliance and Cymdeithas yr Iaith. The clause asking the new committee to 'make a list of schools to close' was deleted.
Slogans were painted last night on 'Boots' branches at Aberaeron and Lampeter stating "95% uniaith Saesneg" (95% English only) and stickers calling for a New Welsh Language Act were plastered over Boots branches in Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Llanelli, Newcastle Emlyn and on the Superdrug branches in Aberystwyth and Carmarthen.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on all those free to travel to come to Caernarfon at 1pm Thursday 19th June ahead of a crucial meeting of Gwynedd County Council. The Council will be considering a motion from the education scrutiny Committee to set up a Working Party to draw up a new Schools Plan. According to the Scrutiny Committee, it would be within the remit of the Working Party to draw up a new list of schools for closure.
Ammendments may be forthcoming, but it is Cymdeithas's basic belief that it is not the business of any central working party of the Council to make recommendations on closures for schools. Such a working party could study reports, gather evidence, even draw up guidelines regarding the criteria for the viability of schools. But the fate of individual schools and the way in which local schools co-operate with each other are matters to be discussed with local schools and communities.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called on Jane Hutt to intervene to stop Carmarthenshire County Council’s dash to review village schools.
Following 15 minutes of self-congratulatory discussion, Carmarthenshire’s Executive Board passed the recommendation to review the future of 11 Welsh-medium Village Schools this year and begin discussions on another six – all within a month of getting the election over.
Four members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), including Cymdeithas' regional officer in the north – Osian Jones, and former Chairman – Steffan Cravos, were arrested in Caernarfon last night for painting slogans and covering the branches of Boots and Superdrug in the town with posters calling for a New Welsh Language Act. Boots and Superdrug branches in Caernarfon, Bangor and Llangefni were also targeted as part of Cymdeithas' 'Transforming the Private Sector' Campaign.
Today (Thursday 5th June), during the early hours of this morning, members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in the Gwynedd-Môn Region went out to paint the slogan "Cadwn ein Hysgolion" (Save our Schools) on a wall in Caernarfon Town Centre.
The purpose of this act was to send a clear and sincere message to Gwynedd Education Scrutiny Committee, which meets at 2.00pm, and reflects the widespread opposition of Gwynedd citizens to the Council's re-organisation plans.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has dubbed Carmarthenshire Cabinet Member for Education, Coun. Ieuan Jones, 'Mr Forgetful' for conveniently forgetting to tell voters in last month’s election of plans revealed today for a bumper year for Village School Closures in the county.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on the new Executive Committee of Ynys Mon County Council to reject the advice of officers at a crucial meeting of the Committee tomorrow (2/6) to discuss the future of Village Schools. According to Cymdeithas’s message to Committee members, County Council officers appear to viewlast month’s election, which resulted in a new ruling coalition, as an unfortunate inconvenience and they wish to press ahead with a clear-out of village schools.
At the culmination of a march on the field of the Urdd National Eisteddfod in Penrhyn Bay at 3pm today, Cymdeithas yr Iaith will be calling on the Assembly’s Education Minister to “stop the proposed mass cull of Welsh-medium Village Schools.”
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has welcomed the statement by Dyfed Edwards, new leader of Plaid Group on Gwynedd County Council, that the draft plan for re-organising primary schools 'must be looked at again.'
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has accused Rhodri Glyn Thomas the Heritage Minister of political spin with today's announcement that 57 organisations are to treat Welsh on an equal footing with English.
After receiving a knock back on their previous application for 50
houses in Pont-Tyweli, Llandysul, as it was decided by the council
planning authority that such a development would damage the local
community, the developers - Eatonfield Group, have now resubmitted an
application which Cymdeithas yr Iaith claim is an attempt to con the
council into giving them what they wanted.
A protest by members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg in Morrisons Caernarfon was held on Saturday (May 3rd, 2008). The store’s English only leaflets were presented back to the company in a large pile at the shop’s entrance. Members went on to try to take down a large English only sign from the roof inside the shop. Stickers were also placed in the shop reading 'Where's the Welsh.' Police were called, but no arrests were made.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have supported the call made by Gwynedd Schools and Supporters' Alliance for the new County Council to recognise that there is now no way that they can proceed to adopt the controversial Schools Re-organisation Plan. Cymdeithas Education spokesperson Ffred Ffransis said:
"The same situation will face whoever leads the new Council. The Assembly Government will not decide until next year what new models of co-operation between schools will be available to suit local needs, and it would be outrageous to take out individual schools now before we have even seen the new possibilities. Following their admission that they must wait to study the new developments, Gwynedd County Council have no Plan left to ratify at their June meeting.
In face of the stunning election results today in Carmarthenshire, Cymdeithas yr Iaith have announced that they will be calling on the new County Council to immediately bin its controversial schools closure plan which could have led to the closure of 40 Welsh-medium primary schools.
Cymdeithas chair in Carmarthenshire, Sioned Elin, sadi " This has been the first Council election since the Modernising Educational Provision Plan was published in 2005, and the people's first chance to give their verdict. In this as well as many other fields it is obvious that the people of Carmarthenshire believe that the Council has acted in an arrogant way to force its decisions on them. We shall be calling on the new Council to immediately bin this plan which would destroy our schools and Welsh-speaking communities and re-engage the people to discuss ways forward. It is obvious that this has been an issue in Carmarthenshire as well as in other areas."
While giving support to the Welsh Government's proposal to allow local authorities to purchase houses and rent them back to homeowners who are experiencing mortgage repayment problems, Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called on the government to 'go the extra mile' and establish a 'right to rent' policy.
Pickets were held outside the Salisbury Road branch of Tesco Express in Cathays, Cardiff and Tesco in Bangor. This is but one of many events being held by Cymdeithas yr Iaith (The Welsh Language Society) to underline the need for an effective New Welsh Language Act. More pickets and protests will be held during the next few weeks.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have drawn the attention of the Education Minister to the uccess of a small school of 26 children in Ceredigion. Ysgol Dihewyd have received a glowing report from Estyn.
Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg targeted targeted Tesco and Morrison stores through out Wales last night, covering them with stickers calling for a New Welsh Language Act. The stores targeted were in Bangor, Caernarfon, Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Swansea and Cardiff (Grangetown and 2 stores on Cowbridge Road). A slogan was painted on the wall of the Morrison store in Caernarfon.
As part of Cymdeithas yr Iaith's campaign to remind the Assembly Government of the need for strong legislation regarding the Welsh language, Carmarthen Town's Mayor will be filling a complaint form outside Tesco in Carmarthen on Thursday morning the 27th of March at 11am. Cymdeithas yr Iaith will be targeting 2 private sector companies every 2 months from now until the end of the year, focusing on Tesco and Morrisons in the months of March and April.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has welcomed the announcement by Coun. Dyfed Edwards (Holder of Education Portfolio in Gwynedd) that the plan to re-organise dozens of Gwynedd schools into federations has been suspended for a year to allow consideration of the new possibilities for collaboration between schools which are anticipated in new Assembly guidelines shortly to be published. The Society has called on everyone to use the year to work out local solutions "from the bottom-up". Cymdeithas has also pointed out that the closure threat to 7 Welsh-medium village schools in the county during the coming year still remains.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on Gwynedd, Conwy and Ynys Môn County Councils to co-operate with each other and with Menai, Llandrillo and Meirion-Dwyfor Colleges to host a conference for all the relevant public bodies to discuss how best to develop Village Schools as part of the Regeneration Strategy for our Welsh-speaking village communities.
Cymdeithas call for an end to tokenism In language impact studies
On the day that the issue will be debated in the Chamber, Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called on Assembly Government Officers to put an end to tokenism where the effect of school closures on the Welsh language is considered.
Following a rally organised by Cymdeithas yr Iaith on the 23rd of February, the pressure group will now target the supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons in their campaign for a new language act. The need for strong campaigning has arisen following the consensus amongst members, that the Assembly's 'One Wales' government are sluggish in the process of securing a language act, and that there is need for direct action to be placed upon these companies as a means to ensure progress.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg - The Welsh Language Society - will present a petition to Heritage Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas tomorrow (Monday March 3 2008) calling on him to keep his promise to establish a Welsh language daily newspaper. Over a 1,000 people have signed the petition which has only been running for a limited period of a fortnight.
Today, which is the day that students receive their results for the first semester, the students themselves will be awarding degrees to Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have slammed the 'cavalier' and 'insensitive' way in which Carmarthenshire County Council have treated parents and local communities whose schools have been threatened with closure. The Society have called the Council's so-called Modernising Education Policy an 'absolute shambles' and have called on voters to call the Council to account in the Local Election in a few weeks time.
At 11 am on Saturday February 23 Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will hold a National Rally calling for a New Welsh Language Act outside the National Assembly in Cardiff Bay. The National Assembly Government has already broken two of the promises included in the 'One Wales' document and we are holding this rally in order to make sure that the commitment to a New Welsh Language Act will not be the third broken promise.
Annwyl Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Minister for Heritage),
I write on behalf of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg to express our members’ disappointment that the Assembly Government has broken its promise to establish a Welsh language daily newspaper. I don’t question your personal commitment to the concept, but I must question some apparent contradictions in the government’s policies. The promise to establish a Welsh language daily newspaper is very clear in the One Wales agreement: “We will expand the funding and support for Welsh-medium magazines and newspapers, including the establishment of a Welsh-language daily newspaper.”
Cymdeithas yr Iaith members will be picketing Costa Cafe in Aberystwyth,Monday 18/2/08, on their opening day, in protest of the total lack of respect shown by the company to the Welsh language and the local community. A letter from the Town Council asking companies to use bilingual signs was ignored and the County Council's stipulation that only shops should open on the high street has also been ignored.
A documentary by Lleucu Meinir showing how the closure of a Welsh medium village school affects pupils, teachers and the community. Lleucu filmed during the last week of Ysgol Mynyddcerrig, Carmarthenshire in July 2007
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has severely criticised the Welsh Assembly Government after Rhodri Glyn Thomas, the Heritage Minister, announced on Tuesday that only £200,000 per annum will be made available to support the Welsh language press, despite a clear promise in the One Wales Agreement that the level of support would include specific subsidy sufficient to set up a daily Welsh language newspaper.
From now until April Gwynedd County Council has invited public discussion and responses to it’s strategy for reorganising junior schools. If the strategy is implemented over 20 Welsh village communities could lose their educational centres completely with tens of others being reorganised. The Welsh Language Society demands that solutions are found which meet the needs of each individual community and urges everyone to send responses to the Council.
The first stage a week today of Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s March for Village Schools will take campaigners from Ysgol y Parc (one of the first schools on the Council’s hit-list) to the Tryweryn Chapel of Remembrance lakeside at Llyn Celyn. A brief meeting will be held at the Chapel to remember the loss of Tryweryn and of dedication to fight against the loss of further Welsh-speaking communities through the loss of Village Schools.
A key meeting was held on Monday morning, the 4th of February between representatives of Mudiadau Dathlu’r Gymraeg – Celebrating Our Language, and the Minister for Heritage, Rhodri Glyn Thomas. The formation of this new umbrella group was welcomed by the mimnister as it sees the first attempt to galvanize the efforts of 13 organisations across Wales to highlight the need for stronger legislation.
For the first time ever a film will be shown at Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s Annual General Meeting – taking place at 10.30am this Saturday (2/2) in the Morlan, Aberystwyth. The 10-minute docu-film “Diwrnodau Olaf Ysgol Mynyddcerrig” (“The Last Days of Mynyddcerrig Village School”) will be shown immediately before Cymdeithas members discuss a motion to give active support to the first wave of schools in Gwynedd facing the Council’s axe this year.
In response to the results of a recent survey by the BBC's Dragon's Eye programme which claimed that very few Welsh speakers utilised Welsh language Services in the public and private sectors, Cymdeithas yr Iaith argue that this provides definite proof of the need for a new Welsh Language Act. Cymdeithas believe that the tokenistic and random services offered by a few companies and institutions, such as those named in the survey, mean that it is often easier to accept the English language service rather than insisting on a Welsh language service.
Steffan Cravos former Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, and Osian Jones the organisation's North Wales Field Workrt are to appear before Caernarfon Magistrates Court at 9 o'clock tomorrow, Wednesday August 14th. They have been charged with criminal damage following their arrest on June 9th for painting slogans calling for a New Welsh language Act on Superdrug and Boots stores in Llangefni, Bangor and Caernarfon.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has vowed to do everything possible to stop a housing development, which would undermine a Welsh speaking community in the Teifi valley and which makes a total nonsense of planning laws.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will deliver it's final warning to the Welsh Assembly Government on the Eisteddfod field on Thursday August 7th at 1 o' clock. Alun Ffred Jones the new Heritage Minister has been invited to join the demonstration.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith will be taking action on the Eisteddfod field in Cardiff to open up the campaign and debate about a Welsh-medium Federal College to the people. Education Minister, Jane Hutt, has announced that a Working Group - to be chaired by Robin Williams - is being set up to look at different models for establishing a Welsh-medium Federal College which was one of the core commitments of the Coalition Government's One-Wales document.
The new Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones will attend a book launch at the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg tent (906 -908) on the National Eisteddfod field at 1 o'clock on Monday August 4th. The book, 'Hawl i'r Gymraeg' (A Right to Use the Welsh Language) by Gwion Lewis one of the foremost legal minds of his generation discusses the linguistic rights of Welsh speakers in relation to European and international law.
Today, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will be putting the case for a Welsh language daily newspaper before the National Assembly's Petition's Committee which meets at the Royal Show in Llanelwedd today. Cymdeithas had launched a petition following the announcement made by the Heritage Minister, Rhodri Glyn Thomas last February that there would only be a £200,000 annual grant towards the development of the welsh language press.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has written to Alun Ffred Jones congratulating him on his appointment as the new Heritage Minister. Speaking on behalf of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Dafydd Morgan Lewis said,
On Thursday Jane Hutt is expected to make an announcement concerning the Welsh Assembly Government's policy regarding a Welsh Medium Federal College. To coincide with this Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will today be presenting a petition with 1,000 signatures to the Education Minister and the Petition's Committee. The petition draws attention to the four principles that have been central to the campaign from the start.
Slogans were painted last night on 'Boots' branches at Aberaeron and Lampeter stating "95% uniaith Saesneg" (95% English only) and stickers calling for a New Welsh Language Act were plastered over Boots branches in Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Llanelli, Newcastle Emlyn and on the Superdrug branches in Aberystwyth and Carmarthen.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has dubbed Carmarthenshire Cabinet Member for Education, Coun. Ieuan Jones, 'Mr Forgetful' for conveniently forgetting to tell voters in last month’s election of plans revealed today for a bumper year for Village School Closures in the county.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on the new Executive Committee of Ynys Mon County Council to reject the advice of officers at a crucial meeting of the Committee tomorrow (2/6) to discuss the future of Village Schools. According to Cymdeithas’s message to Committee members, County Council officers appear to viewlast month’s election, which resulted in a new ruling coalition, as an unfortunate inconvenience and they wish to press ahead with a clear-out of village schools.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has accused Rhodri Glyn Thomas the Heritage Minister of political spin with today's announcement that 57 organisations are to treat Welsh on an equal footing with English.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have slammed the 'cavalier' and 'insensitive' way in which Carmarthenshire County Council have treated parents and local communities whose schools have been threatened with closure. The Society have called the Council's so-called Modernising Education Policy an 'absolute shambles' and have called on voters to call the Council to account in the Local Election in a few weeks time.
At 11 am on Saturday February 23 Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will hold a National Rally calling for a New Welsh Language Act outside the National Assembly in Cardiff Bay. The National Assembly Government has already broken two of the promises included in the 'One Wales' document and we are holding this rally in order to make sure that the commitment to a New Welsh Language Act will not be the third broken promise.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith members will be picketing Costa Cafe in Aberystwyth,Monday 18/2/08, on their opening day, in protest of the total lack of respect shown by the company to the Welsh language and the local community. A letter from the Town Council asking companies to use bilingual signs was ignored and the County Council's stipulation that only shops should open on the high street has also been ignored.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has severely criticised the Welsh Assembly Government after Rhodri Glyn Thomas, the Heritage Minister, announced on Tuesday that only £200,000 per annum will be made available to support the Welsh language press, despite a clear promise in the One Wales Agreement that the level of support would include specific subsidy sufficient to set up a daily Welsh language newspaper.
From now until April Gwynedd County Council has invited public discussion and responses to it’s strategy for reorganising junior schools. If the strategy is implemented over 20 Welsh village communities could lose their educational centres completely with tens of others being reorganised. The Welsh Language Society demands that solutions are found which meet the needs of each individual community and urges everyone to send responses to the Council.
The first stage a week today of Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s March for Village Schools will take campaigners from Ysgol y Parc (one of the first schools on the Council’s hit-list) to the Tryweryn Chapel of Remembrance lakeside at Llyn Celyn. A brief meeting will be held at the Chapel to remember the loss of Tryweryn and of dedication to fight against the loss of further Welsh-speaking communities through the loss of Village Schools.
A key meeting was held on Monday morning, the 4th of February between representatives of Mudiadau Dathlu’r Gymraeg – Celebrating Our Language, and the Minister for Heritage, Rhodri Glyn Thomas. The formation of this new umbrella group was welcomed by the mimnister as it sees the first attempt to galvanize the efforts of 13 organisations across Wales to highlight the need for stronger legislation. 
For the first time ever a film will be shown at Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s Annual General Meeting – taking place at 10.30am this Saturday (2/2) in the Morlan, Aberystwyth. The 10-minute docu-film “Diwrnodau Olaf Ysgol Mynyddcerrig” (“The Last Days of Mynyddcerrig Village School”) will be shown immediately before Cymdeithas members discuss a motion to give active support to the first wave of schools in Gwynedd facing the Council’s axe this year.
In response to the results of a recent survey by the BBC's Dragon's Eye programme which claimed that very few Welsh speakers utilised Welsh language Services in the public and private sectors, Cymdeithas yr Iaith argue that this provides definite proof of the need for a new Welsh Language Act. Cymdeithas believe that the tokenistic and random services offered by a few companies and institutions, such as those named in the survey, mean that it is often easier to accept the English language service rather than insisting on a Welsh language service.