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Mixed response to school year consultation
- Plans to change the school year will not happen this Senedd term to allow schools to deliver other reforms and improve attainment.
- Decision on timing to be deferred to next Senedd term.
- Confirmation that changes to the school year will not take place in 2025/2026
First Minister seals first Act in office ensuring Wales is more attractive to infrastructure projects
Measures to modernise and simplify the process behind developing significant infrastructure projects in Wales have today become law – as the Infrastructure (Wales) Act gained Royal Assent.
Sports project helps more women to get active
Sports4All offers free activity sessions for women in Cardiff and encourages Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and girls to improve their wellbeing through sport and physical activity.
Education support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and young people
June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month and a chance to celebrate and learn more about the rich culture and heritage of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Wales.
Newport mental health charity benefiting from Welsh Government support
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, Lesley Griffiths has visited Newport Mind to see how £300,000 in Welsh Government funding has enabled the charity to open a new sanctuary space in their building and provide their facilities to more people.
Programme to boost attainment in schools continued for a second phase.
The Attainment Champions pilot, designed to help tackle the impact of poverty on learner’s educational attainment, will be extended into a second phase to further boost standards in schools.
Budding TV series sprouts from Wales
A Welsh animation company’s children’s series encouraging young audiences to take an interest in nature and the world around them has been picked-up to air by some of the UK’s leading broadcasters, including S4C and ITV.
New Urdd project will help young people in India
The Urdd is today launching a programme for young people from Wales to help combat sexual and gender-based violence in India, following funding from the Welsh Government.
Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales showcases Welsh circular economy with Indian counterpart
As the Welsh Government continues to celebrate the year of Wales in India, Prof. Jas Pal Badyal FRS, the Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) for Wales has this week met with India’s Principal Scientific Advisor, Prof. Ajay K Sood FRS, to discuss Wales’ leading circular economy, med-tech and agri-tech sectors.
Cabinet Secretary ‘out in the field’ to learn about sustainable land management
Climate Change and Rural Affairs Secretary Huw Irranca-Davies has been ‘out in the field’ learning about a world-leading Welsh Government programme responsible for evidence which support policies relating to sustainable food production, mitigating climate change and halt the decline in biodiversity.
The medical solutions of tomorrow, developed in Wales today
A wound-healing product made from maggot secretions and a blood test for Multiple Sclerosis - the first of its kind in the world - are among the Welsh innovations to secure support from the Welsh Government.
Learning about sea salt success on Ynys Môn
Huw Irranca-Davies, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change, has visited Halen Môn, one of Wales’s best-known Welsh producers and exporters to the rest of the world.