Welsh Cakes I feel that if I’m talking about Welsh Cakes, I should really introduce them first by their proper, Welsh name, Picau ar y maen, which simply means “cakes on the stone”, and the stone being the flat g...

As is only right and proper, Welsh Cakes are #RecipeOfTheDay, with thanks to Heulwen Williams who let me play with her granny’s recipe. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.nigella.com/recipes/wels...

Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night) YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

Announcing 'Newid - The Future Generations Changemaker Academy' launch 🚀

A new partnership between Bridgend College, @futuregencymru.bsky.social, OU Wales & Unloc to empower 16–25 year olds to lead change locally and nationally.

Read more here: university.open.ac.uk/wales/en/new...

Wales risks 'long-term damage' to cultural opportunities without new law Wales risks “long-term damage” to its cultural opportunities unless the next Welsh Government introduces a dedicated Culture Bill to protect it in law, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales ha...

Wales risks “long-term damage” to its cultural opportunities unless the next Welsh Government introduces a dedicated Culture Bill to protect it in law, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales has warned

📰 Newyddion: Tri chyngor newydd yng Nghymru i ddilyn Gwent wrth ddod yn lleoedd Marmot i fynd I'r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd.

Darllenwych fwy: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Group photo of Derek Walker (left), Sir Michael Marmot (middle) and Marie Brousseau-Navarro (right) stood together and looking forward.

📰 News: Three new councils in Wales to follow Gwent in becoming Marmot places to tackle health inequalities.

Learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Wales marks decade of putting future generations first It’s 2016 and Wales is making history. The Welsh men’s football team is about to reach the semi-finals of the European championships, Little Haven beach in Pembrokeshire becomes the first smoke-free b...

www.wales247.co.uk/wales-marks-...

📰 Statement: “Wake-up for the water industry” says Future Generations Commissioner.
Derek Walker’s response to Welsh Government’s Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Water in Wales: futuregenerations.wales/news/stateme...

Green Paper: Shaping the Future of Water Governance in Wales | GOV.WALES We are seeking your views on reform of water governance for Wales.

📣 Share your views and evidence to help shape the future of our water system in Wales. Welsh Government's consultation is now open, learn more: www.gov.wales/green-paper-...

Whilst this is a first, we know public bodies will need to increase funding for climate adaptation measures like this one.

Inside a decade of Wales' future generations commissioner It's 10 years since Wales created a future generations commissioner to banish short-term thinking from decisions shaping the future.

Article from me about ten years of Wales’s Future Generations Commissioner role - www.bigissue.com/opinion/a-de... @bigissue.com

Food partnerships in Wales: turning good food into local action in 2026 Jane Cook takes a look at aims to make Wales' excellent domestic food produce – and producers – accessible to as many people as possible.

Wales in the only country in the UK with a local food partnership in all of our local authority areas. They’re helping us grow more healthy, sustainable and local food and getting it to those who need it most. www.buzzmag.co.uk/food-partner... @futuregencymru.bsky.social

This week in collaboration with Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Co-Production Network Wales and representatives from PSBs we gathered with communities across the public sector to address how we can better coordinate the organisations that shape people’s lives. 🧵

Wales can’t keep treating the environmental crisis as an afterthought. Society itself must change. - Institute of Welsh Affairs Neil Sachdev reflects on his first 100 days as Chair of Natural Resources Wales as the organisation launches a sobering State of Natural Resources report.

“Di-ystwyth” - rhagair Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol ar gyflwr ein hinsawdd yn ôl Cadeirydd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru.

Darllenwch fwy am y pum cam gweithredu uniongyrchol y gellir eu cymryd nawr yng Nghymru i ddiogelu ein systemau ar gyfer y dyfodol: www.iwa.wales/agenda/2026/...

Natural Resources Wales issues stark warning over wildlife loss and polluted rivers A major Welsh environment report calls for action across society so people can live more sustainably.

"Collapsing wildlife and polluted rivers now a life or death issue" - @derek-walker.bsky.social

Read about the findings from the State of Natural Resources Report by Natural Resources Wales and the Commissioner's response in today's piece via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Independent Advisory Group on Future Electricity Grid for Wales: report and recommendations | GOV.WALES Report and recommendations to inform future electricity grid development in Wales.

In their recent report, we helped the Independent Advisory Group to shape Wales’ Future Electricity Grid.

💡There needs to be a transformation in how Welsh communities and businesses are involved in, and gain from, Wales’ energy future.

🔗Learn more: www.gov.wales/independent-...

We provided evidence to the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport & International Relations Committee on Welsh Government's International Strategy. 🧵

Can’t wait to see this next week

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’ In historic speech to mark UN’s 80th anniversary, secretary general makes impassioned plea for multilateralism and international law amid drastic US funding cuts

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’

What a privilege to have been asked to join a panel at this event tomorrow to share our ten years of experience in Wales of the Well-being of Future Generations Act and to talk about how we can increase global momentum behind the UN declaration for future generations.

NEWS: Wales is investing in sickness not health, the Future Generations Commissioner is warning, as he joins calls for a dramatic shift in the way we spend our budgets.

Read more: futuregenerations.wales/news/invest-...

📣 Rydym yn recriwtio: Arweinydd Rhaglen Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cyfnod Mamolaeth)!

📣 We're hiring: Future Generations Leadership Academy Programme Lead (Maternity Cover)!

Dyddiad cau / Closing date: 16/01/2026

🔗 futuregenerations.wales/discover/abo...

Former Irish President offers inspiration, but the outlook is bleak Martin Shipton Britain’s politics are in a dark place, so it was refreshing even for a short time to be exposed to the moral authority that exudes from Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland. ...

With social media swamped by climate emergency denial, the issue has been sidetracked into divisiveness and the chances of saving the planet are diminishing week by week, month by month and year by year ✍️Martin Shipton

How can local authorities in Wales shape better food systems? In partnership with @foodsensewales.bsky.social we have produced guidance for Welsh councils on how to use the policy levers they control to support more people.

Learn more: futuregenerations.wales/resources/fo...

Help raise £5000 to Monmouth Mayor's fund to help Monmouth residents affected by the devastating flood – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to Monmouth Mayor's fund to help Monmouth residents affected by the devastating flood. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

What the world can learn from Wales Dr Luci Attala When I tell people at UNESCO that I’m from Wales, their eyes light up. There’s a genuine curiosity about this small country in their corridors. Wales is known to some for its castles an...

Wales may be small and enchanting - a land of castles, dragons, and sea-laced horizons - but its true magic lies in its mindset. Here, the future is not an abstract hope but a legal promise ✍️Dr Luci Attala @uwtsd.bsky.social nation.cymru/feature/what...

Well done to the team @cwmpas.bsky.social

COP30 talks as Amazon tree-felling blamed for River Wye pollution Campaigners warn of a "hidden link" between tree-felling in the Amazon rainforest and UK pollution.

Wales' Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker has called for a "deforestation-free public sector" by 2028.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oh wow. How fancy!

There used to be benches here to sit down and take your shoes off before going into the changing rooms at my local swimming pool. Now there are just vending machines full of junk food. Is it any wonder we have an obesity crisis?