Building Futures Capacity Across Wales

Hwb Dyfodol is a collaborative initiative designed to build expertise and capacity in foresight and futures thinking across Wales. By bringing together practitioners from various organizations, we’re creating a strong foundation for long-term planning and decision-making that benefits future generations.

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Our Purpose

Hwb Dyfodol serves as a central hub of expertise on futures thinking, methodologies and practices, supporting organisations to build skills to better understand and prepare for different possible futures. Through collaborative projects, training, and knowledge sharing, we're embedding futures thinking into Wales' public services and beyond.

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Our Activities

We deliver regular in-person futures training sessions across Wales. We have also developed Welsh-language resources based on UK Government Office for Science materials. We also offer tailored sessions to organisations committed to truly embedding futures thinking in their processes and culture, dependent on our capacity.

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Projects

As our core members include Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales, Public Health Wales and the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner, our expertise has supported key statutory projects like the Future Generations Report 2025 and the State of Natural Resources Report 2025. We also have plans to support the Future Trends Report 2026.

We’re exploring how futures approaches can strengthen Public Services Boards’ assessments and well-being plans; and can collaborate on strategic projects that apply futures methodologies to address complex challenges.

We’re also hoping to build strong partnerships with academic institutions through joint research initiatives, workshops, and funding applications.

Community of Practice

We facilitate a growing community of practitioners who meet every two months to share learning, best practices, and collaborate on futures work. This network strengthens Wales’ collective futures capacity and provides mutual support for implementing innovative approaches.

Join Us

Hwb Dyfodol welcomes collaboration with organisations and individuals interested in building futures literacy and applying foresight methodologies. Together, we can make Wales the most futures-literate nation in the world.

For more information about Hwb Dyfodol and how to get involved, please contact us at contactus@futuregenerations.wales