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- 10 Years of the Well-being of Future Generations Act
- Blog: Listen to our young leaders. They know better than we do.
- Protect funding for prevention in Welsh Government budgets, says Future Generations Commissioner
- Leading economist Kate Raworth joins commissioner on new podcast exploring Cymru Can
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales supports call for peace as Cymru approach recognised at global awards
- Letter to the First Minister - Calls for Peace in Palestine
- Wales can be a Real Living Wage nation, says Future Generations Commissioner, ahead of major well-being event
- The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is calling on Welsh Government to say no to coal mining.
- Statement: “2025 must be the year we save our waterways,” says Future Generations Commissioner, Derek Walker, as major water review announced
- We can't fail our future generations says commissioner Derek Walker, as a report finds widening inequality
- Wales celebrates landmark moment as the UN Adopts Declaration on Future Generations
- Statement: Communities in Wales must feel benefits and be involved in changes, says Future Generations Commissioner, as ‘urgent’ Wales Net Zero 35 report published.
- Urgent action is needed to tackle river water quality in Wales: Letter to Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs & Deputy First Minister
- Wales’ ‘national treasures’ including castles are at ‘serious and constant risk’ due to climate change – Future Generations Commissioner makes call for better protection of our heritage assets
- Housing is fundamental to well-being in Wales
- Making Progress on Food #RoyalWelshShow
- Invitation to Quote: Supporting the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’ Advice and Assistance on the Welsh Government Budget Setting Process
- The food system is unfair, but Welsh citizens say a stronger local food culture could help
- Call for Evidence announced as Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker, says people are fed up of the state of our waters
- Statement: Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker, reiterates call for ceasefire in Gaza, as report out today warns a high risk of famine persists.
- Apply now for the Future Generations Leadership Academy – Yusra shares her story
- Seaweed could be Wales’ new superpower, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker
- Statement: Farmers in Wales are already paying a high price for inaction on climate change.
- Opportunity for all to learn future generations-thinking, as Future Generations Cymru and WJEC launch new sustainability qualification
- Wales Protocol for Future Generations – from Declaration to Implementation
- Statement: Obesity is a complex health and well-being issue which the health and social care sector cannot tackle alone and these new figures are worrying.
- Statement: Ensure communities remain at the heart of 20mph policy in Wales, as Future Generations Commissioner warns against u-turn
- Take food insecurity seriously, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, as he calls for long-term plan for feeding Wales’ future
- Long-term thinking to reduce health inequalities for current and future generations
- Refugee Ali joins Wales’ leaders of tomorrow as he graduates from Future Generations Leadership Academy
- Improving our nation’s health and acting on the climate and nature emergencies cannot wait – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’ statement on the Sustainable Farming Scheme
- Support communities to fight climate emergency, says Future Generations Commissioner as he launches call for all councils in Wales to be net zero
- "Cymru Can: Here's why we think it will..." - Rob Ashelford, Head of Nesta Cymru
- We need urgent action in Cymru to halt the decline of our vital public services, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker
- Statement: Everyone has the right to live in peace – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker, supports call for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
- COP is over for another year - now let’s up the pace on ending fossil fuels and accelerate action in Cymru, says Deputy Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Cymru Can Strengthen Community Resilience
- Future Generations Cymru Commissioner Response to Welsh Government Economic Mission
- Letter from Future Generations Commissioner for Wales - Decarbonisation of Pension Funds
- Cymru Can do better to improve lives for today and tomorrow
- Cymru Can – the new strategy from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales – says well-being law has to work harder
- “Single-use plastics ban is important for our climate and nature, our health and our communities,” says Future Generations Commissioner, Derek Walker.
- Statement from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales: State of Nature Report 2023
- “We’re not making enough progress in delivering the Well-being of Future Generations Act, as there is a mixed picture against national indicators. We need to use this report to encourage bold and urgent action,”
- Opportunity for Wales’ young changemakers of tomorrow - as Future Generations Leadership Academy offers places on its 2023 programme
- “Urgent CCC report calls for faster and smarter work on the climate emergency,” says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
- Commissioning strategic experts to help us develop a Theory of Change for Our Future Focus
- Future Generations Commissioner statement on community meeting in Ely today
- Future Generations Policy Leader Toolkit - placing future generations at the heart of global policy and practice
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales responds to new findings that better health makes economic common sense
- Commissioners join forces to highlight importance of solidarity between generations
- Bold transport solutions for cleaner air must involve and improve life for communities, says Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
- New Future Generations Commissioner reflects on first month as the new guardian for people in Wales not yet born
- ‘Not enough action is being taken to prevent damage to our rivers’, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker.
- Young leaders champion global change with relaunch of Future Generations Leadership Accelerator
- New Future Generations Commissioner calls for ‘urgent and transformational change’ as he takes up post on St David’s Day
- Another step in the right direction for future generations
- Changemaker 100: Future Generations Commissioner marks end of seven-year term by recognising Wales’ changemakers
- Wales – where well-being isn’t just a buzz word, it’s the law – reflects on seven years of its world-leading Future Generations Act
- Your-turn-ship: Cowshed and Future Generations Commissioner create new placement for underrepresented groups in Wales
- What might the world look like today if every country had a law protecting future generations?
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales calls for long-term policy ideas to protect against future cost of living emergencies
- Communities' voices put centre stage to boost lives of future generations
- UK’s first Future Generations Commissioner, Sophie Howe, visiting Dublin to share Welsh learnings on protecting future generations by law
- Response to Welsh Government’s Well-being of Wales Report 2022
- Support the Future Generations Commissioner with communications work - 2 contracts available
- Future Generations Commissioner and The Democracy Box Launch Manifesto For The Future
- Ukraine - As a Nation of Sanctuary, Wales needs to ensure that refugees arriving here from all over the world find us a welcoming nation
- Future Generations Commissioner's response to Welsh Government's UBI trial
- Walking the Talk: Stories of our personal journey – living the change we want to see in others
- Future Generations Commissioner calls for Shorter Working Week trial
- Request for Proposals: Wales’ Well-being of Future Generations Act – showing what’s possible
- Vacancy: Head of Finance
- Inspiring the Well-being champions of the future - the 2021 Future Generations Leadership Academy
- Specification: research into the future of governance
- Draft budget: Defining moment for Welsh Government
- Future Trends Report: It has never been more important to understand the world around us and the projected world of tomorrow
- Future Generations Commissioner welcomes milestones set by Government but says more ambition is needed in some areas
- New report reveals Universal Basic Income in Wales would cut poverty in half
- "After Black History Month – let’s make sure 2021 is the year that what we’ve learned really sticks"
- Don’t ignore culture in climate recovery, warns the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Wales leading the way with Future Generations Legislation - UN plans to adopt Welsh Approach
- “We’ll become isolated” warns flood-hit Welsh community - as new report urges decision makers to protect those least responsible for climate change
- Commissioner at COP26
- Black History Month: “Children should be taught about their histories so that it becomes a normal thing, not something abnormal and unknown.”
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Response to Welsh Government’s Net Zero Plan
- Black History Month: “I believe it’s important to remember that we, as Black people, don’t need to wait for one month out of the year – we can be celebrating each other at any time.”
- Black History Month: “I felt that if we sit and watch the television and shout when we see injustice, it doesn’t help anyone. If you go out and put your head above the parapet, then a little change makes things better for people.”
- Black History Month: “There is so much Black history that people just don’t know - it’s time to start learning.”
- Black History Month: “People of the Caribbean have a deep history with agriculture that is often overlooked.”
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Response to Welsh Government’s Well-being of Wales Report
- Wales needs to explore paying everyone a basic income – open letter to First Minister
- We can end fuel poverty with £15bn retrofit investment plan for our homes, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales asks for explanation into road freeze exemptions
- #MakingWaves for Future Generations at the G7 Youth Summit
- Pressure mounts on UK Government to follow Welsh Government and back the Well-being of Future Generations Bill
- Building Relationships for Future Generations
- Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, welcomes the news that all new road building projects in Wales are being paused by Welsh Government
- Climate change threat to our homes explored by Future Generations Commissioner’s poet in residence, Taylor Edmonds, with new poem commissioned by free event, Everything Change
- Future Generations Commissioner welcomes Welsh Government’s plan for the next five years – but says it lacks detail and timeline
- Radical vision for Wales needed to create future-fit jobs, says Future Generations Commissioner in her plan for new government
- Wales' commitment to a basic income proves it’s often the small countries that can be world-leading
- Taylor Edmonds is the new poet in residence for the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Specification: Support for our work on a green, equal and just recovery (economic expertise and financial analysis)
- Statement from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner, on Llwybr Newydd – New Path - Welsh Government’s new 20-year transport strategy
- Welsh Government must do more to implement Well-being of Future Generations Act
- Equality skills gaps in green jobs, finds new analysis by Future Generations Commissioner, Wales TUC and NEF
- Majority in Wales support a basic income trial – new findings by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Wales’ £6bn of public funds not being spent in the interest of future generations and there is a lack of leadership from Welsh Government, finds Commissioner
- Building Back Creatively: A Poet in Residence for the Future
- Next Welsh Government budget is an opportunity for a green and just recovery from the pandemic
- Specification: research into the potential impact of future trends on existing inequalities in Wales
- If 2020 has shown that we can live our lives closer to home, how can we lock in the benefits for future generations?
- Back the Bill: A legal right to housing is one of the biggest gifts we could give to future generations
- Our Response to the Green Recovery Task and Finish group report
- Green spaces are important – that's why we’re asking Welsh Government to ensure people can access nature within a four-minute walk
- Response to M4 report findings: Building future communities with clean, affordable and accessible transport
- Domestic abuse survivors at Future Generations Wales will get financial support to leave an abusive relationship
- Better public transport and ‘major reduction’ in emissions plan welcomed by Future Generations Commissioner
- Future Generations Commissioner calls for end to GCSEs after 2021
- Wales Climate Week: Future Generations Commissioner shares vision of Wales in 2050
- Wales’ firebreak and the Well-being of Future Generations Act
- Black History Month Wales: Free online events to sign up for now
- ‘Don’t let young people down’, says Future Generations Commissioner as she launches Manifesto for the Future with 11-17-year-olds from Wales, and urges politicians to act now on climate and inequality
- Future Generations Commissioner and Cardiff University join forces
- Future Generations Commissioner launches major study into basic income and shorter week
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales joins Pope Francis, Chris Hemsworth, and Other Notable Speakers at the First-Ever Free TED Conference
- Wales launches fund to support creative freelancers affected by Covid-19
- Climate Week: How 20-minute neighbourhoods can help us fight the Climate Emergency and save our towns and cities
- Green skills and the housing sector - a vision for the future by Wyn Prichard
- Support a shorter working week to save jobs, says Future Generations Commissioner and Wales TUC
- Future Generations Commissioner calls for a Basic Income pilot for creatives
- Kindness in Public Services
- Future Generations Commissioner welcomes moves to reduce M4 congestion with public and active travel
- Scrapped M4 Relief Road cash must be used to fund green recovery, says Future Generations Commissioner
- How do we procure well-being?
- New GCSE qualifications must reflect our changing world, says the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Black Lives Matter
- Statement following the Supplementary Budget
- Future Generations Commissioner urges Welsh Government to deliver on a green recovery budget
- Urgent Universal Basic Income, a four-day week and a well-being economy - Future Generations Commissioner’s plan to reshape Wales after coronavirus
- Statement on the Future Generations Report 2020
- Coronavirus - together we are stronger
- Section 20 Review of procurement practices within the Welsh public sector
- Future-proof your planning with easy-to-use tool
- Budget shows signs of improvement but is some way off the investment needed to tackle the climate and nature crisis says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- First delegates of the Future Generations Leadership Academy announced
- Fair and Ethical Sustainable Christmas
- Welsh Government must come clean on how their spending reflects the climate emergency they declared says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Welsh leaders to attend One Young World global forum for the first time
- Our obsession with exams is failing to equip young people with the right skills for the future, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Public Services Boards must rise to the challenge of decision-making for future generations
- The Media Must up its Game on Climate Change
- Public bodies in Wales are failing to innovate towards a prosperous Wales
- Wales is failing to fund a climate emergency
- Health spending must shift to preventative care to tackle health inequality in Wales
- Future Generations Commissioner - August Newsletter
- #Skills - Geography: It’s Importance in Today’s World - Maddie Emery
- Culture and Welsh language is essential to help tackle Wales’ biggest challenges
- A score for the well-being goals
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales – July Newsletter
- Public sector must stop funding climate change say Welsh organisations and Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Specification: Support to understand the characteristics of a National Wellness System
- Cardiff Council vote to divest pensions from fossil fuels is part of a growing movement in Wales
- Wales is leading the world on safeguarding the interests of future generations
- It is an undeniable truth that we are failing to tackle climate change quickly enough says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Growing with Trees – reconnecting with nature by Nigel Pugh, Woodland Trust
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales - June Newsletter
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales publishes ten point plan to fund Wales’ climate emergency
- Expert help wanted to shape communications fit for the future
- Meeting Nimrod Wambette during Fairtrade Fortnight Megan Jones-Evans, Deputy Head Girl, Llanfyllin High School, Montgomeryshire
- Can't change slow got to change completely - Rufus Mufasa, Poet in Residence
- Back to the Future with Magor & Undy Walkway Station
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales welcomes ‘brave decision by First Minister on the M4 Relief Road
- Clear action and resources must match commitment in reducing carbon emissions says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales welcomes Welsh Government Climate Emergency declaration
- An opportunity to work with us: Support with monitoring Welsh Government budget process
- Working together to build the Wales we want
- Big Moose chosen as Future Generations Commissioner for Wales' Staff charity of the year
- Sea levels are rising and so are they - school strikes and how we could embrace them in our soft infrastructures - Lorena Axinte, Researcher, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University
- #PlanningMarch - Insights into the skills and mindset of a planner by Phil Williams
- We must act now to avoid a climate catastrophe - Sion Sleep, UpRising Cymru
- #PlanningMarch - "Why the planning system really needs a digital overhaul" by Stefan Webb, Future Cities Catapult
- #InternationalWomen'sDay: My experience as an apprentice in the FGC office – Hollie Leslie
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales announces paid leave for staff fleeing domestic abuse
- The People’s Platform
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales announces name of first Poet in Residence
- Our future generations need us to listen and take action
- “Mrs Jones doesn’t care about your service boundaries or your multi-agency plans” – how do public services support people and keep them well at home?
- #SocialPrescribingJanuary: 'How art has helped me feel again' - Meha Devis Kalaparambuth
- #SocialPrescribingJanuary: The interconnections of people and planet: our health depends on nature - Ruth Allen
- #SocialPrescribingJanuary A world-leading study into how green spaces improve our well-being - Amy Mizen
- We want your views on the journey to the Wales of the Possible
- #SocialPrescribingJanuary A day in the life of a well-being coordinator - Rhian Huws, Wellbeing 4U
- Wales and the United Nations Agenda 2030: an inclusive review of progress
- #ACEsDecember Putting ACEs front and centre with the Well-being of Future Generations Act
- #ACEsDecember Are too many women being jailed in Wales?
- Planning for people's well-being
- A bad week to be a Brit in Brussels: foresight and whether we could have predicted Brexit
- The Scharmer U Theory and the Development of Welsh Education (for Adults in the Community) – Dafydd Rhys, Adult Learning Wales
- #TransportOctober Roqib Monsur nextbike Ambassador explains why cycling is the best way to get around Cardiff
- #TransportOctober The “joy” of electric cars in rural Wales by Neil Lewis
- #TransportOctober Community Transport and Future Generations – Llyr ap Gareth, Community Transport Association UK
- #TransportOctober How we are progressing – It is time to switch to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs)
- This must be a budget that reflects the requirements of the Well-being of Future Generations Act
- We need to change the system to deliver skills for the future - David Hagendyk, Learning Work Institute
- Tough times call for bold decisions on preventative spend
- The importance of mental health for our future generations
- Our approach to reviewing public bodies' annual reports
- Public bodies in Wales can make a simple change to reduce use of plastic
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales on the search for a Poet in Residence
- #SkillsSeptember - Tackling the changing world of work
- #SkillsSeptember: Thinking about the future means looking for opportunities
- What does peace have to do with the Well-being of Future Generations Act?
- #skillsseptember - To Bacc or not to Bacc?
- More progressive decision-making needed to ensure long-term impact on dealing with Wales' biggest problems
- #skillsseptember - A Ddylai Robotiad Siarad Cymraeg? (Should robots speak Welsh?)
- Future transport in the capital city - guest blog by Councillor Caro Wild
- Hinkley Point
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales calls on Welsh Government to be brave in its investment on transport as new report shows lack of ambition in M4 Black route proposal
- #ProudToBeMe by Iestyn Wyn, Stonewall Cymru
- A Ddylai Robotiad Siarad Cymraeg? (Should robots speak Welsh?)
- Fair Trade is winning at public policy
- A voice for future generations across the world is crucial says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales at UN summit, New York
- What will the NHS look like in 2088?
- Promoting well-being and compassion across generations in our communities by Karen Hamer, Mental Health Nurse
- Commissioner urges Welsh Government to create a system focused on well-being by investing in preventative social care
- Reviewing public bodies' annual reports
- New post-grad course takes on Future Generations’ challenges Guest blog by Leighton Andrews
- For Belle and Emmeline
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales endorses Urdd peace and goodwill message
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales calls on public bodies to turn words into action and start delivering real changes
- New spend in health must be invested in approaches to preventative action
- The Impact of AI in Welsh Constituencies
- Lord Bird, Founder of The Big Issue, urges Wales to continue to do more to prevent poverty
- Procurement: The spotlight’s on Wales
- Places fit for the future by Carole-Anne Davies, Design Commission for Wales
- Today is International Carrot Day!
- Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol Cymru yn galw ar Awdurdodau Lleol i roi’r gorau i danwydd ffosil
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales calls on Local Authorities to divest from fossil fuels
- Update on the application of the Well-being of Future Generations Act to environmental permitting decisions
- Commissioner supports call for the arts to be available on prescription by Arts Council of Wales
- Cardiff Transport Green Paper
- Update: Planning and Local Development Plans
- Step up, Speak Up And Give Each Other A Hand Up - International Women's Day 2018
- Stories from our doorway
- TriMet: Transit Agency Takes an Innovative Approach to Sustainability
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales seeks clarity on environmental permitting decisions
- Power to the Bump
- Making blue the warmest colour
- Gwnewch glas y lliw cynhesaf
- Guest blog by Sarah Stone, Executive Director, Samaritans Wales - Local action saves lives
- Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Auditor General for Wales and Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
- Economic development cannot be delivered without social improvement
- Na all datblygiad economaidd gael ei gyflawni heb welliant cymdeithasol
- Wales can be a global leader in eradicating violence against women and girls
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma: making policy reality
- The challenges of future housing
- If you think our governance structure is messy take comfort
- It takes a village...
- Travelling Stateside
- The best business is when people, planet and profit intertwine
- Future Generations Commissioner warns against dangerous precedent
- World's Largest Lesson 18th - 25th September 2017
- Providing advice to Public Services Boards as they plan together for well-being
- Why the new female Dr Who is just the kind of future thinking we need right now…
- Calls for evidence on decarbonisation and carbon budgets
- Long-term thinking will determine the Wales we want
- Guest Blog by Sian Tomos, Arts Council of Wales - Investing in our artists is investing in our future
- The story of a small town with well-being at its heart
- Culture is well-being's golden ticket
- Home is where well-being begins
- World Fair Trade Day
- My journey one year on
- Calling all the Zero Heroes
- Lights out today for a bright future tomorrow
- The vital role of the arts in ensuring the well-being of future generations
- International Women’s Day
- Commissioner challenges plans for £1.1bn M4 relief road
- Future Generations Act a framework for transformation not tick-box
- Cardiff Local Development Plans
- Young Wales Project debates future trends with Future Generations Commissioner
- City Deal can be a better deal for Future Generations
- Shaping Accountability in Wales for Future Generations
- The Shape of Things to Come
- Climate change – our obligations to future generations
- Commissioner responds to Welsh Government well-being objectives
- Future Generations Commissioner challenges Public Services to build a genuine conversation with the public
- Preventing ACEs is everybody’s business
- Finance Professionals can become agents of change for the future
- What does well-being look like now and in the future?
- Welsh Budget must set public bodies on right track
- Social Prescribing approach could lessen pressure on GPs
- It’s time we looked at innovative ways of tackling the nation’s health problems
- Taking Wales Forward Programme for Government provides new opportunities
- Long term plans within Welsh Government essential to improve lives in Wales
- Urgent action needed to protect communities from climate change
- The Commissioner’s view on the EU referendum
- Future Generations Commissioner makes Hay on Wye debut
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