This mission recognises the power of cultural well-being to help us respond creatively to future challenges.

We support public services to invest in culture, strengthen community bonds, celebrate places, and champion diversity and the Welsh language as vital foundations for a fairer, more connected future. 

Future Generations Report 2025: Recommendations

1. Welsh Government should introduce a Culture Bill to the Seventh Senedd Term (2026 – 2030), to make culture a statutory requirement for public bodies. This will strengthen the role of culture in national well-being and ensure culture receives the recognition and investment it deserves.
2. Welsh Government should commit to a Community Right to Buy Act to empower communities to take ownership of valued local buildings, land, and community assets, ensuring they remain at the heart of thriving communities.
3. The next Welsh Government should appoint a Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Arts and Sport. \
4. All public bodies in Wales should develop a clear plan to increase the internal use of Welsh within public bodies. This will allow staff to live their working lives increasingly through the medium of Welsh, fostering a stronger bilingual culture in the workplace.
5. All public bodies and Public Services Boards should sign up to Placemaking Wales Charter and integrate its principles into their work.
6. All public bodies should produce an organisational volunteering strategy in partnership with employees and the voluntary sector to boost volunteering across the country.

What public bodies have told us:

1. Many public bodies (particularly local authorities) have engaged positively with our recommendation to join the Placemaking Wales Charter. Some, however, have interpreted placemaking narrowly (e.g. underdeveloped links with health). Bodies told us that limited funding and guidance constrain whole-system approaches. 
2. Most public bodies told us they are taking steps on improving access to Welsh language training, and a small number are starting to align their policies with regional Welsh Language Promotion Strategies. This is not yet consistent, suggesting there is opportunity to develop this approach more widely.
3. We found a wide range of responses and interpretations in relation to volunteering across public bodies. This reflects variation in where organisations are on their volunteering journey, alongside differing levels of understanding of their role within the wider volunteering landscape.