When Wales was squeezed by Conservative austerity to pick up the bill for bankers, councils across our nation were forced to sell off community assets. While citizens in Scotland and in England were able to organise, work and mobilise to buy and protect their assets, this was not the same story in Wales. We will never know the full extent of community loss this nation faced during those years of austerity, but everyone will know a story of a family farm sold, youth centres boarded up or local pubs closed and razed to the ground for trendy apartments or posh apartment blocks.

Too often in Wales, and specifically in Cardiff, we have seen organised communities sidelined. Local assets sold to some faceless corporation or development firm, looking to maximise personal profit over social value for the whole area.