7. Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales: A community of communities

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:56 pm on 28 February 2023.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 4:56, 28 February 2023

(Translated)

I would also like to highlight the work of Mudiad Meithrin, who recently launched its AwDUra scheme. This project empowers and enables black, Asian and minority ethnic people to write children's literature in Welsh to address the under-representation of ethnic minority communities in Welsh literature.

We are also currently working with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and Cardiff and Vale College to develop an engagement event to learn from young ethnic minority Welsh speakers. We will use the outputs of the event to shape further actions to ensure that the needs of young ethnic minority speakers are met.

The Urdd also continues to innovate in this area, and I look forward to meeting Nooh, their new diversity and inclusion sport development officer soon, who speaks Welsh confidently only months after learning. He's an inspiration to us all.