Sut mae? We hope you’ve been having a successful and learning-full time as we commemorate the tenth Anniversary of the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
This is first blog post in a while and we’re please to be back posting through this Blog. Stay tuned for future updates on the Wellbeing of Wales Report 2025 and the Future Trends Report.
Here in Welsh Government, we have been using this opportunity to improve our communications around the Act. We have developed an internal WFG communications plan that is shared between several teams. This plan will support the re-fresh of our Continuous Learning and Improvement Plan (CLIP 2026-29).
The main focus of the plan is on using the Act to maximise re-engagement, enchantment and re-energising ourselves to do our work in a more sustainable way. We’ve been looking at the Act with fresh eyes to (further) deepen our understanding and application of the Sustainable Development Principle and the Five Ways of Working.
Working with the Future Generations Commissioner and others, we have created new tools which we want to share. We hope that you, too, will use and share these with others. We welcome feedback and collaboration on how to make best use of them.
Some great tools and opportunities already exist. We have been coming back to some of these and sharing our experiences with colleagues.
What’s new on the scene?
- E-module for all those who come under the umbrella of the Act – staff, contractors, grant recipients and others who are allied to public sector organisations: Cymraeg English
- E-module for the public and collaborators not covered directly by the Act: Cymraeg English
- Free one-hour interactive training on the underpinning practices that support application of the five ways of working
All the tools and opportunities above combine to make a strong suite that we draw on throughout our day jobs, careers, volunteering and other roles. They can be used by individuals or within teams, organisations and communities throughout Wales.
In Welsh Government, we’re using a simple system of inviting leadership and project teams to engage with one of the items above and to meet to talk about it together.
…and we’re not finished yet. Again in collaboration with others, watch this space for new websites about the practices that underpin the Act. Coming soon!
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