At the first Community-led Housing Conference in Wales, led by @cwmpas.bsky.social - hearing an inspiring video from Dafydd Iwan about his history of work in the community-led housing movement. Over 100 people here today from projects across Wales.
Great that @cwmpas.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Our news page is a great place to learn about our work: cwmpas.coop/news-and-blog/
Lots of inspiring Welsh stories about social enterprise, co-ops & employee ownership, and how we are supporting digital inclusion, social value & community wealth.
There is a special online meeting of the Senedd Cross Party Group for Co-operatives and Mutuals taking place next week - join us to help set the group’s agenda and discuss the potential of this model, and how to realise it. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-me... #InternationalYearOfCoops
📢 #StayTuned!
Pleased to be directing International #SummerSchool on #DigitalInclusion & #GenAI. We’ll explore digital sustainability in Gipuzkoa & far beyond🌐
🗓️ 15–16 July 2025
📍 Miramar Palace, #Donostia #BasqueCountry
Registration opens 8 May!
#UIK #DigitalRights #EthicalAI #InclusiveFutures
www.eventbrite.co.uk
The Senedd’s Cross Party Group for Co-operatives and Mutuals will be meeting to elect a new Chair and plan its activities for the year ahead
Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.
🧵 on some of what it can do below:
jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
🎉 Rydym yn dathlu Gwynedd fel y sir PG gyntaf yng Nghymru, gyda nifer o fusnesau'n trosglwyddo i berchnogaeth gweithwyr. Mae Cwmpas wedi helpu busnesau fel @dafyddhardy.bsky.social a Waterco i fabwysiadu model sy'n cryfhau cymunedau, yn diogelu swyddi ac yn hybu twf economaidd.
💻 Cwmpas recently ran digital inclusion sessions for
North Wales Housing residents as part of a Minimum Digital Living Standard (MDLS) pilot scheme funded by the
Welsh Government.
The project is building digital knowledge and confidence, and bridging the digital gap.
At a recent digital inclusion session at Llys y Coed, Llanfairfechan in Conwy, north Wales, two 92-year-old friends and North...
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New Blog - Dan Roberts
The UK Government has identified reducing the size of the welfare bill as a key objective. As a result, it has announced budget cuts and changes to eligibility criteria, tightening access to financial support for those outside of the labour market.
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Wales’s first-ever community-led housing conference is taking place in Cardiff today and we’ve got a great programme of panels & workshops filled with insight from across the sector taking place.
@cclhcymru.bsky.social
🎉 We're celebrating Gwynedd as Wales's first EO county, with several businesses transitioning to employee ownership. Cwmpas has helped businesses like @dafyddhardy.bsky.social and Waterco adopt a model that strengthens communities, secures jobs, and drives profits.
