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.
🎉 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.
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.
📢 #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
💻 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.
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...
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.
🔗 : buff.ly/doJUo1V
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
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
🎉 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.
