The Party of Wales Arfon Standing up for the people of Arfon

The school holidays are well underway, bringing with them ‘holiday hunger’ – where children who usually receive free school meals find it difficult to get enough to eat during the 6 week summer break. Many families fall back on food banks to keep them going at this time of year, with The Trussel Trust – an anti-poverty charity – calling for more public donations to be made in view of this increased demand.

After the Labour Welsh Government confirmed that they would not bring new Welsh language legislation forward over the next year, Plaid Cymru have called on them to act at once to realise the ambition of a million speakers by 2050 and to act on the support the Welsh language has from the people of Wales.

The Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for Arfon, Sian Gwenllian, has called for balance in the planning system to ensure that it does not favour large developers at the expense of local needs and community sustainability.

Plaid Cymru have called for an ‘overlying strategy’ to tackle the Welsh “digital language divide” after it emerged that the Labour Welsh Government has only spent £185,000 over the course of five years to develop Welsh medium digital technology.

Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Arfon, Hywel Williams has given his full backing to a campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour and drug taking on the Maes in Caernarfon.

Good news was received this week regarding the bus service between Rhosgadfan and Caernarfon with the announcement that an extra journey would be added to the 1F service as of this week. It will now be possible to travel from Caernarfon to Rhosgadfan at 18.30 and then from Rhosgadfan to Caernarfon at 19.46.

Arfon Assembly Member Siân Gwenllian and Cllr Steve Collings, Gwynedd councillor for the Deiniol Ward in Bangor were dismayed to see the devastation left by the fire that raged on parts of Bangor Mountain last week.

Medical students will be able to study all of their degree in the north of Wales for the first time from 2019 onward under new plans announced today by the Welsh government.

In a scathing letter, Plaid Cymru’s Siân Gwenllian has highlighted the unfounded and prejudiced attacks on the Welsh language by the CEO of discount retailer Trago Mills.

Last week at the Senedd in Cardiff the Breast Cancer Care charity met with AMs to promote the work they do with women prior to their cancer treatment. Speaking at the event was Gwyneth Jennings, originally from Y Felinheli near Bangor but now living in Cardiff and Arfon AM for Plaid Cymru, Sian Gwenllian, was in attendance to lend her support. Both women were school friends at Bangor Grammar School for Girls.