4.3. In which settings are children and young people more or less likely to use their Welsh?

4.3a What factors or interventions facilitate or constrain their use of Welsh in different settings?
4.3b What affects children’s and young people’s confidence to use their Welsh?
4.3c What factors or interventions facilitate or limit providers’ ability to offer Welsh-medium activities for children and young people across various socio-linguistic, geographical, and socio-economic contexts?
4.3d Where, and how, should efforts be focused to increase opportunities for children and young people to use their Welsh outside school?
4.3e What training and/or support do youth workers need to encourage children and young people to use Welsh?

Background

Alongside increasing the number of Welsh speakers, Cymraeg 2050 recognises that its success also depends on increasing the use of the language. The strategy sets a target for the percentage of the population who speak Welsh daily, and who can speak more than just a few words of Welsh, to reach 20% by 2050. Our ambition is for Welsh to be used in daily life both in formal and informal contexts, and for services to be proactively offered in Welsh.

More than just words, the Welsh Government’s Welsh language plan for health and social care, also focuses on improving access to services in Welsh.

Within this theme, there are evidence needs relating to the use of Welsh in the workplace, with services, and socially.

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