…2022 conference unanimously backed a motion in favour of increasing the size of the Senedd to between 80 to 100 members. This vote is a huge step forward for the…
Editorial – Upgrading Work for the 21st Century
…faced with the prospect of retraining or underemployment? What about those who were and remain subject to pressures, formal and informal, to come to their workplace in the face of…
Review: The Dossier: Miscarriages of Justice in South Wales 1982-2016
…be lost on an audience without a good working knowledge of Cardiff, its different communities, and its demography. For example, race and class is a lit match to the dynamite…
Valuing Local Democracy
…inspiration in our work, as did Welsh Government’s ongoing commitment to equality and Diversity in Democracy. During the open feedback process on our draft report, in which we first proposed…
The IWA Gives Evidence to the Senedd Committee Inquiry into Renewable Energy in Wales
On Thursday 3 March 2022, our Policy and External Affairs Manager Will Henson gave evidence to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee on renewable energy. The exchange built on…
How COVID has connected Wales to West Africa
…Through stories, images and videos captured by local, West African artists, ‘Community – from Wales to West Africa’ explores how the pandemic has both brought communities together and forced them…
Wide Press Coverage for the IWA’s Proposals for Community Empowerment Reforms
Polly Thomas. We are delighted that our latest report, Our Land: Community and Land Use, has received widespread coverage, including on national radio and television. On 13 February, Harry Thompson…
How to plant 300 million trees
…(from the UK Treasury’s point of view) the public interest company has to be completely independent of Welsh Government; or, if the public interest company is controlled by Welsh Government,…
Tales of a Changing Landscape
…the 1960s many of these trees were not yet saplings. They were planted by the Forestry Commission as part of a UK Government strategy to reclaim derelict coal mining sites…