The successful individuals are:<\/p>\n
Rhian Anderson – Caerphilly<\/strong><\/p>\n Celf yn y Caffi<\/strong>are creative arts sessions that bring people from the Aber Valley together with the aim of promoting the use of the Welsh language. It will be aimed at all levels and abilities, including those with no previous experience but interest and curiosity about the Welsh language.<\/p>\n Tom Bevan – Newport<\/strong><\/p>\n Siaradwyr Newydd: Newid y S\u00een<\/strong> will consist of 15 fortnightly sessions where a community of creative second language Welsh speakers will come together at the Riverfront, Newport to take part in cross-arts creative workshops, with the aim of making work aimed at an audience of other New Learners\/lapsed speakers in the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joseph Conran \u2013 Gwynedd<\/strong><\/p>\n Inspired by the old idiom, and the poems of T H Parry Williams, Ein Milltir Sgw\u00e2r<\/strong> is a collaborative creative process of exploring the role that the Welsh language plays in our relationship with landscape. It uses words, materials and ideas to map the Welsh landscape, and creates a space for supporting artists to use the Welsh language.<\/p>\n Nico Dafydd\u00a0 – Pembrokeshire<\/strong><\/p>\n Enter the music factory to see what goes into the sausage! Over the course of 12 months, young people in the 2026 National Eisteddfod area will receive masterclasses and workshops from the most active individuals, organisations and groups in the music scene in Wales, from poster designers to sound engineers and everything in between, working towards creating their own events in order to motivate, support, and create a long-term infrastructure for musical activity in the Welsh language among young people aged 16-25 in the area.<\/p>\n Llinos Griffin \u00a0– Meirionnydd<\/strong><\/p>\n Triggered by the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition,\u00a0Byw Mewn Heddwch<\/strong>\u00a0(Live in Peace) encourages arts action in the exploration of peace. In collaboration with Academi Heddwch Cymru and Heddwch Nain\/Mam-gu, multi-media sessions will be held for Meirionnydd’s voiceless communities (GISDA young people and women in the area). ‘Peace’ is explored in its broadest sense \u2013 from the personal to the international to creating a ‘peace community’ on our doorstep.<\/p>\n Carys Hedd – Pembrokeshire<\/strong><\/p>\n Esgyn<\/strong> (Lift) is a project that will stitch our \u2018Codi Canu\u2019 singing community together with creative textile work in North Pembrokeshire. This will be done by recreating the Betgwn, part of the traditional Welsh costume to be worn in performances such as Y Mari Lwyd.\u00a0 The project will also consult with the communities what they would like to create out of recycled materials to display or wear at singing sessions and special events.<\/p>\n Kamalagita Hughes – Bridgend<\/strong><\/p>\n The project will pilot intergenerational storytelling workshops encouraging bilingualism and enjoyment of the Welsh language with a variety of groups. It will use storytelling performances, creative workshops and translanguage techniques to build confidence in participants around using and enjoying the Welsh they already have and developing a new vocabulary, with a particular focus on parents, learners and those who are out of the habit of speaking Welsh.<\/p>\n Hammad Rind – Cardiff<\/strong><\/p>\n The aim of\u00a0Lleisiau Grangetown<\/strong>\u00a0(Voices of Grangetown) is to promote Welsh-language literary activities in Grangetown, one of the most diverse and deprived areas of Wales. Activities will include Welsh Open Mic events, book clubs and creative writing courses. The overall vision of the project is to bring the Welsh language to the community in an inclusive and accessible way.<\/p>\n Trishna Singh – Cardiff \u2013 Newport, Bridgend, Caerphilly<\/strong><\/p>\n Ladies of Rage<\/strong> have incorporated Welsh writing as part of their process of\u00a0creating music to help\u00a0them learn. Over the course of the year they want to become a learning centre and host bilingual writing workshops and musical events using their language officer as a teacher and inspiration to start a movement within their organisation and beyond.<\/p>\n Rebecca Smith-Williams – Caerphilly<\/strong><\/p>\n Babi Celf<\/strong>\u00a0(Art Baby) is a weekly group for babies that gives parents\u00a0 and carers access to the arts and offers a space to speak Welsh. The focus of the group is arts experiences for the adults (which the baby will enjoy too!).The group itself will curate a monthly program that is open to a broad community of parents.<\/p>\n Antwn Owen-Hicks\u00a0– RhCT \/ Caerphilly<\/strong><\/p>\n Cylch Canu<\/strong> (Singing Circle) is an opportunity for new Welsh learners\/speakers to meet every month, through a social event, to share folk songs, learn new ones, be creative and develop confidence in using Welsh. This project focuses on Antwn Owen-Hicks’ personal development as an artist-leader, to expand his skills and experience in this work, working with key organisations and other artists.<\/p>\n Krystal Lowe – Casnewydd<\/strong><\/p>\n Through Anabledd a Dysgu Cymraeg<\/strong>\u00a0(Disability and Learning Welsh) Over the course of one year a community of Disabled Artists who are Welsh learners will collaborate to develop a Welsh language teaching pedagogy using creative writing to support people for whom the aural, verbal, and social communicative elements of traditional Welsh language learning environments is inaccessible.<\/p>\n Rufus Mufasa \u2013 Bridgend<\/strong><\/p>\n Colomen Cludwr<\/strong> is a creative project with Welsh-speaking residents of Parc Prison, exploring identity, belonging, and expression through Cymraeg. Using workshops in poetry, storytelling, and art, participants will co-create new work for the prison\u2019s Eisteddfod and beyond. 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