Welsh language support and services
What is available to support you and your child to use Welsh.
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Parents and children
Mudiad Meithrin
Mudiad Meithrin gives every child in Wales the opportunity to play, learn and grow in Welsh by offering Welsh-medium playgroups and family support groups.
Welsh for Everyone (Cymraeg i Bawb)
Welsh for Everyone (Cymraeg i Bawb) helps you learn more about Welsh-medium education. The At Home and Childcare section helps you find out more about how you and your children can use Welsh at home.
Parents for Welsh Medium Education
Parents for Welsh Medium Education (Rhieni dros Addysg Gymraeg (RhAG)) works to increase the provision of Welsh-medium education across Wales and helps parents and guardians to access that provision.
Welsh4parents
Welsh4parents provides links to Welsh language resources that help you to support your child at home and continue the work our schools are currently doing to develop your child's bilingual skills.
Darllen Co.
Darllen Co. is a Welsh-language digital reading book platform for schools and families in Wales.
Welsh reading and homework support
Welsh Reading for Parents is designed by parents and developed with teachers to help non-Welsh speaking parents read Welsh with their young children.
Reading: information for parents and carers (Welsh medium education)
This Hwb resource has information about learning to read and how to support children.
Tric a Chlic
Tric a Chlic is a synthetic phonics programme in Welsh for children aged 3 to 7. The programme is built from 3 elements:
- Hear and recognise the sounds.
- Combine (build) sounds to read.
- Segment (cut) sounds to spell.
Welsh-language technology
Helo Blod's Welsh-language technology page gives a list of Welsh and bilingual resources.
The support available includes:
- help with Welsh-language interfaces
- support with speech and pronunciation
- information on Artificial Intelligence (including Chat GPT) and the Welsh language
- information on Welsh resources available online
Welsh-language translation and advice for businesses and charities
Helo Blod is a free Welsh translation and advice service. It helps businesses and charities use more Welsh.
Learning Welsh
The National Centre for Learning Welsh is responsible for all aspects of the Learn Welsh sector. It also offers useful resources.
Y Gweiadur’s Verb Conjugator helps you find how verbs work in context. It includes conjugations of over 4,000 Welsh verbs.
In the community
Mentrau Iaith, or Welsh Language Initiatives, help you to live, learn and enjoy in Welsh. They offer opportunities for everyone to use the Welsh language in their everyday lives and in their communities through clubs, events, activities and much more.
Find out what services your local authority has to offer and how they can help you use your Welsh.