The Future Generations Commissioner has called for a new  Community Right to Buy Bill, warning that much-loved pubs, parks, religious buildings, village halls & heritage buildings could be lost forever unless communities are given a fair chance to save them. 🔗 futuregenerations.wales/news/give-co...

A classroom worth of Gaza’s children being killed every day is a red line; the silencing by death of an estimated 189 journalists and media workers is a red line. All red lines have been crossed. People in Wales are making themselves heard ✍️Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Excellent to see Golley Slater become employee owned with support from @cwmpas.bsky.social @socialbizwales.bsky.social

Nice to see Wales's Well-being of Future Generations Act get a mention in The Times Of India. It follows a study visit by senior politicians from Maharashtra to University of Wales Trinity Saint David. timesofindia-indiatimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/timesofi...

Statement 🧵 🗣️ @derek-walker.bsky.social - “Wales is a recycling nation, second-best in the world. But we’re still using the Earth’s resources faster than they can be replenished..." Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Since my time at Cwmpas, I have followed the story of Car-Y-Mor, a regenerative sea farm in Pembrokeshire. To take them to the next stage of development, they are now looking for investors via a community share offer, which they have asked me to share. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/car-y-mor-...

Delighted to see this proposal from the Vale of Glamorgan Council. Our food system is unsustainable. This was one of the recommendations in my Future Generations report 2025, published in April. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As global tensions rise, the Future Generations Commissioner, @derek-walker.bsky.social addresses how Cymru can play a role towards championing peace. Delivered at the Llangollen Eisteddfod 2025 for Academi Heddwch Cymru. Read now 👇 futuregenerations.wales/news/cymru-c...

🚨 Statement: The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales @derek-walker.bsky.social is warning we must stop dismissing heatwaves as routine summer weather and ensure people are protected from extreme temperatures. Read more: futuregenerations.wales/news/name-he...

Good luck to this project, helping with Wales's food resilience nation.cymru/news/council...

I welcome today’s announcement of more investment in railways in Wales. This is a clear step towards better connectivity across Wales— investment that puts people and place at the heart of decision-making. 1/4 @futuregencymru.bsky.social

In Wales we have not tapped the full potential of local power schemes, owned and run by communities. I am calling on this Welsh Government, and the next one, to help expand renewable energy generation by public bodies and community enterprises.

There are still tickets available for this debate tonight. Please come along if you can. lnkd.in/ejkccub7

More schools will have veg on their school dinner plates – "let's see more commitment from every part of Wales". A week after he published his Future Gen Report, @derek-walker.bsky.social urges more councils to back healthy, locally-grown food in school. 📰 futuregenerations.wales/news/childre...

The Fairness Foundation has published a new report, Mission to the Future, which sets out two recommendations for immediate action by UK government: - A Future Generations Commissioner - A National Dialogue on the Future. fairnessfoundation.com/mission-to-t...

🗣️ The Future for Wales and the World 🎤 Hear from @derek-walker.bsky.social, FG Commissioner @hayfestival.bsky.social speaking on a panel with Jane Davidson, Kevin Morgan, Jane Richardson and Melusi Moyo. Tuesday 27 May 2025 at 5.30pm. Learn more: www.hayfestival.com/p-23683-jane...

🚨This week marks a significant milestone for food policy in Wales with the release of two important publications – the @futuregencymru.bsky.social Annual Report and the Welsh Government’s Community Food Strategy. Read more here ⬇️ www.foodsensewales.org.uk/a-milestone-...

‘We have the tools, we have the visions, we now need to take action for future generations’. @derek-walker.bsky.social - @futuregencymru.bsky.social Commisioner for Wales. THE FUTURE GENERATIONS REPORT 2025 futuregenerations.wales/discover/abo... #CymruCan #FutureGen10 #Wales

We agree. UPFs a doable challenge. Robert Owen Day Event - A 21st Century food scandal: Ultra Processed Food and the Health Time Bomb | Saturday, 17 May 2025 10am - 12pm/opens 9.45 am Cofrestrwch yma tinyurl.com/3p6sa2pz Register here

❓What future do you want? New @futuregencymru.bsky.social Report 2025 out today It's clear @welshgovernment.bsky.social & other public bodies (including NRW) need to make more urgent & ambitious decisions on 🐣 Nature recovery ☀️ Meeting net zero 🌱 Green jobs For all of us & future generations

Six days to go until I launch my first Future Generations report (and only the second ever). It's the five year report that provides statutory advice to Welsh public bodies about what to prioritise for the long-term future of Wales. And there are more than 300 people signed up to the launch event!

Ar #DiwrnodyDdaear hwn, rydym yn cefnogi’r neges frys ar gyfer ynni adnewyddadwy a gweithredu cyflymach ar yr hinsawdd. Ar 29ain o Ebrill, rydym yn lansio ein Hadroddiad Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol i herio’r rhai sydd mewn grym yng Nghymru i wneud bywyd yn well i bobl a’r blaned nawr ac yn y dyfodol.

This #EarthDay, we back the urgent message for renewable energy and accelerated climate action. On April 29, we're launching our Future Generations Report to challenge those in power in Wales to make life better for people & planet now and future.

Bluestone National Park Resort has made operational plans to become the first fossil fuel free family holiday park in the UK in 2025

Exciting plans from the new Welsh National Theatre www.bbc.com/news/article...

Excellent article from Duncan Fisher that makes the case clearly for more action to improve the food system for future generations.

Ymunwch â digwyddiad CCD ar atal a iechyd yng nghyd-destun Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol. / Join the FGC event on prevention and health in the context of the Well-being of Future Generations Act. 🗓️ 28.03.25 ⌚ 9:30 - 13:00 📍Cornerstone Cardiff 🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Dyma gyfweliad wnes i gyda Golwg: golwg.360.cymru/newyddion/21...

I am pleased to announce that my office has a new website - futuregenerations.wales The new site has a refreshed design, up-to-date information and is MUCH easier to navigate. I hope you like it @futuregencymru.bsky.social

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Marking 10 years of the pioneering Wellbeing of Future Generations Act @derek-walker.bsky.social shares the achievements to a packed hall, but stresses we must ‘be impatient to do more’ #LightuptheFuture #Futures

🔟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mae Cymru heddiw yn nodi degawd ers i ddeddf arloesol gael ei phasio i amddiffyn pobl sydd heb gael eu geni eto. / Wales is today marking a decade since a groundbreaking law was passed to protect people who haven’t yet been born. 🧵

Today is ten years since the pioneering Well-being of Future Generations Act became law. futuregenerations.wales/news/10-year...

One of the best days of my year is to attend the graduation ceremony for the Future Generations Leadership Academy. Here’s a photo of some of the alumni talking about what they’ve achieved since. It’s inspiring stuff. @futuregencymru.bsky.social @janehutt.bsky.social @welshgovernment.bsky.social

I will remember Dafydd Elis-Thomas fondly. I didn’t know him well but he was a champion for equality. He was also a big supporter of the work of the Wales Co-operative Centre because he saw the positive impact it had in his constituency. RIP DET. bbc.com/news/article... @cwmpas.bsky.social

Today's data for phosphorus compliance shows that 50% of waterbodies in Welsh Special Area of Conservation (SAC) rivers are now meeting targets, compared with 39% in 2021. But...(1/3) naturalresources.wales/about-us/new...

In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

And to add to the Hay Festival line-up announced today, there will be an event on ten years of the Well-being of the Future Generations Act -with @janebryngwyn.bsky.social, Kevin Morgan, Jane Richardson and myself at 5.30pm on 27th May. Book early to avoid disappointment! hayfestival.org/wales.

In this new #OurWorldConnectedPodcast episode I spoke with Sarah Reay from @ukycc.bsky.social, and @derek-walker.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social about sustainable policy making and meaningful youth engagement in the process. 🎧 Listen now: www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

A Welsh recruitment company has made a shift to an employee-owned model in a move it says will help to empower its workforce

As diversity, equity and inclusion activities are being cancelled in the US, Dr Natasha Hirst sets out why they matter and how we refocus our efforts. dileaders.com/blog/dei-why...

The default 20mph speed policy is a good example of a successful ‘prevention’ policy, avoiding problems before they occur. In its first year casualties dropped by 28%. Clearly some changes are needed in some areas, but let’s not undertake an extensive reversal of a policy that is working.

This is good to see. The food environment is not working for current or future generations. We need to back efforts that seek to make it easier to access and to eat healthier foods. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The European Commission wants to learn from Wales’ future generations policy as part of its efforts to ‘reunite society’ following far-right gains in last year’s European elections ✍️Luke James

Along with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social, we supported the @futuregencymru.bsky.social letter to the Finance Minister, which sets out why we must protect budgets for prevention across all government departments. Have a read 👇

A “good food revolution” must take place to make Wales a healthier country and ease spending pressures on the NHS, according to a leading academic ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-UdY