As is only right and proper, Welsh Cakes are #RecipeOfTheDay, with thanks to Heulwen Williams who let me play with her granny’s recipe. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.nigella.com/recipes/wels...

For St David’s Day, Ciaran Jenkins of Channel 4 News and I play the Welsh song Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through The Night). #StDavidsDay

Announcing 'Newid - The Future Generations Changemaker Academy' launch 🚀 A new partnership between Bridgend College, @futuregencymru.bsky.social, OU Wales & Unloc to empower 16–25 year olds to lead change locally and nationally. Read more here: university.open.ac.uk/wales/en/new...

Wales risks “long-term damage” to its cultural opportunities unless the next Welsh Government introduces a dedicated Culture Bill to protect it in law, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales has warned

📰 Newyddion: Tri chyngor newydd yng Nghymru i ddilyn Gwent wrth ddod yn lleoedd Marmot i fynd I'r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd. Darllenwych fwy: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📰 News: Three new councils in Wales to follow Gwent in becoming Marmot places to tackle health inequalities. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📰 Statement: “Wake-up for the water industry” says Future Generations Commissioner. Derek Walker’s response to Welsh Government’s Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Water in Wales: futuregenerations.wales/news/stateme...

📣 Share your views and evidence to help shape the future of our water system in Wales. Welsh Government's consultation is now open, learn more: www.gov.wales/green-paper-...

Whilst this is a first, we know public bodies will need to increase funding for climate adaptation measures like this one.

Article from me about ten years of Wales’s Future Generations Commissioner role - www.bigissue.com/opinion/a-de... @bigissue.com

Wales in the only country in the UK with a local food partnership in all of our local authority areas. They’re helping us grow more healthy, sustainable and local food and getting it to those who need it most. www.buzzmag.co.uk/food-partner... @futuregencymru.bsky.social

This week in collaboration with Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Co-Production Network Wales and representatives from PSBs we gathered with communities across the public sector to address how we can better coordinate the organisations that shape people’s lives. 🧵

“Di-ystwyth” - rhagair Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol ar gyflwr ein hinsawdd yn ôl Cadeirydd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru. Darllenwch fwy am y pum cam gweithredu uniongyrchol y gellir eu cymryd nawr yng Nghymru i ddiogelu ein systemau ar gyfer y dyfodol: www.iwa.wales/agenda/2026/...

"Collapsing wildlife and polluted rivers now a life or death issue" - @derek-walker.bsky.social Read about the findings from the State of Natural Resources Report by Natural Resources Wales and the Commissioner's response in today's piece via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In their recent report, we helped the Independent Advisory Group to shape Wales’ Future Electricity Grid. 💡There needs to be a transformation in how Welsh communities and businesses are involved in, and gain from, Wales’ energy future. 🔗Learn more: www.gov.wales/independent-...

We provided evidence to the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport & International Relations Committee on Welsh Government's International Strategy. 🧵

Can’t wait to see this next week

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’

What a privilege to have been asked to join a panel at this event tomorrow to share our ten years of experience in Wales of the Well-being of Future Generations Act and to talk about how we can increase global momentum behind the UN declaration for future generations.

NEWS: Wales is investing in sickness not health, the Future Generations Commissioner is warning, as he joins calls for a dramatic shift in the way we spend our budgets. Read more: futuregenerations.wales/news/invest-...

📣 Rydym yn recriwtio: Arweinydd Rhaglen Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cyfnod Mamolaeth)! 📣 We're hiring: Future Generations Leadership Academy Programme Lead (Maternity Cover)! Dyddiad cau / Closing date: 16/01/2026 🔗 futuregenerations.wales/discover/abo...

With social media swamped by climate emergency denial, the issue has been sidetracked into divisiveness and the chances of saving the planet are diminishing week by week, month by month and year by year ✍️Martin Shipton

How can local authorities in Wales shape better food systems? In partnership with @foodsensewales.bsky.social we have produced guidance for Welsh councils on how to use the policy levers they control to support more people. Learn more: futuregenerations.wales/resources/fo...

Wales may be small and enchanting - a land of castles, dragons, and sea-laced horizons - but its true magic lies in its mindset. Here, the future is not an abstract hope but a legal promise ✍️Dr Luci Attala @uwtsd.bsky.social nation.cymru/feature/what...

Well done to the team @cwmpas.bsky.social

Wales' Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker has called for a "deforestation-free public sector" by 2028. www.bbc.com/news/article...

There used to be benches here to sit down and take your shoes off before going into the changing rooms at my local swimming pool. Now there are just vending machines full of junk food. Is it any wonder we have an obesity crisis?

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