Wrexham Council have produced its annual Welsh Language Annual Report detailing its progress and issues encountered while trying to achieve and surpass the standards. The Welsh Language Standards, which came into force in 2016, requires the local authority to comply with 171 Standards which help ensure “the Council treats the Welsh and English languages on […]
Translation issue highlighted as council aim for “easily understandable” Welsh
Wrexham Council have produced its annual Welsh Language Annual Report detailing its progress and issues encountered while trying to achieve and surpass the standards.
The Welsh Language Standards, which came into force in 2016, requires the local authority to comply with 171 Standards which help ensure “the Council treats the Welsh and English languages on a basis of equality and respects the rights of Welsh speakers.”
The annual report, which is required in the Welsh Language Standards, highlights the progress and complaints made to Wrexham Council over the last 12 months.
In the document due before executive board tomorrow morning, reference is made to the impact of the last 12 months, which is described as being “extremely challenging for everyone and the way we work and provide services have, in all likelihood, changed forever.”