Agenda item

To inform and update members on the progress of the Tirlun Byw project.

The report was presented by the Llŷn AONB Activities Officer. The following main points were outlined:

It was explained that Tirlun Byw was a project jointly funded by Natural Resources Wales and Cyngor Gwynedd for a period of three years up to 2027. The project's aim was to promote the AONB as a living landscape, by providing activities for people who work, live or visit here. It was noted that the project responded to several objectives such as the AONB Management Plan, Welsh Government's Natural Resources and Well-being objectives as well as the priority areas of the Cyngor Gwynedd Plan 2023-28.

Data was presented on the activities that had taken place over the past year and participant numbers. Photographs of those events were shown to provide a taster of the activities. Copies of poems were provided which had been composed as part of a project undertaken by local schools with the help of Meirion Macintyre Huws to promote the dark skies and their importance within the AONB. It was confirmed that the project had received very positive feedback from the schools.

Some other upcoming events were highlighted, such as the invasive species information session on 30 April and an information session on running successful guided tours on 14 May.

It was confirmed that it was intended to prepare a work programme for the 2026/27 year and suggestions were welcomed for suitable events to be held during that period.

During the discussion, the following observations were noted:

In response to an enquiry, the Llŷn AONB Activities Officer confirmed that it was hoped that the poems composed by school pupils as part of the project would be published in an edition of the Llanw Llŷn community paper. However, it was confirmed that they could not be published in the Llygad Llŷn newsletter because they would need to be translated as the newsletter was published bilingually. However, there would hopefully be another opportunity in the future to publish these poems.

In response to an enquiry, the Llŷn AONB Activities Officer confirmed that members of this Joint Committee could be invited to these activities via a calendar meeting request instead of by e-mail if they so wished, and members were asked to contact the Activities Officer.

In response to an enquiry, the Llŷn AONB Activities Officer emphasised that every effort was being made to ensure that all activities were conducted bilingually. However, it was acknowledged that there had been one event where the presenter did not speak Welsh and there had not been sufficient time to translate her presentation and therefore the event had been held in English.

It was noted that an information session on the Welsh names of trees, flowers and birds would be beneficial as part of the work programme, and that if this was not possible, that a page should be created on the website containing all the information so that those names were not lost.

          DECISION

          To accept the report, noting the observations made during the discussion.