Language Policy

Preamble

The Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group (hereinafter called the Group) is a voluntary organisation with no paid employees and no offices.

 

Statement

The Group is committed to fulfilling the purposes of the Welsh Language Act 1993 in so far as lies within its powers. It has adopted the principle that, in the conduct of public meetings, the English and Welsh languages will be treated on the basis of equality, as far as possible.

 

Administration

As the Officers of the Group are all volunteers, it is not possible or appropriate to maintain any particular ratio of first language Welsh:English speakers.

 

Communications

The Group officers will usually respond to telephone and email communications in the officer’s first language. They will endeavour to reply to each written communication in the language in which it was written. Public and promotional materials will be bilingual.

 

Website

The Group has a new website from Spring 2026.  Due to the urgency for the new website to be live, it will initially only be available in English.  When time and budget permits, the website will be made available in Welsh for all pages other than for the Research menu and the Members Area.  This is because of the extensive number of reports and the frequent update of the content on these pages.  House histories are written in the preferred language of the author.

 

Policy Review

The Trustees will review this policy annually and following any feedback and will make changes as appropriate.

 

This policy was initially approved by the Trustees on 24 May 2022

Revisions to this policy were approved at the Trustees Meeting on 27th April 2026.