P-04-632 Mynyddoedd Pawb
P-04-632 Mynyddoedd Pawb
Petition wording
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to encourage the Welsh Government to
persuade bodies and organisations to protect and respect our wealth of place
names in order to:
1)
stimulate respect and interest in the Welsh language and to secure and increase
the use of it.
2)
increase the sense of identity among local communities by sharing the wealth of
our cultural heritage with others.
3)
engage the interest and awareness of visitors of the richness of our local
heritage and thereby bring educational and economic benefits to areas.
This
could be achieved through:
•working
with outdoor centres in order to raise their awareness of traditional
indigenous place names, and in order to support them to use Welsh place names
in their day to day work.
•highlight
the richness of our place names in terms of our cultural heritage, and what
they can communicate through the teaching of history, geography, mythology and
historical land use in our country.
•persuade
the Welsh Government to bring traditional and long standing place names under
planning control.
(A
written petition is running concurrently.)
Additional Information
We
are of the view that that awareness should be raised of the importance of
protection of Welsh place names, and that institutions and voluntary
associations at local, regional and national levels have a key role in this.
Also,
schools should ensure that children and young people have the opportunity to
appreciate the richness of Welsh place names as part of their national
heritage.
We
believe that place names and the heritage and history associated with them,
should be an integral part of environmental studies courses in further and
higher education and outdoor pursuits courses run by other bodies. Training
organisations, centres and clubs involved in mountaineering and outdoor
activities should be encouraged to use Welsh place names.
We
ask the National Assembly to stress the importance of all this to the Welsh
Government, so that they can persuade local authorities, Natural Resources
Wales, the National Trust, the National Park Authorities and other bodies in
the statutory, voluntary, public and private sectors to take appropriate steps
to safeguard Welsh place names.
Lead petitioner: Mynyddoedd Pawb
First considered by the
Committee:
Number of signatures: 1,026
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 05/05/2015