Apprentices from the Urdd are helping to inspire students at an English-medium primary school to use more Welsh through a weekly sports club.
Yusuf Billie and Hudhayfah Arish are working with Mount Stuart Primary in Cardiff as apprentices for Wales’s largest youth organisation, Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Their sports club offers learners the chance to use Welsh through community activities.
Apprenticeships through the Urdd helps build bilingual workplaces by offering opportunities for individuals to learn, develop personally and socially, and improve their confidence when using Welsh. The Urdd’s Apprenticeship Department is committed to inspiring people’s career journeys, supporting employers to develop qualified staff and meet the need for a Welsh speaking workforce in Wales.
Both apprentices running the club are new to the language, having attended an English-medium school and now taking part in daily Welsh lessons through the Urdd and National Centre for Learning Welsh. The innovative approach to learning Welsh whilst conducting an apprenticeship is helping to create a bilingual workforce for the future.
The Urdd is one of the largest Welsh language employers and the main provider of apprenticeships through the medium of Welsh within the third sector in Wales.
For further information please select the following link: Urdd apprentices inspiring next generation in Welsh | GOV.WALES
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