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We want to see a Wales where all children can flourish and fulfill their potential | Rydym am weld Cymru lle gall pob plentyn ffynnu a chyflawni ei botensial Learn more | Dysgwch fwy: linktr.ee/savethechildrencymru

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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A child payment could help transform the childhoods of children across Wales. A new paper commissioned by Save the Children Cymru and the Bevan Foundation shows what's needed for the Cynnal payment - and a full payment scheme - to work. Read the blog: www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2026/i...
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Implementing a Welsh Child Payment – what routes can the Welsh Government take?
A new legal analysis from Save the Children Cymru and the Bevan Foundation shows that a Welsh Child Payment is both legally and practically achievable under existing Welsh Government powers, despite s...
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DEC Cymru @deccymru.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, DEC charities in Wales came together at the #Senedd to launch the Venezuela Earthquake Appeal with member charities, politicians and The Future Generations Commissioner. Thank you to the Welsh Government for their support. Please visit dec.org.uk to donate
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DEC Cymru @deccymru.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Heddiw daeth elusennau DEC yng Nghymru ynghyd yn y #Senedd i lansio Apêl Daeargryn Venezuela yng nghwmni gwleidyddion a Chomisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol. Diolch i Lywodraeth Cymru am eu cefnogaeth. I gyfrannu at yr Apêl ewch i: dec.org.uk
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our response to the statement made by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality. *** Ein hymateb i ddatganiad y Dirprwy Brif Weinidog a Gweinidog y Cabinet dros Gyfiawnder Cymdeithasol a Chydraddoldeb.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The extension of free school meals in secondary schools will make a difference to many low-income families and is something children have been calling for in our #ListenToUsMore manifesto. This is a welcome step forward. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Plaid confirms free school meals for secondary pupils in universal credit homes
The new policy removes a previous income threshold of £7,400 per year that limited eligibility.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Rydym yn clywed yn gyson gan blant sut mae rhoi mwy o arian ym mhocedi teuluoedd yn mynd i'n helwa ni i gyd. Rydym wedi bod yn galw am Daliad Plant Cymru pwrpasol i gefnogi teuluoedd incwm isel. Mae'r cynllun peilot taliad 'Cynnal' yn gam ymlaen ac i'w groesawu. www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
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Plaid Cymru am gychwyn cynllun taliad plant 'ar unwaith'
Fe allai rhai o deuluoedd tlotaf Cymru dderbyn mwy o arian ymhen tri mis yn ôl dirprwy brif weinidog newydd Cymru.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Children have told us that putting more money in families’ pockets benefit us all. That is why we have been calling for a dedicated Welsh Child Payment to support low-income families. The proposed Cynnal Payment pilot plan is a welcome move forward. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Plaid Cymru deputy first minister says some of Wales' poorest parents could receive extra cash within months
The plans would see £10 a week for 15,000 children between 0 and six-years-old, whose parents already receive universal credit.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Mae hi’n wythnos #CynnigCymraeg Comisiynydd y Gymraeg Rydym yn hynod o falch o dderbyn y gymeradwyaeth yma – ewch i wefan y Comisiynydd i weld sut allwch chi fod yn rhan o’r cynllun. Gwyliwch ein ffilm fer am sut y gallwch chi ddefnyddio eich #Cymraeg gyda ni www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCC...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21/04/2026
A dedicated Welsh benefit system, including a Welsh Child Payment, which can remove barriers and provide financial security to thousands of families, is one way of investing in everyone’s futures ✍️Melanie Simmonds, Save the Children Cymru
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Why the next Welsh Government must introduce a Welsh Child Payment
Melanie Simmonds, Head of Save the Children Cymru Child poverty is an injustice seen and felt across Wales impacting so many families through no fault of their own but also affecting us all. Recent fi...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
DATGANIAD I’R WASG: Rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi partneriaeth newydd tair blynedd, gwerth £1 miliwn gyda Grŵp Admiral sy'n canolbwyntio ar amddiffyn plant rhag effeithiau cynyddol newid hinsawdd a thlodi yn y DU ac yn fyd-eang.
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Admiral Group and Save the Children announce new three-year £1 Million partnership to help tackle child poverty and climate change
Save the Children and Admiral Group have announced a new three-year partnership worth £1 million to support the charity’s UK and global work in mitigating the impacts of climate change and poverty on ...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
PRESS RELEASE: We’re proud to announce a new three-year, £1 million partnership with Admiral Group focused on protecting children from the growing impacts of climate change and poverty in the UK and globally.
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Admiral Group and Save the Children announce new three-year £1 Million partnership to help tackle child poverty and climate change
Save the Children and Admiral Group have announced a new three-year partnership worth £1 million to support the charity’s UK and global work in mitigating the impacts of climate change and poverty on ...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The child poverty rate is higher in Wales than in any of the other UK nations. The next Welsh Government must make tackling #childpoverty and protecting children's childhoods and futures a priority nation.cymru/news/child-p...
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Child poverty 'scandalous' as one in three affected in Wales
More than one in five people in Wales are still living in poverty, according to the latest official figures, prompting renewed warnings from charities about deepening hardship and widening inequality....
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Next Welsh Government must act on child poverty as new figures reveal the scandal that one in three children still miss out on childhoods www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...
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NEXT WELSH GOVERNMENT MUST ACT ON CHILD POVERTY AS NEW FIGURES REVEAL THE SCANDAL THAT ONE IN THREE CHILDREN STILL MISS OUT ON CHILDHOODS
CARDIFF, 26 March 2026: Responding to the newly published Households Below Average Income poverty figures that shows child poverty figures in Wales remain scandalous, Melanie Simmonds, Head of Save th...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Rhaid i lywodraeth nesaf Cymru weithredu ar dlodi plant wrth i ffigyrau newydd ddatgelu bod un o bob tri plentyn yn dal i golli allan ar blentynod www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...
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NEXT WELSH GOVERNMENT MUST ACT ON CHILD POVERTY AS NEW FIGURES REVEAL THE SCANDAL THAT ONE IN THREE CHILDREN STILL MISS OUT ON CHILDHOODS
CARDIFF, 26 March 2026: Responding to the newly published Households Below Average Income poverty figures that shows child poverty figures in Wales remain scandalous, Melanie Simmonds, Head of Save th...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📢 Rydym yn chwilio am bobl ifanc 12-16 oed i gynrychioli Cymru ar Fwrdd Cynghori Ieuenctid Achub y Plant! Am y ddwy flynedd nesaf, byddwch yn canolbwyntio ar ymgyrchu ar dlodi plant yn y DU, a dylanwadu ar waith Achub y Plant. Ymgeisiwch: volunteer.savethechildren.org.uk/opportunitie...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📢 We’re looking for young people aged 12-16 to represent Wales on Save the Children’s Youth Advisory Board! For the next two years, you'll focus on campaigning on child poverty in the UK, and shaping decisions across our work. Apply here: volunteer.savethechildren.org.uk/opportunitie...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
As part of the Welsh Children’s Charities Policy Group it was great to join @childreninwales.org.uk, NSPCC Cymru & Barnardos Cymru at the Welsh Liberal Democrats Conference today. Read our 2026 Senedd election manifesto ➡️  shorturl.at/6WslQ
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Fel rhan o Grŵp Polisi Elusennau Plant Cymru, roedd hi'n wych ymuno â @plantyngnghymru.org.uk, NSPCC Cymru a Barnardos Cymru eraill mewn digwyddiad ymylol yng Nghynhadledd Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru heddiw. Darllenwch ein maniffesto Etholiad Senedd 2026 ➡️ shorturl.at/6WslQ
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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Military escalation across the Middle East is having a rising human cost. We’ve joined 13 other aid and rights groups to call for an immediate end to this spiral of violence. Read our statement here: bit.ly/4aPYHhY
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Children in Wales @childreninwales.org.uk · 02/03/2026
Trafodaethau pwysig wythnos diwethaf yn nigwyddiad panel Grŵp Gweithredu'r Blynyddoedd Cynnar yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru ar yr hyn y mae angen i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru blaenoriaethu ar gyfer babanod a phlant ifanc. Gallwch ddarllen ein Maniffesto ar gyfer babanod a phlant ifanc yma: bit.ly/3MKGYzd
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Children in Wales @childreninwales.org.uk · 02/03/2026
Important discussions on Friday at the Early Years Action Group panel event at the @plaidcymru.bsky.social conference on what the next Welsh Government needs to prioritise for babies and young children. You can read our Manifesto for babies and young children here: bit.ly/3MKGYzd
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Yn falch o allu ymuno ag elusennau eraill Cymru yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru y penwythnos hwn a chymryd rhan yn sgwrs panel Grwp Gweithredu'r Blynyddoedd Cynnar i drafod y prif faterion sy'n wynebu babanod, plant a phobl ifanc. Darllenwch ein maniffesto #GwrandewchFwyAromNi yma: shorturl.at/FZrLE
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Great to join other charities at the Plaid Cymru Conference this weekend and take part in the Early Years Action Group panel event to discuss the main issues facing babies, children & young people Read out Senedd Election #ListenToUsMore manifesto here: shorturl.at/bkypg
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Mae plant yn haeddu plentyndod hapus heb straen na phryder. Ond maen nhw'n dweud fod pryderon ariannol yn effeithio ar eu hiechyd meddwl. Yn ystod #WythnosIechydMeddwlPlant, rydym yn galw ar lywodraeth nesaf Cymru i roi iechyd meddwl plant yn gyntaf. Darllenwch y maniffesto: bit.ly/3MD5mTd
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Children deserve to live happy childhoods free of stress and worry. But they often tell us money worries are hurting their mental health. This Children's Mental Health Week, we're calling on the next Welsh government to put children's mental health first. Read the manifesto: bit.ly/4kubwld
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DEC Cymru @deccymru.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It’s been three years since the earthquakes hit #Turkey and #Syria. We’re resharing The Locker film, inspired by Haneen, a nurse who put her own fears aside to care for patients. The 2023 DEC appeal raised £4.9m in Wales. Thank you. Read the final report: bit.ly/4r7eApO
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
All children deserve fair play. Thanks to @childreninwales.org.uk for including our article in the latest edition of the magazine. Read the article: issuu.com/childreninwa...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Mae pob plentyn yn haeddu chwarae teg. Diolch i @childreninwales.org.uk am gynnwys ein herthygl yn y rhifyn newydd y cylchgrawn. Darllenwch yr erthygl: issuu.com/childreninwa...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Mae stori Jolene yn ein hatgoffa pam mae profiad byw yn bwysig. Pan fydd pobl sydd â phrofiad o'r heriau yn cael cyfle i arwain, mae newid go iawn yn digwydd. Dyma beintio darlun o beth mae'n ei olygu i gyrraedd y nod a chyflawni uchelgais. Darllenwch: www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2025/b...
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Breaking through the glass ceiling: From experiencing poverty to meeting the PM
Jolene Martin, Participation and Projects Officer Save the Children Cymru shares her life-changing journey from experiencing poverty to joining the Voices For Bettws parents group and developing train...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Jolene's journey reminds us why lived experience matters. When people who’ve faced the challenges are trusted to lead, real change happens. This is what breaking the glass ceiling looks like. Read Jolene's blog: www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2025/b...
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Breaking through the glass ceiling: From experiencing poverty to meeting the PM
Jolene Martin, Participation and Projects Officer Save the Children Cymru shares her life-changing journey from experiencing poverty to joining the Voices For Bettws parents group and developing train...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Shân Legge-Bourke who served for many decades as President of Save the Children in Wales and Patron and Chair of the Women in Wales Charity. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family and friends. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Tributes paid as Shân Legge-Bourke dies aged 82
Shân Legge Bourke inherited the beautiful Glanusk estate near Crickhowell and held a multitude of public roles in Wales
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Mae 40% o bobl yn bwriadu gwario llai y Nadolig hwn yn ôl arolwg gan Sefydliad Bevan Dyma Eurgain Haf yn trafod ar Dros Frecwast @bbccymruwales.bsky.social yr hyd rydym ni yn ei glywed gan rieni a phlant am heriau costau y gaeaf i deuluoedd incwm isel (1:46) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Dros Frecwast - 16/12/2025 - BBC Sounds
Y newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Kate Crockett a Dylan Ebenezer.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
To mark the end of the training for parents championing the needs of their children with ALN, lots of fun was had designing festive numbers on #ChristmasJumperDay Developed with @childreninwales.org.uk and our Voices For Bettws parents, here's Jolene’s to explain more in her blog bit.ly/4jcByc9
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I nodi diwedd ein cwrs hyfforddiant i rieni sy'n eirioli anghenion eu plant ag ADY – cawsom hwyl yn creu siwmperi #DiwrnodSiwmperNadolig I wybod mwy am yr hyfforddiant sydd wedi greu a’i weinyddu gan grŵp rhieni Lleisiau Dros Bettws a @plantyngnghymru.org.uk darllenwch flog Jolene bit.ly/4jcByc9
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Happy Christmas Jumper Day from Save the Children Cymru 🎄 Show off your festive knits and tag us in your pics using the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay You can pay in your donation here: bit.ly/3KbCT5F
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Diwrnod Siwmper Nadolig Hapus gan Achub y Plant Cymru 🎄 Dangoswch eich siwmperi sbesial a thagiwch ni yn eich lluniau gan ddefnyddio'r hashnod #DiwrnodSiwmperNadolig Gallwch gyfrannu yma: bit.ly/3KbCT5F
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Great to be at the Senedd launch of the Champions for Children manifesto with @childreninwales.org.uk, sharing what the next Welsh Government must do to improve children’s futures. #ListenToUsMore
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Gwych bod yn y Senedd ar gyfer lansiad maniffesto Pencampwyr dros Blant @plantyngnghymru.org.uk, yn rhannu'r hyn y mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru ei wneud i wella dyfodol plant. #GwrandewchFwyArnomNi
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We’re very proud of our Voices For Bettws parents for sharing their inspiring story with the Senedd Cross Party Group on Disability today. They highlighted the need for more support for parents of children with additional learning needs and shared learning from their training
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Rydym yn falch iawn o'n rhieni Lleisiau Dros Betws am rannu eu stori ysbrydoledig gyda Y Grŵp Trawsbleidiol ar Anabledd yn y Senedd heddiw. Fe wnaethant dynnu sylw at yr angen am fwy o gefnogaeth i rieni plant ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol a rhannu dysg o'u cwrs hyfforddiant 🙌
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
ONE WEEK TO GO 📢🎄 A week today, we'll be ready to throw on our woolly wonders for Christmas Jumper Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bilingual resources are available to download when you register christmasjumperday.org
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
WYTHNOS I FYND 📢🎄 Wythnos i heddiw byddwn ni'n barod i ddod â gwên i'r byd mewn siwmper glyd! Adnoddau #Cymraeg ar gael i'w llawrlwytho o'r wefan unwaith i chi gofrestru. Cofrestrwch nawr: shorturl.at/91WLj
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Rydym yn croesawu’r cam beiddgar hwn gan y Canghellor i ddileu’r terfyn budd-dal dau blentyn a fydd yn newid bywydau degau ar filoedd o blant yr effeithir arnynt gan y polisi hwn yng Nghymru
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We welcome this bold action by the Chancellor to scrap the two-child limit which will be life-changing for tens of thousands of children impacted by this policy in Wales
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Children and young people have told us about the challenges they face and the changes they want to see made across Wales to #endchildpoverty They want politicians to #ListenToUsMore Read Our #SeneddElection2026 Manifesto: bit.ly/4hZuFdB and blog 👇 www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2025/2...
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The 2026 Senedd election is a chance to show that Wales puts children first
Child poverty is not inevitable; it is the result of choices. The 2026 Senedd election is a chance to make different ones. It’s a chance to show that Wales puts children first.Save the Children Cymru’...
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Children need a safe and happy environment to grow, learn and thrive. Insightful to hear how children and families in Llangatwg want to make their voices heard. Delighted @sionedplaid.bsky.social could join us to share ideas for change in #NeathPortTalbot and wider communities.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Mae angen amgylchedd diogel a hapus ar blant i allu tyfu, dysgu a ffynnu. Bore diddorol yn clywed beth mae plant Llangatwg am ei weld yn newid o fewn eu cymuned. Balch iawn y gallai @sionedplaid.bsky.social ymuno â ni i rannu syniadau sut y mae cydweithio yn hanfodol o fewn cymundedau.
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 16/11/2025
⛰️❤️ 'Calon mor fawr' Mae teulu Gwenno sy'n saith oed yn falch iawn ohoni, wedi iddi ddringo Pen y Fan i godi arian ar gyfer plant Gaza. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/31381
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Merch saith oed o Bontypridd yn dringo i gopa Pen y Fan i godi arian i blant yn Gaza
Mae merch ifanc o Bontypridd wedi codi £760 i blant Gaza drwy ddringo copa mynydd uchaf de Cymru, Pen y Fan.
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Mae tlodi plant yn ganlyniad dewisiadau. Mae #EtholiadSenedd2026 yn gyfle i wneud rhai gwahanol. Mae eu neges i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru yn glir: #GwrandewchFwyArnomNi Darllenwch ein maniffesto: bit.ly/3WQwBLJ
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Save the Children Cymru | Achub y Plant @savethechildrencym.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"Childhood only happens once. We need to get it right because when our children thrive, so does Wales" ✍️Melanie Simmonds @walesonline.bsky.social. Children have told us that they want politicians to #ListenToUsMore Read our #SeneddElection2026 manifesto: bit.ly/4hZuFdB
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