Thoroughly enjoyed hosting an Institute of Welsh Affairs roundtable with Oxfam Cymru and Cardiff University today.

We discussed how we can get closer to a Wales that cares for people and planet 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, touching on care, alternative economic models and a just transition.

As Sarah Rees told Issa Farfour on ITV Wales News, famine is looming across Gaza.

It’s time for a permanent #CeasefireNOW . This is the only way to end the death and destruction & ensure the safe delivery of a full-scale humanitarian response.

Sign: bit.ly/3rRRJ8p

Like chocolate? Want to go to Glastonbury?

5 pairs of Glasto tickets are up for grabs hidden in exclusive Tony's Chocolonely bars, only available in Oxfam's shops/online store. Might you find them in your nearest Welsh Oxfam shop?

Start the hunt here: bit.ly/4aJ3dvN

Our hearts go out to the loved ones of the 7 @wckitchen team members killed in Gaza. Their deaths are not an anomaly: almost 200 aid workers have been killed while delivering aid in Gaza.

Each death is tragic, appalling, and inexcusable. Humanitarian workers are protected under…

'We can see a better future
We can feel it with our hands
Gall Cymru wneud pethau'n wahanol'

We launched our community film & racetozero.cymru in the #Senedd yday!
Your voice, hearts & future
A sneak peak below👉
Big thanks to Peredur Owen Griffiths AS/MS Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park & Oxfam Cymru

Y DU yn gwerthu arfau i Israel. Mae hyn yn golygu ei bod â rhan yn y weithred o ladd pobl gyffredin sy'n digwydd bob dydd yn Gaza. Rhaid i'r DU roi'r gorau i arfogi Israel ar a gweithredu i sicrhau #CadoediadNAWR fel y gall digon o gymorth gyrraedd.

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so glad to see the connections and skills being shared with unpaid carers across Wales following our work with We Care Campaign

REACTION: UN Security Council vote on immediate #Gaza ceasefire #CeasefireNOW oxfam.org.uk/mc/aqripj/

New stats out today show that more than 1 in 5 people in Wales live in poverty.

Nearly half of people living in poverty are families with children.

It's time for Vaughan Gething to develop and deliver an ambitious anti poverty strategy.

Our reaction: bit.ly/4a6XYpF

So much energy and joy brought to Welsh Parliament today, da iawn @hubcymruafrica

REACTION: new IPC figures for Gaza are 'worst on record' as Northern Gaza only days away from famine. Oxfam says Israel is blocking food and aid from going into Gaza and has been using starvation as a weapon of war for over five months now: oxfam.org.uk/mc/i3fc99/

It's a big job, and we need bold, hopeful and visionary leadership to deliver it.

Vaughan Gething we hope you are up to the challenge.

Read more on our 5 key tests for the new FM here 🔽

iwa.wales/agenda/2024/02…
(5/5)

4⃣ Leading a truly globally responsible Wales. That means unequivocally backing calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and taking a new approach to our overseas partnerships.

5⃣ Building a wellbeing economy for Wales: that works for people and planet (4/5)

3⃣ Re-establishing climate credibility. There's a clear need for more £ to transition to net zero and the new FM must lobby the PM to raise it by #MakingPollutersPay , sharing the proceeds fairly with Wales.

And it's beyond time to be brave about a de facto ban on coal too (3/5)

2⃣ Caring for our carers: of all kinds, including parents. Lots of action needed here, but an obvious priority is addressing the issues with the childcare system in Wales. It isn't working for parents or providers. It's time to listen. (2/5)

We're looking forward to working with Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething

A🧵on the 5 key tests he will face.

1⃣Poverty. It isn't inevitable, but it is pervasive. That's why we need an Anti-Poverty Strategy. It's long overdue. (1/5)

I was glad to sponsor an event at the Senedd this evening to hear from NGOs and DEC Cymru about the unspeakable situation in #Gaza .

Diolch to Oxfam Cymru for arranging this important dialogue with MSs on the need for a #CeasefireNOW and for Wales to raise its voice for peace.

Proud that campaigners from Caerphilly to Cardiff have travelled to Westminster to meet their MPs and call for a #CeasefireNOW

Whilst any efforts to increase aid are needed, airdrops & maritime crossings give the illusion of workable solutions. To provide aid at the scale and speed urgently needed to end this humanitarian catastrophe we need the full opening of land crossings & lifting of aid truck…