Having worked for a decade in education, a key priority for me is ensuring our children and young people have access to inclusive, inspiring learning opportunities.

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In the Wales Green Party, we value a range of learning pathways into the workplace and want to ensure that students can focus on topics they are passionate about with clear prospects for local work following their training. This means tackling issues such as child poverty, limited access to social care, long neurodiversity and disability assessment waiting lists, and lack of diverse career options. I am determined to give our young people a brighter future in Gwynedd Maldwyn.

Our constituency is beautifully rural. After years of low investment in community spaces, it’s essential that we enable people to gather locally – to reduce isolation and to nurture community cohesion. I advocate for securing funding to ensure there are opportunities for cultural heritage, music and Welsh language to thrive within our communities across all generations and backgrounds.

From coastline to mountains, ancient woodlands and lakes, we have been gifted natural spaces to protect and restore for our future generations. To achieve this, we must engage in productive dialogue to balance the needs of our local wildlife with the livelihoods of our agricultural community. We have far more in common than we sometimes think; there is more reason to hope than fear. As your second candidate for Gwynedd Maldwyn, I will be speaking for compassion and deep listening amongst our constituents, businesses and communities to ensure that we are represented and heard locally and in the Senedd. Vote Green!