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Huw Thomas
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Darpar ŵr, tad, Cardi, Undodwr, Cyfarwyddwr Cyllid i Fwrdd Iechyd Hywel Dda. Postio yn personol ac nid ar ran neb arall.

Partner, father, Cardi, Unitarian, Finance Director for Hywel Dda University Health Board. Posting in a personal capacity.
Diolch i bawb yn BIP Hywel Dda sy’n gweithio dros yr Wyl.

With thanks to everyone in Hywel Dda UHB who will be working this Christmas.

A beautiful video, worth watching, showing that our work never stops, even at Christmas.

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Pan Fo’r Nos yn Hir | When the Night is Long
YouTube video by Hywel Dda University Health Board
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December 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Absolutely love the Vollpension Café in Vienna. A social enterprise employing pensioners to mitigate loneliness and provide an extra income. And amazing food.
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Fascinating insights from @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social at the HFMA annual conference this morning.
On top form as ever! Much to take away and reflect on.
December 5, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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"We don’t have to treat economic development and health creation as separate priorities"

Tom Lloyd Goodwin on our 4th #CWBConversation, w/ @benjaminbarr.bsky.social Jennifer Connolley @westyorkshireca.bsky.social and Rachel Laurence @thrivingplaces.bsky.social 🔗 cles.org.uk/blog/communi...
December 2, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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Whether you are Welsh or not, people in the UK need to be aware of Wales' treatment.
November 30, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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This is key. Every single U.K. government department has a negotiation with the treasury about their budgets except the devolved Governments. So our block grant is decided not on Wales’ needs but as an afterthought. Completely unacceptable and a key failure of the devolved settlement .
“When the UK chancellor announces their budget, the Welsh government hears what’s in it at exactly the same time as every other person in the UK. It is impossible for the Senedd to plan long term…. No other country ties the spending allocations to its regions to its largest constituent state.”
The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it | Will Hayward
November 30, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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And I don’t accept it. I don’t accept it at all.
November 30, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Be not afraid to make a stand ✊🏼🙏❤️

Rev. Dr D. Elwyn Davies (1926-97) was a Welsh Unitarian minister, writer and theologian. His prophetic words continue to inspire many in Wales today.
November 28, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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I had the pleasure of joining the @clesthinkdo.bsky.social webinar to discuss how Celtic nations are tackling key challenges using community wealth building approaches.

You can read more about the approaches taken by Celtic governments and communities here: cles.org.uk/blog/much-to...
Much to learn from Celtic wealth building | CLES
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November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Read about our recent community wealth building conversation on what we can learn from Scotland, Wales and Ireland - great discussion and wonderfully chaired by @johnhuwthomas.bsky.social
"An invigorating reminder that what small country governments lack in scale, they more than make up for in their ambition."

Sarah Evans' reflections on our #CWBConversations event on Celtic wealth building, ahead of her joining the CLES team in a few weeks time. 🔗 cles.org.uk/blog/much-to...
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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"An invigorating reminder that what small country governments lack in scale, they more than make up for in their ambition."

Sarah Evans' reflections on our #CWBConversations event on Celtic wealth building, ahead of her joining the CLES team in a few weeks time. 🔗 cles.org.uk/blog/much-to...
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Ten years ago Eric Pickles gleefully abolished the Audit Commission, the state-run body that audited accounts and of Local Authorities.

Today the NAO refused to sign off Govt accounts because of massive audit backlog.

QED. 1/2

on.ft.com/4eQvAd5
UK spending watchdog refuses to sign off government accounts
[FREE TO READ] National Audit Office criticises ‘material and pervasive’ gaps in public sector audits
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November 26, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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“Cutting to the chase – ownership matters.. The more solutions are devised, financed, developed, managed & owned here, the more resilient (communities will) become to deal with whatever else is lurking around a corner.”

Me & @lydiagodden.bsky.social

communityenergy.wales/news/its-the...
“It’s the community, stupid”
communityenergy.wales
November 23, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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www.techuk.org/resource/vot... Please vote for me and tell all your friends to do the same 📣 👍 😉
Voting Open: techUK’s Health and Social Care Council
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November 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Rydym yn dathlu 125 o ddysgu Gwleidyddiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Dyma bapur arholiad cynnar o 1904…

Mae cwestiwn 9 yn *anfarwol*!

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We’re celebrating 125 years of teaching Politics at Cardiff Uni. Here’s an early exam paper from 1904…

You’re going to absolutely *love* question 9!
November 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Over 50 city & municipal governments are embedding the concepts and tools of Doughnut Economics in their strategies, policies and processes - check out how they are getting started with some fantastic peer-to-peer inspiration summed up in our new report.... doughnuteconomics.org/tools/cities...
November 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Hear hear!
November 20, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Sometimes, good things all come at the same time. Last week, a conference in @s4c.bsky.social on procuring locally in Carmarthenshire; Monday a Wellbeing Economy Conference in Swansea; and yesterday a @clesthinkdo.bsky.social conversation across Celtic Nations on community wealth building.
November 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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“Tapping into what we once knew”

“A deeper wisdom of what success looks like”

@kateraworth.bsky.social connecting us to our past ways, our indigenous knowledge and practice.

#wecymru #wellbeingeconomics
November 18, 2024 at 11:18 PM