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4 March 2026, Plenary

Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?

… that directly bore the national music service, and developed and mainstreamed those possibilities and probabilities. A strong National Youth Arts Wales, which provides Wales's innovative national orchestral, band and choral opportunities, is also now delivering … showcase our offer internationally, that the national music service's innovative leadership and collaborative approach with National Youth Arts Wales, and alongside providers like Welsh National Opera, has marched through the schools of Wales, establishing first-experience programmes …

26 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations

… think, from National Youth Arts Wales's perspective, in terms of our current workforce, we're looking at—. In terms of addressing retention, we're trying to make sure that, while we can, we are continuing to pay … find cost-neutral ways of providing a better work-life balance, which is doable for organisations like National Youth Arts Wales because of our particular model, but I realise it would be very challenging if you run …

26 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations

… where the work is. But I feel like the arts sector is—. I always say that National Youth Arts Wales is working with enlightened self-interest. We want a workforce that is diverse and fit for purpose, but … also thinking about who we, as National Youth Arts Wales, employ in the future. So, we're definitely a pathway to ourselves into the wider arts and cultural sector. I do think there is a bit …

26 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations

… you very much for the opportunity to give evidence this morning. I think, just speaking from a National Youth Arts Wales perspective, we're a small organisation, but we do employ about 200 to 250 freelancers each year … and culture, and, in this case, I'm talking specifically about music, performing arts and visual arts. National Youth Arts Wales is concerned with the first two of those, and there's migration away, in the technical side …

4 March 2026, Plenary

Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?

… has launched, and that we celebrate and nurture such national treasures and its creative home with National Youth Arts Wales's innovative leadership. It is about time that we celebrate our dedicated and hard-working national cultural organisations …