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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 3d

🎧 Rhaglen wych am fwyd a Chymru o Ŵyl Fwyd y Fenni. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Gwrandewch ar Nicky James o elusen Maint Cynru (36 munud mewn) yn trafod #bwyd, coedwigoedd a datgoedwigo 🌍
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👉 bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/m002jsvl

Programmes

Guests Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Patrick Holden, Carwyn Graves and Sue Pritchard join Sheila Dillon at Abergavenny Food Festival.

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 3d

🎧 Fab Wales special of “The Food Programme” from Abergavenny Food Festival.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hear our very own Nicky James (36 mins in) on food, forests & cutting deforestation one meal at a time 🌍
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👉 bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/m002jsvl

Programmes

Guests Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Patrick Holden, Carwyn Graves and Sue Pritchard join Sheila Dillon at Abergavenny Food Festival.

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 3d

⏰ Galwad olaf! Ceisiadau yn cau FORY, 9:00yb Llun 6 Hydref — anfonwch eich cais nawr!

⏰ Final call! Applications close TOMORROW, 9:00am Mon 6 Oct — get yours in now!

👉🏾 sizeofwales.org.uk/vacancy/advo...

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 Restoring Forests, Strengthening Communities: A New MoU for Uganda’s National Parks
 🌍 Adfer Coedwigoedd, Cryfhau Cymunedau: MoU Newydd ar gyfer Parciau Cenedlaethol #Uganda

Mount Elgon Tree Growing Enterprise @metgetrees.bsky.social · 9d

With Support from @Admiral, we will see the restoration of 44 hectares of the degraded strip of the park, reinforcing efforts to restore biodiversity, build climate resilience, and improve community livelihoods . @sizeofwales.bsky.social @barbara-davies-quy.bsky.social

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 13d

🌍 Rydym yn recriwtio! Ymunwch â’n tîm fel Swyddog Eiriolaeth & Ymgyrchu!

🌍 We're hiring! Join our team as Advocacy & Outreach Officer to lead our “Deforestation Free Nation” campaign in Wales. Hybrid role, part-time (0.6 FTE). Apply by 9am, 6 October

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Advocacy Outreach Officer - Size of Wales

Size of Wales is currently recruiting an Education Outreach Officer

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 14d

Rydym yn recriwtio! 🌱

Ymunwch â Maint Cymru fel Swyddog Eiriolaeth ac Ymgysylltu i helpu adeiladu #CenedlRhyddODdatgoedwigo

Dyddiad cau: 9yb, 6 Hydref

Ymgeisiwch yma 👉 sizeofwales.org.uk/cy/vacancy/s...

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 14d

We’re hiring! 🌱

Join Size of Wales as an Advocacy & Outreach Officer to help build a #DeforestationFreeNation 🌳

Deadline: 9am, 6 Oct

Apply 👉 sizeofwales.org.uk/vacancy/advo...

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 15d

Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer Cydgyfeiriant Bwyd Go Iawn a Ffermio'r Gororau! 🌱

3–4 Hydref, Square Farm, Trefynwy.

Dewch i glywed gan Nicky James o Maint Cymru!

Archwiliwch ddyfodol bwyd lleol, ffermio adfywiol a mwy.

Archebwch NAWR: www.mrffc.uk
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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for the Marches Real Food & Farming Convergence! 🌱

3–4 Oct, Square Farm, Monmouth.

Explore local food futures, regenerative farming & more.

And hear our very own Nicky James share her insights!

Book your tickets NOW: www.mrffc.uk
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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 16d

Gyda’n gilydd, gall cymunedau a choedwigoedd ffynnu.

Together, communities and forests can thrive. 💚

Mount Elgon Tree Growing Enterprise @metgetrees.bsky.social · 27d

This effort builds on our progress in Ganzo Mayiyi, where we have already restored 108 hectares along the park boundary under Tree Planting for Improved Livelihoods Project.

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 16d

Gyda’n gilydd, gall cymunedau a choedwigoedd ffynnu.

Together, communities and forests can thrive.

Llongyfarchiadau @metgetrees.bsky.social

Mount Elgon Tree Growing Enterprise @metgetrees.bsky.social · 27d

With support from @AdmiralLife, we have kicked off the restoration of 44 hectares of degraded strip in Mount Elgon National Park in Bulambuli District. @sizeofwales.bsky.social @barbara-davies-quy.bsky.social .

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 20d

O’r fferm i’r fforc, mae newid yn bosibl. ✨

Mae gan Gymru’r cyfle i arwain y ffordd wrth lunio system fwyd deg, gwydn a rhydd o ddatgoedwigo.

Welwn ni chi yng Ngŵyl Fwyd Y Fenni! 👩🏾‍🍳 #gwylfwyd #YFenni

Future Gen Cymru @futuregencymru.bsky.social · 21d

Yfory!
🍎 Dyfodol Bwyd Tecach. A all Cymru arwain y ffordd?
📣 Ymunwch â'r sgwrs amserol hon a'r alwad i weithredu.

Gweld y rhaglen lawn a chofrestru nawr: www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/conference-a...

#Abergavenny

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 20d

From farm to fork, change is possible. ✨

Wales has the opportunity to lead the way in shaping a food system that is fair, resilient and deforestation-free. #AFF25

See you in Abergavenny!

Future Gen Cymru @futuregencymru.bsky.social · 21d

Tomorrow!
🍏 A Fairer Food Future. Can Wales lead the way?
📣 Join this timely conversation and call to action.

View the full programme and register now: www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/conference-a...

#AbergavennyFoodFestival

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 21d

💚 Celebrating the brilliant pupils of Ysgol Gwauncelyn at yesterday’s “Act Now: Change Forever” lobby at Senedd Cymru— true Deforestation-Free Champions!

💚 Dathlu disgyblion gwych Ysgol Gwauncelyn, Pontypridd ddoe yn y lobi #newidhinsawdd — Pencampwyr Dim Datgoedwigo. #ActNowChangeforEver

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 22d

Un cwsg arall! 💚

Fory bydd cannoedd ohonom ger y Senedd ar gyfer y Lobi Dorfol – yn galw am weithredu beiddgar dros yr hinsawdd a natur.

🧾 Gwiriwch eich Pecyn Lobi
🕘 Gwiriwch amser cwrdd eich AS

#ClimateCymru #GweithredwchNawrAmYDyfodol #LobiDorfol #GweithreduHinsawddNawr #Cymru #Caerdydd #Senedd

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 22d

One more sleep! 💚

Tomorrow hundreds of us will gather at the Senedd for the Act Now, Change Forever Mass Lobby – calling for bold climate + nature action.

🧾 Check your Lobby Pack
🕘 Check your MS meeting time

#ClimateCymru #ActNowChangeForever #MassLobby #ClimateActionNow #Wales #Senedd #Cymru

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 23d

🥟🌱 O gegin ar ôl y rhyfel ➡️ i’r archfarchnad ➡️ i ddyfodol disglair.
Dewch i’r Fenni am daith amser gyda Pencampwr Masterchef James Nathan! 🚀

🥟🌱 From post-war kitchens ➡️ to the supermarket ➡️ to a brighter future.
Catch a time-travel feast with MasterChef Champion James Nathan at Abergavenny! 🚀

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 23d

✅ Cofrestrwch nawr
📩 E-bostiwch eich AS
👥 Gwahoddwch eich pobl

Ar Dydd Mercher byddwn yn y Senedd!

Rydym yn galw am:
💷 Cyllid i’r rhai a effeithiwyd galetaf gan newid hinsawdd
💚 Cartrefi cynnes a swyddi yng Nghymru
🌿 Natur adferedig, dyfodol wedi’i ddiogelu

📣 Ymunwch â ni!

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 23d

✅ Register now
📩 Email your MS
👥 Invite your people

On Wednesday we’ll be at the Senedd — because if we act now, we can change forever.

We’re calling for:
💷 Funding for those hit hardest by climate change
💚 Warm homes & Welsh jobs
🌿 Nature restored, future protected

Join us 🎉

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 26d

🥟 Forget the Cornish pasty… next Sat we’re reimagining the Corned Beef Pasty!
📅 20 Sept | 2:30pm | Abergavenny Food Festival

🥟 Anghofiwch y pastai Cernywaidd… Sad nesaf rydym yn ail-ddychmygu’r Pasti Cornbiiff!
📅 20 Medi | 2:30yp | Gŵyl Fwyd y Fenni

www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/event/reimag...

Reimagining the Corned Beef Pasty: Food, Heritage and the Future - Abergavenny Food Festival

Three Tables: A Taste Through Time Step into a time machine where food tells the story. Three Tables: A Taste Through Time is a

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 27d

🌊 “Our rivers are the ancient highways of our land.”

🌊 “Ein hafonydd yw priffyrdd hynafol ein tiroedd.”

Diolch Bethan Sayed @climatecymru.bsky.social

📣 Join the Mass Lobby for Climate Action, Senedd, 17.9.25 🗣️

#ClimateCymru #MassLobby #LobiTorfol #ClimateAction #Caerdydd #Senedd

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28d

The problems facing our rivers are connected to wider, systemic issues—the underfunding of NRW, the relentless pressure to produce cheap food, and a general lack of political will to prioritise the environment ✍️Bethan Sayed @climatecymru.bsky.social

The ancient highways of our land: restoring Wales's rivers for a healthier, more vibrant society

Bethan Sayed – Climate Cymru For Moira Williams, a passionate campaigner for the Save the Teifi River campaign, the divide between people and the natural world isn’t a distant problem—it’s a gaping ch...

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 27d

🌍 We’re hiring! | Rydym yn recriwtio! 🌍

Advocacy & Outreach Officer | Swyddog Eiriolaeth ac Allgymorth

If you’re passionate about protecting forests and creating a sustainable future, join our supportive team!

👉 Gwneud cais | Apply: sizeofwales.org.uk/jobs/

#Jobs #Wales #ClimateAction #swyddi

Advocacy and Outreach Officer Size of Wales | Swydd Wag - Swyddog Eiriolaeth ac Allgymorth

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Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 28d

🌍 Exciting news!

🎉 We’re delighted to welcome Tim Birch as our new Chair.

🌱 Tim’s global experience, spanning the Amazon to Wales, will drive fresh power to push our mission further.

👉 Read more here: sizeofwales.org.uk/news/size-of...

💚 Croeso to the team, Tim!

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 28d

🌍 Newyddion cyffrous!
🎉 Rydym wrth ein bodd i groesawu Tim Birch fel ein Cadeirydd newydd.

🌍 Mae Tim yn dod â degawdau o brofiad wrth warchod coedwigoedd ar draws y byd — o’r Amazon i Gymru.

Darllenwch fwy yma: sizeofwales.org.uk/cy/newyddion...

💚 Croeso i deulu Maint Cymru, Tim!

Size of Wales @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 29d

In one week we’ll be at the Senedd calling for urgent climate action 🌍

💷 Funding for those hit hardest
💚 Warm homes & fair jobs
🌿 Nature restored, future secured

📣Don’t miss this powerful day: register now!
climate.cymru/campaigns/ac...
#ClimateCymru #MassLobby #ClimateAction #ActNowChangeForever

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