I’M a boy from Pontyberem, Gwendraeth Valley, Carmarthenshire originally, but I’ve lived in Aberystwyth since 2010, writes Steffan Rees, community development officer at Cered.

I studied human geography and then a Masters in environmental and regional policy at Aberystwyth University. Following on from my time at the college near the sea, I worked for a time as a research consultant with a local research company, travelling all over Wales undertaking a range of research and evaluations.

I started my current role as community development officer for Cered: Ceredigion’s Welsh-language initiative in April 2016.

This role combines my experience of carrying out research, my passion towards the future of the Welsh language and also the opportunity to contribute my creative and musical skills to benefit others.

I enjoy being out and about the place, meeting people and developing local projects. The diversity and flexibility makes the job a labour of love for me.

There’s actually no typical day for me. The nature of my work varies a lot and means that there’s a need to be flexible.

One morning at the start of February, I needed to wake up at 5.45am in order to travel to Llandysul to help run a business breakfast.

After finishing there, I went into the office at Felinfach to do work before attending a meeting later on in Aberystwyth.

On other days, I may have a meeting in one part of the county, hold a workshop in a school and put up posters in another area, whilst other days mean being by my desk for the day.

The main element of my role is to develop action projects locally or Pwerdai Iaith (Language Powerhouses) in Ceredigion towns to bring local residents together to discuss the Welsh language situation locally in a holistic way. Through working together, I’m creating thorough assessments of the Welsh language situation in our neighbourhoods.

In addition to providing data and useful evidence to Cered and other organisations of the need of Welsh in neighbourhoods across the county, the aim of the work here is to encourage residents and local organisations to implement the use of the Welsh language locally.

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