Appendix 1 - Gaelic Language Plan 2023-2028 - Update 2025
Perth and Kinross Council · 28 May 2025
Back to Learning and Families Committee — 28 May 2025 and its agenda
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Gaelic Language Plan 2023-2028 – Update 2025 Plana Cànan Gàidhlig – Ùrachadh 2025 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality Appendix 1
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 2 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality Contents PKC Gaelic Language Plan - Progress April 2025................................................................................................ 3 Using Gaelic .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Learning Gaelic ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Promoting Gaelic.......................................................................................................................................... 12 World Gaelic Week Programme in Perth and Kinross ..................................................................................... 16
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 3 This document provides and update on progress against the Gaelic Language Plan 2023/2028. The plan is constructed around the Three Pillars – Using Gaelic, Learning Gaelic and Promoting Gaelic. The key objectives of the plan were to: 1. Increase Gaelic Use - communities; public authority services; schools 2. Create opportunities to learn Gaelic in various ways - employees; Community members; Children and young people 3. Promote and Raise awareness of Gaelic language and culture ensuring visibility and appreciation Using Gaelic We understand that a sustainable future for Gaelic involves increasing the number of Gaelic speakers and increased usage. We aim to encourage more individuals to use Gaelic as their preferred mode of communication in daily life. 1. In our communities, we are committed to: Update on Progress April 2025 • Boosting existing and budding Gaelic language and culture groups by enhancing awareness of their activities. Since the relaunch of the ‘Gaelic in Perthshire’ Facebook page in February 2025, we have shared posts from other Gaelic groups in Perth & Kinross such as The Gaelic Society of Perth, Comann nam Pàrant, Fèis Thatha and Perthshire & Angus Provincial Mòd. • Collaborating with partners to augment Gaelic language learning opportunities. Gaelic Development Officer in process of reaching out to people and organisations in the area with an interest in Gaelic learning. • Boosting the use of Gaelic via musical, cultural, and linguistic activities in collaboration with local organisations. In next stage of implementation. • Initiating Community Gaelic Hubs in Perth City and Highland Perthshire to spur the use of Gaelic in services and promotions. In order for this to happen we need extremely strong buy-in from the community, so this will be a longer-term aim, while we build up our Gaelic network in Perth and Kinross. • Nurturing the Perthshire & Angus Provincial Mòd committee by providing necessary support and explore the feasibility of establishing another provincial Mòd within the Perth & Kinross Council area. Gaelic Development Officer attended a committee meeting to find out how we can better support them, and we are sharing all their posts via our social media channels. • Supporting the expansion of Fèis Thatha and continue to promote the event. Gaelic Development Officer attended committee meeting, and we are promoting their events on our Facebook page. Linking them up with Perth PKC Gaelic Language Plan - Progress April 2025
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 4 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality Academy and Aberfeldy Mod to allow further expansion and collaborative working. • Collaborating closely with Comunn na Gàidhlig, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, An Comunn Gàidhealach, and other Gaelic development bodies to ensure plentiful high-quality Gaelic usage opportunities. Gaelic Development Officer in contact with Perth Gaelic Society and has met with the committee to discuss future plans for supporting Gaelic in Perth and Kinross together. • Acknowledging the valuable contributions to Gaelic from other institutions and sectors including religion, sports and business. In next stage of implementation. 2. In Business and Place Development, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Leverage research that underscores the impact of Gaelic on the Scottish economy for planning purposes. On implementation plan for 25-26 • Champion the economic advantages of Gaelic for the local community and businesses. Tied to the above • Enrich the visitor experience with Gaelic heritage and cultural offerings. Gaelic Development Officer met with a Perthshire museum earlier in the year to offer encouragement re integrating Gaelic in a proposed redevelopment. 3. In Communications, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Welcomingly accept communication in Gaelic and endeavour to provide replies in Gaelic that may include reception and phone services based on staff skills. The council’s Gaelic enquiry mailbox, Gaelic@PKC.gov.uk, accepts Gaelic comms and replies likewise. • Distribute and publish news releases, materials and important public information in both Gaelic and English. This is happening on our ‘Gaelic in Perthshire’ Facebook page. • Regularly circulate Gaelic content through social media and improve Gaelic content on our website. The dormant ‘Gaelic in Perthshire’ Facebook page was relaunched in February 2025, with regular posts, all of which have contained Gaelic, with most being fully bilingual. In the 28 days prior to 5/3/25, our 19 posts had 29,959 views, of which 84% were from non-followers, and we reached 14, 566 people. There were 368 interactions with our content, and 30 links that we shared were clicked. 55 new people followed the page which now has 850 followers.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 5 Gaelic Development Officer is currently reviewing information to do with Gaelic that is held on CPK website. • Include Gaelic in public and internal meetings when Gaelic is the main subject and Gaelic greetings in relevant civic and other events. Where feasible, internal meetings to do with Gaelic are held in Gaelic. 4. In continuing to develop Language Corpus, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Ensure accessibility of Gaelic when used in published and communicated information. Accessible Gaelic is used on our Gaelic in Perthshire FB page. • Adhere to the most recent Gaelic Orthographic Conventions guidelines in our written materials. Gaelic Orthographic Conventions guidelines will be followed. • Seek advice from Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (Scottish Placenames) for signage and community collaborations. This will happen as required. 5. In Signage and Branding, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Adopt a bilingual corporate logo and brand, ensuring equal prominence for both languages in all communications. Bilingual CPK logo is in development. Bilingual ‘Gaelic in Perthshire’ branding is currently being refreshed and will become ‘Gaelic in Perth & Kinross’ to better reflect the whole of the council area. • Include Gaelic and English in signage where appropriate, considering visibility enhancement during renewal opportunities in council buildings, town/village nameplates and schools. We have been in dialogue with Community Greenspace about inclusion of Gaelic on new signs in Play Areas and have provided translation in consultation with native Gaelic speakers living in Perth and Kinross to allow some local input to this. Final decision on inclusion of Gaelic lies with them. 6. In Arts, Culture and Heritage we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Utilise Gaelic in the re-launched City Hall and collaborate on projects related to the Stone of Destiny and with Arms' Length External Organisations (ALEOs). Engagement is now underway. • Revive storytelling, folklore, and local heritage and cultural projects that foster a sense of place and community connection. An ongoing outcome linked to others.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 6 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 7. In Organisational Development we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Encourage staff to use Gaelic in their work. New staff Gaelic network has been established, with such initiatives as ‘Gaelic word of the week’ and ‘Gaelic song of the month’. Plans to establish monthly lunchtime Gaelic sessions for staff on topics that they would like to do, once the network is big enough to make this feasible. Staff are being encouraged through this network to make Gaelic normal in the office by using simple greetings with colleagues. Held a workshop for staff to learn a Gaelic phrase for ‘say a Gaelic phrase’ day during World Gaelic Week in February, including useful phrases for work. • Introduce a standard bilingual email signature and out-of-office reply for all staff. In discussion with Gaelic Development Officer.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 7 Learning Gaelic We aim to provide diverse opportunities for employees, community members, children, and young people and parents to learn Gaelic in ways that ensure its thriving presence in Perth and Kinross. Sufficient skilled Gaelic speakers will be required to meet the need for arising vacancies and staff opportunities in our organisation and others and to meet the need for Gaelic experiences that are informal and community based. 1. In Education we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Support the continued strategic development of Gaelic Early Learning and Childcare (Sgoil Àraich) in alignment with our existing Gaelic Medium Primary Education (GMPE) provision. Transition activities into our GME classes are strong. A variety of opportunities are offered to parents who are considering enrolling their children in the primary GME classes in Goodlyburn and Breadalbane. These include a Gaelic Community Café, Gaelic Open Mornings at Goodlyburn Primary. Gaelic Ambassadors from Perth Academy support activities in Goodlyburn nursery and school. The growth in our GMPE provision has also been picked up in the national media 25 bliadhna de FtMG aig Goodlyburn am Peairt ga chomharrachadh - Naidheachdan a' BhBC • Sustain the operation of two Cròileagain (Gaelic Playgroups) and Gaelic Bookbug, twice weekly in Perth City and Aberfeldy, promoting continuity into Early Years Gaelic. Currently being sustained. • Implement a promotional strategy to increase the annual uptake of Gaelic Medium Education. Planning to have a marketing campaign towards the end of 2025 (October/November) to encourage new uptake. • Ensure high-quality learning and teaching across all aspects of Gaelic education, meeting the needs of all learners. There are currently two ELC Gaelic provisions offered across Perth and Kinross, at Breadalbane Academy in Aberfeldy, and Goodlyburn and COPECC in the centre of Perth. All children within both Gaelic nurseries are offered a planned transition programme. This transition programme involves visits to the early years classroom, meet the teachers, visit to the lunch hall, gym hall etc. Some individual children will require a tailored transition programme which is individual to their needs and families are involved throughout the transition period. Both ELC settings have their own identified improvement priorities, which have been created from robust self-evaluation, to ensure that improvements moving forward are reflective of the
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 8 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality needs of the children, families and local communities. One of the GME teachers in Goodlyburn GME class has been successful in gaining the post of a Gaelic Associate Assessor with HMIe. This will support quality assurance processes across the service for Gaelic. • Ensure GME Secondary provisions provide annual improvement planning and progress reports tied to their standards and quality process in line with the national guidance on Gaelic education. This is part of the improvement planning process this session • Grow Gaelic as part of Languages 1+2 delivery through staff training and development opportunities. Highland Perthshire primary schools are supported by a peripatetic Gaelic teacher who delivers Gaelic language as L2 to almost all primary schools. Perth Academy LMG primary schools have started a Gaelic Language programme which is planned to support all P6 classes. GME teachers are able to support in class teaching and deliver collegiate sessions for teachers. Some schools are also offering this for P7 classes, as the Academy also offer Gaelic to all learners. This supports transition from Primary LMG feeder schools to Perth Academy. • Develop the Àrd-sgoil A9 project (A9 High Schools Project) to enhance the GME secondary school experience with peers. For relaunch in 2025-26. • Create a programme of activities and events that boost learners' confidence, self-esteem in Gaelic, and employability skills. We are currently investigating the possibility of senior high school pupils delivering Gaelic Bookbug and looking at other opportunities for them to use their Gaelic in a meaningful way outside of their school setting. We are supporting Comann nam Pàrant in Aberfeldy and Perth with their plans to deliver a programme of out of school Gaelic activities following their successful funding bid to Bòrd na Gàidhlig. • Involve GME learners in curriculum design, school ethos, environment, and broader achievement experiences, making them ambassadors for Gaelic. Ongoing work on this in all GME settings. • Incorporate the needs of looked-after children and care leavers with Gaelic into Perth & Kinross Council policy. This is at the early stages in conjunction with our Promise Improvement Lead Officer.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 9 • Explore the viability of reviewing the current catchment areas of Gaelic Medium Education. Still under consideration. • Implement a staffing standard for Gaelic education, encompassing teaching and single-status staff, in partnership with Perth UHI. Overtaken by wider staffing discussions. 2. In Organisational Development we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Further develop partnerships, including with ALEOs and community planning partners with Gaelic language plans, to promote Gaelic and support common approaches and commitments. Developing partnership with CPK libraries to promote Gaelic. Assisted them with bilingual social media posts to promote World Gaelic Week in February, at which they agreed to make a display of Gaelic books in all libraries with sufficient stock to do this. We were also able to support them in augmenting their Gaelic book stock through the purchase of new books, which is something that has been requested to us several times by members of the public. We will continue working closely with them to assist them in augmenting their Gaelic book stock and promoting these to Gaelic speakers and learners in the region. Planned blogs via social media to highlight availability of Gaelic books and eBooks, to feature certain books as particularly suitable for adult learners, and to give advice on selecting Gaelic books. • Enhance workforce capacity through recruitment to grow the Gaelic education workforce in the in line with national approaches. For action in next stage of plan. • Increase the number of modern apprentices, graduate trainees, and mentoring volunteers who engage with Gaelic. For action in next stage of plan. 3. We will provide language learning opportunities to: Update on Progress April 2025 • Employees of Perth & Kinross Council who would benefit from having an ability in Gaelic to undertake their duties. Looking at options for supporting 2 employees to enhance their Gaelic language skills so that they can progress into new roles requiring Gaelic.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 10 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality • Employees of Perth & Kinross Council who would like to work in Gaelic or learn Gaelic out of personal interests. Plans are in place to offer access to a guided self- study course, which has been developed using the ‘Speak Gaelic’ online resources, later in 2025. This will be cost neutral, as the course is entirely online, and additional support for learners will be given by the GDO. It will be a permanent offering, with no start or end date to it, as the learning is done at the learner’s own pace at times to suit them. It is hoped that community or family groups will form to do this learning together. • Members of local Gaelic choirs, local Gaelic interest groups, the Perthshire Gaelic Society, the Perthshire and Angus Provincial Mòd, and Fèis Thatha. The guided self-study course mentioned above will be available to anyone living or working in Perth and Kinross. • Parents of children and young people in GME, Cròileagan or accessing early years Gaelic. Agreement to commence the above guided self- study course with parents of children in GME via our Comann nam Pàrant groups after Easter 2025 (start date to be agreed). This particular group of learners will be further supported by a monthly in- person class, as this is a high priority group. It is extremely important that children in GME get as much support as possible to speak Gaelic outside of the school environment, and parents who are keen to speak Gaelic can be key in this. • Community members who wish to learn Gaelic for personal or work interests and who would become active in the Gaelic community over time. The guided self-study course will be available to anyone living or working in Perth and Kinross. GDO has also developed a short (8 week) gentle introduction to Gaelic course that can be used to help people in the community take their first steps in learning Gaelic. It is hoped to facilitate the delivery of this to small groups in community settings to establish new local Gaelic communities or enhance existing ones, and that some of the learners will go on to join the self-study programme and eventually become active members of the wider Gaelic community. • Senior phase secondary school-aged young people, including Care Experienced and who may wish to follow a post-school pathway in Gaelic. The guided self-study course will be available to anyone living or working in Perth and Kinross. 4. For learning Gaelic at home, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Encourage families to learn together in the home through partnerships and initiatives by organisations including Education We are currently developing a guide to all available learning resources (and other learning options) for adults.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 11 Scotland, Comann nam Pàrant and Stòrlann, Fèisean nan Gàidheal and e-sgoil. • Encourage the use of media and online Gaelic learning resources, including SpeakGaelic, LearnGaelic, GoGaelic, Gaelic for Parents, Duolingo, and other language applications. Our guided self-study course makes use of the Speak Gaelic resources. • Create resources, including games and educational materials, to make Gaelic learning at home natural, enjoyable, and supportive of the GME experience. In Feb 2025 during World Gaelic Week, we collaborated with Community Greenspace to produce a bilingual leaflet for primary school children with advice for a safe visit in the countryside as well as a nature spotting and scavenger hunt game. This was shared online, and printed versions will be distributed in schools and left at appropriate park venues in Perth and Kinross. This also raises the visibility of Gaelic in the community. • Considering available research and evidence, support families in using Gaelic more at home, especially if they have children in GME. It is hoped that the new Guided Self Study course starting after Easter 2025 will help with this, by giving parents of children in GME confidence to use some Gaelic at home. 5. In Business and Place Development, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Expand adult and family learning activities related to the Gaelic landscape of Perth and Kinross, developing accessible learning resources and guided outdoor opportunities, including digital trails. In Feb 2025 during World Gaelic Week, we collaborated with Community Greenspace to produce a bilingual leaflet for primary school children with advice for a safe visit in the countryside as well as a nature spotting and scavenger hunt game. This was shared online, and printed versions will be distributed in schools and left at appropriate park venues in Perth and Kinross. This also raises the visibility of Gaelic in the community. Countryside Leaflet_FINAL • Provide training for leaders and volunteers in outdoor learning and guided walks focused on our Gaelic landscape. For development in session 25-26.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 12 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality Promoting Gaelic We will promote the use of Gaelic, its visibility, and its status to make it an integral part of daily life in our region. We will work to create a more positive image for Gaelic and a more significant role for it in the cultural life of Scotland, ensuring its robust future. 1. In Communications, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Convey the message that we welcome public communication in Gaelic. We use bilingual public communications regularly (social media and emails to our Gaelic network distribution list) to help convey the message that we welcome communication in Gaelic. 2. With Families, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Promote Gaelic language learning among children, young people, and their families by highlighting resources that support Gaelic learning. 3. In Education, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Promote and highlight the work of organisations and groups that actively support teachers, young people, and parents in Gaelic education, including Stòrlann, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, e-Sgoil, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Comann nam Pàrant, FilmG, Education Scotland and national bodies responsible for GME and GLE. We will share relevant posts from these organisations on our Facebook page, and with our Perth & Kinross Gaelic network. • Stay abreast of research concerning Gaelic development. • Publicise the availability of Gaelic Medium Education in local press and on our website. We did this on our Facebook page during World Gaelic Week and are planning a marketing campaign at end of 2025. The 25th Anniversary of GME at Goodlyburn has also given us a good opportunity to highlight GME provision. • Arrange regular information sessions for prospective parents of Gaelic Medium Education, providing guidance on available options. This happens on a monthly basis at Goodlyburn Primary School. • Foster a positive and inclusive attitude towards Gaelic in school communities, boosting confidence among children and young people. This has been evidenced most recently in the HmiE visit to Perth Academy
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 13 4. In Organisational Development and Workforce Planning, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Promote careers that value Gaelic skills and raise awareness of apprenticeships, training programs, and career routes in Gaelic to broaden the Gaelic labour market. • Collaborate with agencies to plan and support events showcasing Gaelic-related careers. • Integrate knowledge of the public authority's Gaelic Language Plan and training opportunities into new staff induction. Looking to attend future induction events for new staff to raise awareness of our Gaelic plan. Longer term aspiration to develop a training module for new staff. • Include Gaelic as an essential or desirable skill in job descriptions related to delivering the Gaelic Language Plan. New Gaelic Development Officer has appropriate Gaelic skills. • Conduct internal audits of Gaelic skills and training needs. • Provide Gaelic awareness training to staff and elected members. Planning to develop Gaelic awareness training for staff (possibly 2026 as training material needs to be developed) • Demonstrate equal respect for Gaelic and English in bilingual services and resources, promoting Gaelic services. 5. In Communities, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Support the establishment of community groups and networks with shared interests in promoting Gaelic. Establishment of a Perth & Kinross network has already started with a new email distribution list, and from this we hope to establish community sub- group where there is a will to do this. • Collaborate to further reintroduce Shinty to Perth & Kinross Council communities and support the Shinty sessions at Goodlyburn Primary School. We have agreed to purchase of a trophy for a new high school Shinty League to give the players a greater incentive and pride in taking part. • Promote Cròileagain and Gaelic Bookbug to all families with children under five years old. Ran ‘taster sessions’ during World Gaelic week in February for both Cròileagan and Gaelic Bookbug. These were promoted via community Facebook groups. • Create a Perth and Kinross Gaelic Community Forum. A Perth and Kinross Gaelic network is being established, with the aim of recruiting Gaelic ‘ambassadors’ from the Perth & Kinross communities, who will help to disseminate information about Gaelic events to people not on social media and potentially act as a Gaelic focal
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 14 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality point in their communities if willing. • Enhance Gaelic visibility within our communities. Since the relaunch of the Facebook page ‘Gaelic in Perthshire’ in February 2025, the page has joined as many Perth & Kinross community Facebook pages as possible. During World Gaelic Week we made our first community posts with Gaelic content in them to some of these pages. This reaches a much wider audience and makes Gaelic visible to large numbers of people who might never have encountered it before. We will continue to use the Perth & Kinross community pages from time to time to share Gaelic content that is relevant to the community, such as information on Gaelic Medium Education or Gaelic public events and learning opportunities. During World Gaelic week we ran an online workshop for staff and the public to help them identify Gaelic signs and be able to pronounce them. This workshop was centred on actual Gaelic signage seen in Perth & Kinross and beyond. The workshop was aimed squarely at non-Gaelic speakers, even those with no desire to learn Gaelic. There is a large cohort of non-Gaelic speakers who are nevertheless broadly supportive of Gaelic, and being unable to pronounce bilingual signs can be a considerable barrier for them. It is hoped that workshops like this will make Gaelic more visible and more accessible within communities and maybe encourage more people to embark on some Gaelic learning. • Continue to have a Gaelic spokesperson and ambassador for Council matters. Cllr John Duff continues to be the PKC Gaelic ambassador. For World Gaelic week he kindly recorded himself and some of his fellow members of Aberfeldy Gaelic choir saying a Gaelic Phrase, and these videos were shared on our Gaelic in Perthshire Facebook page. The post got 299 views. 6. In Business and Place Development, we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Promote projects that enrich and sustain the Gaelic language, bolstering the confidence of Gaelic users. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. • Promote VisitScotland's Gaelic Tourism Strategy to partners and within Perth & Kinross Council. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. • Develop a toolkit and guide for local businesses, including the tourism and This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan.
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 15 hospitality sector, on the benefits of using Gaelic. • Promote Gaelic as an economic asset and its benefits in businesses, social enterprises, and the local authority. We will focus on cultural tourism, the food and drink industry and sustainable approaches to land management and renewables. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. 7. In Arts, Culture and Heritage we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Collaborate with Bòrd na Gaidhlig and Creative Scotland to advance Gaelic arts and culture. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. • Work to host the FilmG Awards in Perth. • Collaborate with local arts organisations to develop an annual programme of Gaelic events. Gaelic Development Officer has been in contact with a local organisation that is interested in holding some Gaelic events. 8. With partners we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Collaborate with other public authorities with Gaelic language plans to establish a network for joint actions and commitments. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. • Promote Perth & Kinross Council's good practices in Gaelic to national forums. This will be a focus for the remaining duration of the plan. • Re-establish the East Coast Gaelic Regional Group to share resources and good practices and to collaborate on common actions. This group met in December 2024 and has another meeting scheduled in May 2025. It plans to meet quarterly going forward. 9. In the implementation and monitoring of the plan we will: Update on Progress April 2025 • Establish and maintain a Gaelic Language Plan Steering Group with representation from relevant Council departments. The recently appointed Gaelic Development Officer will be co-ordinating this
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update 16 A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality Date Time Event Mon 24 Feb 9-11am 9.15am Cròileagan Obar Pheallaidh – Aberfeldy Gaelic playgroup at the Activity Place, Breadalbane Academy. Gaelic Bookbug at Goodlyburn Primary School followed by Gaelic fun and games session Tues 25 Feb 10am-12noon Cròileagan Pheairt – Perth Gaelic Playgroup at The Garden Rm, Tayside Christian Fellowship, PH2 8JH Launch of PKC staff Gaelic network with workshops on Gaelic sayings. Thu 27 Feb 9-11am Cròileagan Obar Pheallaidh – Aberfeldy Gaelic playgroup at Breadalbane Academy Fri 28 Feb 1.45-3pm Concert to celebrate 25 years of Gaelic at Goodlyburn Primary School Sat 1 Mar 7.30-8.30pm How to they say that?! A basic guide to Gaelic pronunciation for complete beginners, online Sun 2 Mar 12noon Cofaidh is Cabadaich – Gaelic conversation cafe at Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy – all levels of Gaelic Welcome Gaelic Bookbug at Breadalbane – 1 x school session and 1 x public session World Gaelic Week Programme in Perth and Kinross
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Gaelic Language Plan - 2025 Update A Perth and Kinross where everyone can live life well, free from poverty and inequality 17 If you or someone you know would like a copy of this document in another language or format, (on occasion, only a summary of the document will be provided in translation), this can be arranged by contacting the Customer Service Centre on 01738 475000. You can also send us a text message on 07824 498145. All Council Services can offer a telephone translation facility. BSL users can contact us via Contact Scotland BSL, the online British Sign Language video relay interpreting service. Find out more on the Contact Scotland BSL website https://contactscotland-bsl.org