May 2, 2025

All 56 public sector bodies in Wales to be real Living Wage employers in the next five years

As the Living Wage Foundation’s accreditation partner for Wales we host Living Wage Wales in-house, and are funded by Welsh Government to support any employer who wants to commit to this proven method of poverty alleviation. We will be following up with the public bodies to support them in fulfilling their new obligation.

Supercharge actions with multiple benefits

We will continue to provide the tools and support to 100s of organisations and 1,000s of individuals within Wales through our training programmes in areas such as Carbon Literacy and Nature Wise. We will improve how we report on our multiple impacts as a charity on areas such as cost, jobs, carbon, and healthy life expectancy.

No more short-term fixes

There is a wealth of strategies, evidence and plans for a better future for Wales. Building on our work on the Well-being of Future Generations Act Business Toolkit, we will work with partners to distil key ‘no-regrets’ actions different size organisations can take for improving the future now. This will help support a movement of change, rather than a reliance on help that may never come.

A national food resilience plan

We will continue to promote good practice with our members and networks around the procurement and supply of local food for schools, the NHS, local authorities. Our recent celebration event with the Welsh Government Foundational Economy team and pioneering individuals and organisations showed what is happening now, and what is possible in the future.

Simplify partnerships and funding

We will continue to challenge public sector grant funding to be multiple years, and continue to challenge ourselves in working with the right partners or supporting others who are better placed to deliver.

Review and strengthen the Well-being and Future Generations Act

We will help use our history, and current experience and networks to help inform the future review. We were the lead partner of the previous ‘The Wales We Want’ National Conversation’ which helped inform the Act, and many of our staff helped set up the Future Generations Commissioner’s Office. We are proud of our history and want to continue to help others shape a better future for us all.

We want to make Ameerah proud!

Simon Slater, CEO

The 29th April marked the 10th anniversary of the Well-being of Future Generations Act becoming law in Wales. The Future Generations Report 2025 — is a statutory publication released every five years by the Future Generations Commissioner to track progress and guide the steps public bodies should take.