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Leanne Wood
@leannewood.bsky.social
Inspired by nature, ideas & the power of people & their communities.

Co-Executive Director - Ynni Cymunedol Cymru / Community Energy Wales. Recovering politician.

Loves books, painting/art, walking, cold water dipping, family, friends, cakes & gardening
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Ex-leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood has taken to Facebook to share a tip for those intending to use Freepost envelopes sent alongside political leaflets to trigger reverse-charge postage for political parties
Ex Plaid Cymru leader encourages costly back charge trick for political letters
Ex-leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood has taken to Facebook to share a tip for those intending to use Freepost envelopes sent alongside political leaflets to trigger reverse-charge postage for politica...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
December 1st is the international day to recognise, remember & stand with those who have experienced HIV and AIDS.

Let’s all pledge to call out the ignorance and bigotry that can leave people feeling excluded. Let’s stand against the bullies and with the bullied.

Let’s focus on love, not hate.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ending the right to trial by jury at the same time as restricting the right to protest is dangerous business.
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’m seeing that some people are using free post to return electoral marketing mail.

It’s better to use the free post to send a letter outlining your thoughts, on plain paper, without your name and address. That way you will be adding to the company costs without giving them your data. 😉
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Living Wage Foundation:

“We use a public consultation method…asks groups to identify what people need to be able to afford as a minimum. This is fed into a calculation of what someone needs to earn as a full-time salary…then converted to an hourly rate.”

www.livingwage.org.uk/what-real-li...
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I want to pay tribute to my close colleague, the late Steffan Lewis MS who dedicated a phenomenal amount of time & effort into this campaign for justice for the mineworkers’ pensioners. He would have loved to have seen the result. At last!

Well done to all involved.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-miners Budget payment a 'long time coming', say trustees - BBC News
Members of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme will receive £2.3bn, the chancellor announced
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Overton Window explained.
This is poignant.
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Llongyfarchiadau / Well done to everyone who took part in the years-long campaign to end the two child benefit cap. It was a major obstacle to efforts to tackle child and parent poverty.

Now time to tackle all of the other contributors to poverty, including the problem of excess wealth.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Small is beautiful.

#Cymunedoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
When we will see the long overdue investment that is needed in the valleys?

“The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Bangor University, …found that residents of areas of Wales with greater mining extent reported worse mental health.”

nation.cymru/news/study-r...
Study reveals stark impact of deindustrialisation on mental health in Wales
A study from a Welsh university has shed new light on the stark legacy of deindustrialisation in Wales and its impact on the mental health of the population. The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Ba...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Imagine how far the £2.5billion announced for nuclear today could go if it was invested in energy communities.

Community Energy Wales Manifesto:

communityenergy.wales/content/publ...
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Reposted by Leanne Wood
A new report from Community Energy Wales has called to remove the barriers that lock out communities from building energy projects for themselves
Community Energy Wales: 'Let our communities realise energy potential'
A new report from Community Energy Wales has called to remove the barriers that lock out communities from building energy projects for themselves. Community Energy Wales is a not for profit membership...
nation.cymru
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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🎉Dyma ni, ein hadroddiad ar Gyflwr y Sector Ynni Cymunedol 2024.

Ar gael i'w ddarllen yma:

communityenergy.wales/content/publ...

🎉Here it is, our report on the State of the Community Energy Sector 2024.

Available to read here:

communityenergy.wales/content/publ...
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Chat with Vaughan Roderick about Plaid Cymru’s historic by election win in Caerffili on BBC Radio Wales Sunday Supplement programme.

www.facebook.com/share/v/1acu...
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Gwych! Amazing result.

Da iawn Lindsay Whittle a’i tîm.

Come on Caerffili.

Plaid Cymru WIN

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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
💛💚 I am very much hoping that everyone who can see a future Cymru where we all live well and with dignity, looking after each other as well as our planet, where we all work together to reduce divisions and increase prosperity for all, will vote for Plaid Cymru in Caerfili today. Cariad mawr.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You can join Plaid Cymru here:

www.partyof.wales/join

Cymraeg:

www.plaid.cymru/ymuno
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Reposted by Leanne Wood
My piece in @bylines.cymru on Saturday’s Cardiff Transformed conference. A hopeful day with @zackpolanski.bsky.social @leannewood.bsky.social Beth Winter and many others.
As Cymru moves into uncharted political territory, what did the 2025 Cardiff Transformed conference tell us about the future? | Neil Schofield-Hughes
Cymru transformed?
As Cymru moves into uncharted political territory, what did the 2025 Cardiff Transformed conference tell us about the future?
bylines.cymru
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Reposted by Leanne Wood
Thanks to Cardiff Transformed for an inspiring and enjoyable event yesterday.

Was great to discuss, debate with and hear from a wide ranging group of speakers including @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @leannewood.bsky.social Beth Winter and many more.
#Community
#Solidarity
September 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Cardiff Transformed

Very good to meet the new Leader of the Greens 💚💚 in England, @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Good debate, plenty to build on. Key messages: get out & build communities; unity is strength; inclusion / defend minorities under attack; FOR a left social programme; real independence.
September 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“…you can't make much of an alliance out of negatives; the only real basis of alliances is agreement on positive proposals for transcending the negatives.”

Raymond Williams, Decentralisation and the Politics of Place, 1984
September 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Leanne Wood
This looks diddorol iawn - bit hard to read on a phone, rhaid cael cipolwg ar computer go iawn.
Valleys Cymunedoli Cymoedd
#Treherbert #YnniCymunedol #CommunityEnergy #CommunityOwnership

Read the report by Huw Williams - our findings after facilitating three community assemblies in the valleys.

English
www.ambobdim.cymru/en/profile-c...

Cymraeg
www.ambobdim.cymru/profile-cont...
September 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Maerdy - @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social with Arts Factory Rhondda & Valleys Cymunedoli Cymoedd

Thursday September 25th.

All welcome.
September 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Maerdy - @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social gyda Arts Factory Rhondda a Cymunedoli Cymoedd

Nos Iau 25 Medi

Croeso i bawb
September 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Valleys Cymunedoli Cymoedd
#Treherbert #YnniCymunedol #CommunityEnergy #CommunityOwnership

Read the report by Huw Williams - our findings after facilitating three community assemblies in the valleys.

English
www.ambobdim.cymru/en/profile-c...

Cymraeg
www.ambobdim.cymru/profile-cont...
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM