Ionawr 22 2004 - Urdd Gobaith Cymru

PRESS RELEASE
January 2008
Cip celebrating its 21 st birthday!
One of the Urdd’s most popular magazines will travel all over Wales and visit over fifteen
different primary schools in a period of four weeks during January.
Cip (a Welsh language monthly magazine for 7-11 year olds) celebrates its twenty first
birthday this year, therefore to note this special occasion, staff working on the magazine
will travel to four different counties in order to hold workshops and entertain the children.
The journey will start with a lively party to launch the celebrations at Llanfairpwll Primary
School, Anglesey at 10.30am on 17 January. At Llanfairpwll, eighty children will join in the
celebrations along with Mistar Urdd as well as a few of the Rownd a Rownd cast.
During the morning, the children from years 3 a 4 will learn a bit about Cip's history. They
will also get a chance to sign a big birthday card and some of the Rownd a Rownd cast will
join Mistar Urdd in singing happy birthday and cutting the cake.
Says Efa Gruffudd Jones, Urdd Gobaith Cymru’s Chief Executive;
‘‘It promises to be a very successful celebration and I sincerely hope that the children will
thoroughly enjoy the wokshops and the party. It’s truly great to see the magazines growing
from strength to strength and most of all, reaching its audience - children all over Wales.’’
Following the morning at Llanfairpwll, several other workshops will be held at Corn Hir,
Amlwch and Y Graig, some of Anglesey’s other primary schools. The following week, the
visits will continue in Ceredigion, before visiting schools in the Gwent region at the end of
January. The visits will draw to a close in Conwy County on 8 February.
For more information, please contact: Manon Wyn, Marketing and PR Officer, Urdd
Office, Llanbadarn Road, Aberystwyth, 01970 613115 manonwyn@urdd.org

NOTES FOR EDITORS
• Urdd Gobaith Cymru is Wales’ largest youth organisation
• The Urdd has given children and young people exciting opportunities for over 80 years
• Urdd Gobaith Cymru has over 52,000 members between 8 and 25 years old
• The aim of the Urdd is to give the children and young people of Wales an opportunity to live their
lives through the medium of Welsh, developing confidence and respect for each other and the
people of the world
• Urdd activities include tours and visits, sports, eisteddfod, magazines, adrannau and aelwydydd and
residential centres
• Urdd Gobaith Cymru has three monthly magazines, Cip, Bore Da (for primary school Welsh
learners) and iaw for secondary school Welsh learners. The magazines are read by 30,000 children
and pupils each month.