‘Gweithio’n Gymraeg’ (Working in Welsh) was a project implemented by Urdd Gobaith Cymru. The project targeted 14-19 year olds and aimed to help them fulfil their potential and maximise the Welsh language as they become part of the workforce.
 
The project targeted young people who were at risk of becoming disengaged from the world of education, who were without good career management and/or who had been referred for further support by Careers Wales and/or their School.
 
The project's main focus was to ensure that informal provision such as extra-curricular activities, additional linguistic sessions and Welsh medium accreditations (either directly or in collaboration with others) were available to young people who have received Welsh medium education.
 
‘Gweithio’n Gymraeg’ was established to demonstrate to young people that the Welsh language was an economic skill and an advantage when seeking work. In a competitive work market, young people need to understand the economic value of the Welsh language when seeking work. As a result it aimed to decrease the risk of young people losing their Welsh language skills following formal education and being disadvantaged when seeking work. There was also a need to develop confidence in the economic value and career opportunities offered by the Welsh language.
 
A prior project demonstrated that 84.2% of young people saying that they had benefitted from the an employability project, 68.7% had gained new skills, 51.2% had improved their Welsh language skills, 60.8% had improved their personal and social skills