Stephen Wood, manager of the Gwynedd and Ynys Mon Youth Justice Service presented his report to the care scrutiny committee on the 29th, January, 2026. The webcast of the meeting can be found here -  https://gwynedd.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/1060285 There appears to be a change of culture within the service that coincides with a big drop in the numbers of young people being criminalised through the courts.  Wood informed that the short, sharp shock tactics d

2025 was yet another Annus Horribilis for cyngor Gwynedd... Jan Pickles had began her extended CPR whilst the children's SS was avoiding proper scrutiny of this complaint -    Sshh... Two complaints about the education department were also not properly scrutinised. The cabinet member did not offer an explanation to the complaint about the assessment and skipped the meeting where the lack of response to a safeguarding concern was presented.    School absences remained high wit

Cyngor Gwynedd Education and Economy Scrutiny committee investigation report into safeguarding in schools has been delayed after they forgot to include the voices of the children... The Woods report has been sat on since March... Cyngor Gwynedd also appear to be shutting down FOI requests in relation to Neil Foden. This request was submitted in May, 2024 -  The council responded with -  You should therefore receive the information you have requested, subject to the applicatio

The virtual meeting of Cyngor Gwynedd's council's cabinet took place on the 21st January. First up was the report to close the day...

There appears to be some confusion regarding Cyngor Gwynedd council’s Cabinet meeting to be held on the 21st January, 2024. While the...