Rhisiart Tal-e-bot

Rhisiart Tal-e-bot (born Richard Stewart Talbot, Merthyr Tydfil, 1975)[1][2] is a Welsh activist, Early Years lecturer and language expert who has been General Secretary of the Celtic League since 2006 and editor of Carn magazine since 2013. He is also the former president of the European Free Alliance Youth.

Celtic League

Tal-e-bot has been a long time member of the Celtic League, taking part in various campaigns, and writing articles for Carn since 2004.[3] In 2006 he was elected by the annual general meeting of the League to be General Secretary. In 2013 he was also chosen to be the new editor of Carn.[4][5]

General Secretary

As General Secretary Tal-e-bot has pushed for greater representation of the Celtic League on international bodies. This culminated in the League securing NGO (Non-governmental organization) status with the United Nations, an achievement former General Secretary Bernard Moffat credits Tal-e-bot with.[6]

Tal-e-bot has also led campaigns against the UK Government's now scrapped regional spatial strategies.[7]

Editor of Carn

Under his editorship Carn has undergone several changes. Both printing and publishing of the magazine have moved from Ireland to Cornwall and it now has a glossy cover.[8]

Institute for Cultural Relations Policy

Tal-e-bot has been a member of the advisory board for the Institute for Cultural Relations Policy since 2012. The ICRP is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation for the fostering of scientific education and public discourse regarding cultural relations policy based in Budapest, Hungary.[9]

Politics

Mebyon Kernow

As part of Mebyon Kernow Tal-e-bot co-founded the youth branch Mebyon Kernow Bagas Yowynk, later KernowX.[10] In 2014 he stood for election to Camborne Town Council.[11]

European Free Alliance

From 2007-9, representing KernowX, Tal-e-bot became president of European Free Alliance Youth, the youth wing of the European Free Alliance the European party of which Mebyon Kernow is a member.[12] In 2010 he was called upon at the EFA's general assembly in Venice to lend a helping hand the EFAy by sharing his wealth of skills and knowledge to mentor it over the following year.[13]

Movyans Skolyow Meythrin

Movyans Skolyow Meythrin (MSM), meaning Nursery Schools Movement in the Cornish language, was set up by Tal-e-bot in 2009. Based at Cornwall College in Camborne it aims to teach children through the medium of Cornish. Tal-e-bot is Director of MSM.

Skol dy'Sadorn Kernewek

Starting in 2009 Skol dy'Sadorn Kernewek provided a Saturday nursery school for young children as well as Cornish lessons for parents at the same time.[14][15][16]

Keur Kernewek

In 2012 Tal-e-bot produced Keur Kernewek, a CD of songs in Cornish aimed at children aged under 5. This was done with the help of Gorsedh Kernow, Redruth Town Council, DBS Music, the Cornish Language Partnership and Cornish rock group Hanterhir, who produced some of the tracks, and Plymouth University students at Cornwall College gave assistance. There are 45 tracks of short Cornish songs on the CD with a booklet of lyrics in Cornish and English.[17]

Skol Veythrin Karenza

Skol Veythrin Karenza, set up by MSM in 2013, is to be the first full time Cornish language nursery school with Ofsted registered status.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Cornish Community News, 9 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
  3. ↑ Carn: a link between the Celtic nations. 2004
  4. ↑ http://www.celticleague.net/
  5. ↑ Carn: a link between the Celtic nations. 2013/14
  6. ↑ Kneale, Alastair. "Interview with Bernard Moffatt, President of Mec Vannin, campaigner for inter-Celtic cooperation and Celtic rights". Transceltic. Transceltic. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Haughton, Graham; Allmendinger, Philip; Counsell, David; Vigar, Geoff (2009). The New Spatial Planning: Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries. Routledge.
  8. ↑ Carn: a link between the Celtic nations. 2013/14
  9. ↑ "ICRP". Institute for Cultural Relations Policy. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Mebyon Kernow news. Mebyonkernow.org.
  11. ↑ "Vote for council candidates". West Briton. December 19, 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Celtic League General Secretary to head European youth group". Agence Bretagne Presse. Agence Bretagne Presse. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Early years lecturer shares skills with international group". This is Cornwall. April 15, 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Toddlers get lessons in Cornish". BBC News. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Cornish language creche opened". This is Cornwall. January 12, 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  16. ↑ Woolcock, Nicola (15 January 2010). "Have a good dy: Cornish language is taught in nursery". The Times. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "CD and booklet have songs in Cornish for pre-school children". West Briton. July 12, 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  18. ↑ Morton, Katy (8 November 2013). "First Cornish language pre-school to open". MA Education Limited. Nursery World. Retrieved 7 September 2014.