Community organisers, musicians, artists, poets, actors support the Ysgol De Caerdydd campaign

Over 80 well-known names have signed a public letter calling on the Leader and Cabinet of Cardiff Council to establish a Welsh-medium secondary school to serve the communities of Butetown, Grangetown and surrounding areas.

Among those who have signed are community leaders from the Butetown and Grangetown areas such as Emily Pemberton, Tariq Awan, Liz Musa, and Ifty Khan.

Among the musicians, artists, poets and actors who have signed are Gwenno Saunders, Dafydd Iwan, Gruff Rhys, Dionne Bennett, Hammad Rind, Patricia Morgan (Datblygu), Don Leisure, Caryl Parry Jones, Sue Jones Davies, Cian Ciarán, Ani Saunders, Griff Lynch, Cerys Hafana, Annes Elwy, Morgan Elwy, Rachael Solomon (Eden), John Griffiths (Llwybr Llaethog), DJ Jaffa, Peredur ap Gwynedd (Pendulum), Sharon Morgan, Lisa Angharad, Rhys Gwynfor, Joe Patrick Healy, Ali Goolyad, Kyle Legall, Llio Maddocks, and Miriam Isaac.

Read the full story in Nation.Cymru

Updates:

CJS News covered the campaign with an article and a video.

Now you can email Cardiff Council to express your support by 26 March 2026.