{"id":1849,"date":"2014-02-18T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2014-02-18T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T15:40:08","slug":"michael-sheen-calls-for-a-fairer-wales-in-millennium-centre-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/18\/michael-sheen-calls-for-a-fairer-wales-in-millennium-centre-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Sheen calls for a fairer Wales in Millennium Centre talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-font-charset:78;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-font-charset:78;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n{font-family:Cambria;\npanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\nmso-font-charset:0;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n{mso-style-unhide:no;\nmso-style-qformat:yes;\nmso-style-parent:\"\";\nmargin:0cm;\nmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n{mso-style-type:export-only;\nmso-default-props:yes;\nfont-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\nmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\nmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\nmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\nmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n{page:WordSection1;}\n-->Welsh screen icon Michael Sheen today called for a fairer, more sustainable Wales while speaking at an event in Cardiff.<br \/>\nMr Sheen was speaking at Cardiff\u2019s Millennium Centre as part of the launch of a consultation period for the Future Generations Bill, which aims to address sustainable development issues in Wales.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1850\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0398.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1850 \" alt=\"SAM_0398\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0398-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1850 \" alt=\"SAM_0398\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0398-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Michael Sheen speaking at the Millennium Centre today<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe consultation period, dubbed a \u201cNational Conversation\u201d, aims to find out what long-term aims people in Wales want the Welsh Government to address by 2050. The goals that they agree on will be included in The Future Generations Bill, which is expected to come into effect in 2015.<br \/>\nMr Sheen, who is an outspoken supporter of UNICEF UK, praised work done by the Welsh Government in pushing for more equal opportunities, but reminded people that things were becoming ever more difficult for young people in deprived parts of Wales.<br \/>\n&#8220;There\u2019s no drama department in my school any more,\u201d he said, referencing his own route to success from his home town of Port Talbot.<br \/>\n\u201cThe access that young people had when I was young has been severely restricted,\u201d he added. \u201cI passionately hope that the Future Generations Bill takes that into account.<br \/>\nJeff Cuthbert AM, the Welsh Government\u2019s Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, set out the preliminary goals for the bill, which include making \u201cWales a more equal nation\u201d, helping Welsh people to participate with a \u201cthriving Welsh language\u201d and making sure that people in Wales were healthy.<br \/>\nAs well as this, Mr Cuthbert made it clear that the new bill would place an emphasis upon making Wales a more prosperous nation and one that used the nation\u2019s resources more fairly.<br \/>\nThe Welsh Government would, he said, put \u201csustainable Development at the heart of our public services\u201d, and would appoint a Commissioner for Sustainable Futures, who will present a final report to the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty by March 2015.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh screen icon Michael Sheen today called for a fairer, more sustainable Wales while speaking at an event in Cardiff. 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