Cymru X
| Plaid Ifanc | |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Cardiff, Wales |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism Welsh independence Welsh nationalism Republicanism |
| Mother party | Plaid Cymru |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance Youth |
| Website | www |
Plaid Ifanc is the youth and student wing of Plaid Cymru, a political party in Wales.
CymruX (the predecessor organisation of Plaid Cymru Youth) was founded in 2005 to merge Plaid Cymru's two existing movements into one new youth movement. The student federation and the youth movement were merged to create a brand new youth organisation available to anyone under the age of 30. A number of young Plaid Cymru members wanted to create a vibrant new movement which would appeal to all young people in Wales. The members felt it important that young people of all ages should be able to take part in the political process together, without a separate movement only for students. This opened up the movement to more people, for example, young people in Wales who are working, and school pupils.
In 2012 CymruX was re-branded as Plaid Cymru Youth / Plaid Cymru Ifanc. In 2017, it was re-branded as Plaid Ifanc, to reflect the name used by members and activists.
Plaid Ifanc is run by its National Executive Committee, elected during its National Conference every year, which is usually held in the Spring. At community level, the movement is made up of local groups across Wales, namely in Cardiff, Cardiff University, Swansea, Bangor, Newport, Pwllheli, Llanelli, Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, Aberystwyth and Neath, which are in turn run by their own committees. However, in 2016/17, no branch existed in Aberystwyth University because of the absence of the group's executive during mandatory training sessions. The branch has been relaunched following Ben Lake's victory in the United Kingdom general election, 2017. Each branch sends two representatives to Plaid Ifanc's National Council, which meets 3 times a year. Every member of Plaid Ifanc is entitled to vote or stand as an officer during the National Conference.
Plaid Ifanc operates a strict equality policy, in order to maintain a diverse structure. According to Plaid Ifanc's Constitution, adopted at the Cardiff National Conference in 2016, 50% of the members of the National Executive Committee must be women. One of the Co-Chairs of the movement must also be a woman, and branches are also expected to have at least one woman on their committees (which are usually complied of three members).
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