Untitled - Literature Wales

PartnershipsWorking with other organisations continues tobe the key to Academi’s long-term success.Delivery of our services would have beenimpossible without our long-term principalpartners: the Welsh Assembly Government,the Arts Council of Wales, the Tŷ NewyddWriters Centre in Llanystumdwy, the DylanThomas Centre in Swansea, and GwyneddCounty Council, who host our developmentproject in north Wales. Academi also worksclosely with the Welsh Books Council, andfellow residents in the Wales MillenniumCentre (WMC): Welsh National Opera, HijinxTheatre, Tŷ Cerdd, Diversions, the DanceCompany of Wales, BBC National Orchestraof Wales, Urdd Gobaith Cymru and the TouchTrust as well as with WMC itself.Elsewhere Academi engages with a wholehost of agencies. For some, literature iscentral to their existence, for others, writinghas become a key to achieving goals oftheir own. Among those Academi workedwith during 2008-2009 were: The RhysDavies Trust, The Dylan Thomas Prize, Arts &Business, The Institute of Welsh Affairs, BBC,The Basic Skills Agency, Chapter Arts Centre,Galeri, Theatr Gwynedd, Arriva Trains Wales,S4C, Mentrau Iaith, National Museums andGalleries of Wales, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol,Disability Arts Cymru, literaturetraining, Mid-Glamorgan Education Business Partnership,Cardiff Arts In Education Agency, Arts Care,The British Council, Wales Arts International,North East Wales Schools Library Service,Bazm-e-Adab / Cardiff Urdu Writing Group,Aberystwyth Arts Centre, St Donat’s ArtsCentre, Ucheldre Arts Centre, the SomaliIntegration Society, Butetown History andArts Association, Dahl and Dahl (the RoaldDahl Estate), Arabic Cultural Society, VisitWales, Visit Britain, Audiences Wales, TourismPartnership North Wales, South West WalesTourism Partnership, Herian, the SmithsonianInstitute, Capital Tourism Partnership, plusall twenty-two Welsh local authorities andtheir library services, the University of Walesand its constituent colleges and other Welshfurther education providers. Academi workswith Welsh publishers on book launchesthroughout Wales.Management & StaffIn 2008 -2009 the Academi ManagementBoard was expanded by two new co-optionsto reach its constitutional maximum. The poetand editor Kathryn Gray along with authorLuned Emyr were appointed to join the Boardin April 2009.Sian Teleri Davies left the Academi to pursuea teaching career. She was replaced inJune 2008 by Gwennan Evans. Alys Rookleft to travel the world and was replaced inJune 2008 by Peter Hill. Elena Schmitz andBranwen Williams joined Academi’s small staffon fixed-term contracts as Project Managerand Project Support Officer respectively.Funding was provided by the ACW’s BeaconCompany Award.Academi continued to receive supporttowards its staff training provision fromGo Wales. With the assistance of SwanseaUniversity and Careers Wales Academialso offered work experience and trainingopportunities to a number of school pupils,undergraduates and post-graduates.