Rhisiart Tal-e-bot
{{Short description|Welsh activist (born 1975)}}
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| birth_name = Richard Stewart Talbot
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1975}}
| birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
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| nationality = Welsh
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- Political activist
- lecturer
- language expert
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| known_for = General secretary of the Celtic League
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Rhisiart Tal-e-bot is a Welsh activist, Early Years lecturer 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.Carn: a link between the Celtic nations. 2004 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.celticleague.net/news/carn-editor-steps-down-after-29-years/ |title=Carn Editor Steps Down After 29 Years |website=Celtic League |accessdate=8 May 2015 |date=28 October 2013}}Carn: a link between the Celtic nations. 2013/14
=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 organisation) status with the United Nations, an achievement former general secretary Bernard Moffat credits Tal-e-bot with.{{cite web|last1=Kneale|first1=Alastair|title=Interview with Bernard Moffatt, President of Mec Vannin, campaigner for inter-Celtic cooperation and Celtic rights|url=http://www.transceltic.com/manx/interview-bernard-moffatt-president-of-mec-vannin-campaigner-inter-celtic-cooperation-and|website=Transceltic|accessdate=7 September 2014}}
Tal-e-bot has also led campaigns against the UK Government's now scrapped regional spatial strategies.{{cite book|last1=Haughton|first1=Graham|last2=Allmendinger|first2=Philip|last3=Counsell|first3=David|last4=Vigar|first4=Geoff|title=The New Spatial Planning: Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries|date=2009|publisher=Routledge}}
=Editor of Carn=
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.{{cite web|title=ICRP|url=http://culturalrelations.org/|publisher=Institute for Cultural Relations Policy|accessdate=7 September 2014}}
Politics
=Mebyon Kernow=
As part of Mebyon Kernow, Tal-e-bot co-founded the youth branch Mebyon Kernow Bagas Yowynk, later KernowX.[http://www.mebyonkernow.org/?q=news/104/ Mebyon Kernow news]. Mebyonkernow.org. In 2013 he stood, unsuccessfully, for election to Camborne Town Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3620788/Camborne-TC-Treswithian-Ward-Declaration-of-Result-of-Poll.pdf |title=Results |publisher=www.cornwall.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2019-11-22}}{{cite news|title=Vote for council candidates|url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Vote-council-candidates/story-20343055-detail/story.html|accessdate=7 September 2014|agency=West Briton|date=19 December 2013}}
=European Free Alliance=
From 2007 to 2009, 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.{{cite web|title=Celtic League General Secretary to head European youth group|url=http://www.agencebretagnepresse.com/fetch.php?id=6969&title=CELTIC%20LEAGUE%20GENERAL%20SECRETARY%20TO%20HEAD%20EUROPEAN%20YOUTH%20GROUP|website=Agence Bretagne Presse|accessdate=7 September 2014}} In 2010 he spoke at the EFA's general assembly in Venice on his experience as president.{{cite news|title=Early years lecturer shares skills with international group|url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Early-years-lecturer-shares-skills-international-group/story-11464790-detail/story.html|accessdate=23 January 2021|agency=This is Cornwall|date=15 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908020811/http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Early-years-lecturer-shares-skills-international-group/story-11464790-detail/story.html|archive-date=8 September 2014}}
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.{{cite news|title=Toddlers get lessons in Cornish|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8462989.stm|accessdate=7 September 2014|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2010}}{{cite news|title=Cornish language creche opened|url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/New-creche-youngsters-lessons-speaking-Cornish/story-11420392-detail/story.html|accessdate=7 September 2014|agency=This is Cornwall|date=12 January 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Woolcock|first1=Nicola|title=Have a good dy: Cornish language is taught in nursery|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/cornwall/have-a-good-dy-cornish-language-is-taught-in-nursery-56bt8rcmjqk|access-date=7 September 2014|work=The Times|date=15 January 2010}}
=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.{{cite news|title=CD and booklet have songs in Cornish for pre-school children|url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/CD-booklet-songs-Cornish-pre-school-children/story-16522424-detail/story.html|accessdate=7 September 2014|agency=West Briton|date=12 July 2012}}
=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.{{cite news|last1=Morton|first1=Katy|title=First Cornish language pre-school to open|url=http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1140315/cornish-language-pre-school|accessdate=7 September 2014|agency=Nursery World|publisher=MA Education Limited|date=8 November 2013}}
References
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Category:Mebyon Kernow politicians