Civic mission and public engagement
We put our communities at the heart of everything we do. It’s what we call our civic mission.
We've been responding to major societal challenges and undertaking work for the public good for well over 140 years – from providing support to refugees fleeing war and conflict, and challenging state-sponsored Apartheid in South Africa, to helping communities recover and rebuild following the social and health crisis of coronavirus.
Civic Mission embodies the ways we help to boost the health, wealth and wellbeing of Cardiff, Wales and the wider world, including our role to promote environmental sustainability, diversity, and Welsh language and culture.
Public engagement builds on our place-based work in civic mission. We do this through a range of activities focussing on tackling social inequalities, reaching out to young people and excluded communities locally, across Wales and beyond.
We support those who will benefit from our research, knowledge and teaching. We work with members of the public to shape, carry out, and share our work nationally and globally with the goal of opening public dialogue and generating mutual benefit.
Our ambition
Our aim is to be recognised locally, nationally and internationally for our collaborative and inclusive civic mission and public engagement practice.
Future Generations Thinking
The next phase of our civic mission and public engagement activity is making a more explicit contribution to Wales through support of the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
We do this by aligning our activities to the Future Generations Commissioner’s Cymru Can strategy, which sets out priority areas crucial to achieving meaningful impact for current and future generations - these are around the themes of Climate and Nature, Health and Wellbeing, Welsh Language and Culture, and a Wellbeing Economy
Our community projects
Find out more about our impactful community-led projects, and learn how we’re using our research, teaching and expertise to benefit our diverse communities.
Together, we play a major role in shaping projects which seek to tackle poverty and social inequalities, boost the economy and improve health, education and wellbeing.
