This repository hosts the digital learning hub for Y Cam Cyntaf, a gentle, community-based Welsh language course delivered by Tidy Butt.
The site is designed to support live sessions with low-pressure digital activities that help learners feel welcomed, confident, and connected — without tests, grades, or performance expectations.
Y Cam Cyntaf means “The First Step”.
It is a beginner-friendly introduction to Welsh that prioritises:
- Confidence over correctness
- Belonging over performance
- Small, realistic steps over formal assessment
Learners are encouraged to listen, notice, try a few words, and celebrate progress in ways that suit their energy and wellbeing.
This site supports the course by providing:
- Orientation materials to reduce pressure before Session 1
- Session pages with a consistent structure:
- Get Ready
- Live session
- After the session
- Optional curiosity threads
- Optional printable and offline-friendly resources
- A private “Distance Travelled” confidence check-in that learners can use at the start and end of the course
If learners have limited time or energy, completing just the Get Ready step is always enough.
The digital hub is intentionally low-risk and privacy-first.
- No accounts or logins are required
- Learner reflections are not graded or assessed
- The Distance Travelled check-in is private by default
- Any data sharing is optional, anonymous, and learner-controlled
This approach supports psychological safety and reduces barriers to participation.
- Built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Hosted using GitHub Pages
- Designed to be mobile-friendly and accessible
- No external frameworks or trackers
- Offline and print-friendly where possible
The structure is intentionally simple so it can be maintained and adapted easily.
Tidy Butt is a community-focused organisation working at the intersection of wellbeing, language, connection, and place.
Y Cam Cyntaf is part of a wider effort to create welcoming, inclusive spaces where people can reconnect with Welsh in ways that feel safe, social, and human.
Unless otherwise stated, content in this repository is provided for educational and community use.
If you would like to reuse, adapt, or build on this work, please get in touch with Tidy Butt.
Y Cam Cyntaf is about taking a first step — and knowing that small steps still count.