Extraordinary - Cyngor Gwynedd Council...

An extraordinary meeting of cyngor Gwynedd's full council was held on the 5th February, 2026.

Gwynedd councillors were shut down even before the meeting began when the monitoring officer, Iwan Evans, messaged them to 'advise' what could and could not be asked.

Was Evans protecting the legal officer who advised senior officers in 2019?
From the Jan Pickles review - 

LA1 Head C&FS requested a meeting on a ‘Mater Diogelu Brys- Cyfrinachol’ (Urgent
Safeguarding matter - Confidential) via email to LA1 C&FS Senior Manager LADO.

On 15 April 2019 a meeting of four senior LA1 officers from LA1 Ed, LA1 C&FS and LA1 Legal departments was held to consider the information reported by Core SMT 1 to LA1 Head of Education 1. 

Any complaint against the monitoring officer is to be dealt with by Dafydd Gibbard.

This was not a meeting that the chair of the council, Ioan Thomas, would have enjoyed. 
Some of his decision making was poor and even a simple question such as who appointed Neil Foden as superhead to run Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle as well as Ysgol Friars was not answered...

It is understood that the appointment of a headmaster is the decision of the school's governors - 
https://www.ysgoldyffrynnantlle.cymru/en/governors/whos-who 

The webcast of the meeting can be found here - 
https://gwynedd.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/1063308
As is often the case, the translated feed is not yet working...

Something is so very wrong within Gwynedd council... 

 

Why Don't Gwynedd Council Like Step Parents ?

I have been trying to raise a stage 2 complaint against Gwynedd Council since June, 2016, without success. Gwynedd have done everything in their power to thwart an independent investigation into what I consider to be unprofessional behaviour and systemic failings within their Children and Families Services (!) Department.

As Gwynedd Council close one door I have attempted to open another. How ? By contacting my MP, local councillors, county councillors, AM's and even the Ombudsman for Wales. The story is getting out there.

I have noticed a pattern in all those who have contacted Gwynedd Council on my behalf. They are all told that I am NOT the birth father. Why ? What difference do these people think that makes ?

Are they saying that a step parent cares less for a child ?

The last person to point this out this was Gwynedd Council's Head Of Legal Services , Iwan G D Evans.

Does Mr Evans think that people who marry others should have less care for their partners children ?

Or is this an attempt by Iwan Evans to somehow belittle the concerns I am raising with other people ?