It provides sports, arts, volunteering, apprenticeship, outdoor pursuits, humanitarian, international and residential opportunities for children and young people through the medium of Welsh.

Its main aim is to ensure that all young people in Wales are given the opportunity, through the medium of Welsh, to play a constructive role in the community, developing personal and social skills.

In an issue of the magazine Cymru’r Plant in 1922 Sir Ifan said, "These days, in many villages, and in most towns in Wales, children play and read in English.

[citation needed] Nearly a century later, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, the main youth organisation in Wales, has over 56,000 members, belonging to over 900 branches who take part in a wide range of activities.

[8] On 25 January 2022, the date that the organisation celebrated its 100th birthday, it broke two Guinness World Records for the most videos uploaded to Twitter and Facebook of people singing the same song in an hour.

[10] Eisteddfod yr Urdd Dur a Môr 2025 will be held in Margam Park, Port Talbot, before visiting Anglesey (Ynys Môn) in 2026 and Newport for the first time ever in 2027.

The investment supports the Urdd's vision to offer pioneering, modern centres to increase the organisation's wellbeing and outdoor learning opportunities for children, young people and schools across Wales.

Pentre Ifan offers an escape from the digital world, where young people are encouraged to connect with their environmental and cultural landscape, and get to experience a more sustainable lifestyle.

[citation needed] In 2019 the organisation said it offered activities for children and young people across the country, from 250 weekly sports clubs (3,500 youngsters attending) to nearly 200 competitions for 44,000 competitors.

[citation needed] The Urdd's Community Department focuses on providing arts opportunities to members across Wales, supporting thousands of volunteers to arrange activities to encourage and enable children and young people to socialise through the medium of Welsh outside the classroom.

[citation needed] The Urdd works with partners such as Welsh Government, British Council, BBC, FAW, WRU, Commonwealth Games, S4C, Wales Arts International to expand its work and reach internationally through projects in the USA,[19] Ireland,[20] France,[21] Germany,[22] Kenya,[23] New Zealand,[24] India,[25] Patagonia, Hungary, Brussels, Cameroon, Australia, Japan and elsewhere.