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The programme, which will be available to all school in Wales, will be intensively trialled in 10 schools across the Valleys Taskforce area. The idea of the scheme is to inspire comprehensive school students by linking them with former pupils who have gone to develop interesting, varied and successful careers, and to help them access advice and practical support.


Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport and chair of the Valleys Taskforce, Lee Waters said:



> “Children attending private schools often have a whole network of people outside of their school and immediate family who can help them to develop and progress their career ambitions.
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> “This programme is about giving comprehensive students across the South Wales Valleys that same level of support. Eventually we want to roll a version of this scheme out to all comprehensive schools.
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> “As a boy growing up in the Amman Valley, I and my fellow class mates were often told that we would need to leave our local areas in order to progress our career ambitions.
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> “That is not the message I want to give to pupils. If we are to develop vibrant and economically thriving communities we need our talented young people to understand the whole raft of options available to them and to consider building their future within these communities.
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> “I hope the alumni scheme will help our young people to understand that forging a successful career and future is not always about leaving your local community and heading to a city.


The alumni role models will speak to pupils about their own career journeys, the barriers they have experienced and some of the lessons they have learned along the way. They will also help highlight some of the different careers and career pathways available.


They could also help the students with work experience opportunities or by putting them in touch with local networks and contacts who can help them to reach their career goals, particularly within the local community.


A toolkit has been developed by Future First to help schools create a new alumni programme. The toolkit will be available to all secondary schools across Wales so they can work to recruit appropriate and relevant role models for their pupils.


It will provide a step\-by\-step guide which contains real life examples as well as templates that schools can use to recruit former pupils.


There is also information on safeguarding and GDPR, and guidance on how to get the most out of an alumni scheme using virtual interactions at a time when face to face contact is limited. This toolkit will be enhanced by the intensive work that Careers Wales are doing with the 10 schools in the south Wales valleys.


The participating schools are: Risca Comprehensive School, Abertillery Learning Community School, Blackwood Comprehensive School, Ysgol Garth Olwg, Cardinal Newman RC School, Tonyrefail Community School, Cyfarthfa High School, Pen y Dre High School, Maesteg Comprehensive School and Queen Elizabeth High.


Together, Careers Wales and the participating schools have already had expressions of interest from 207 alumni.


Once recruited, due to the ongoing COVID\-19 related restrictions, Careers Wales will work with the alumni to produce a vlog to introduce themselves and their career journey to staff and pupils of their former schools.


Nikki Lawrence, chief executive of Careers Wales, said:



> “The alumni scheme is a fantastic opportunity for former pupils to share their experiences and career journeys that current students can really relate to.
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> “As well as having sat in the same classrooms, and grown up within the same communities, the former pupils will have faced similar challenges to those that current pupils are now experiencing. 
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> “We hope that the support from alumni will inspire and encourage students to think about the wider opportunities available and identify their own ambitions.


Lorraine Langham, chief executive of Future First, said:



> “The Welsh Government has broken new ground by officially recognising the crucial importance of alumni networks in boosting the career prospects of young people. No other UK government has ever done this, but I sincerely hope they will now follow.
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> "We've been delighted to develop this toolkit for schools in Wales. With scientific evidence now emerging of how our brains respond to relatable role models this initiative promises to provide lasting benefit to young people across the country.


A digital celebration of the project is being planned during National Careers Week in March, which will comprise a programme of content shared on social media and resources to help other schools create their own alumni community.







Translation:


 
Bydd y rhaglen, a fydd ar gael i holl ysgolion Cymru, cael ei threialu’n drylwyr mewn deg ysgol yn ardal Tasglu’r Cymoedd. Y syniad tu ôl i’r cynllun yw ysbrydoli myfyrwyr ysgolion uwchradd drwy’u cysylltu â chyn\-ddisgyblion sydd wedi symud ymlaen i yrfaoedd amrywiol, diddorol a llwyddiannus; a’u helpu i gael cyngor a chymorth ymarferol.


Dywedodd Dirprwy Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth a chadeirydd Tasglu’r Cymoedd, Lee Waters:



> “Gan amlaf mae gan blant sy’n mynychu ysgolion preifat rwydwaith eang y tu allan i’r ysgol a’u teulu agos a all eu helpu i ddatblygu eu huchelgais gyrfaol.
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> “Nod y rhaglen yw rhoi’r un lefel o gefnogaeth i fyfyrwyr ysgolion uwchradd ar draws Cymoedd y De. Y gobaith yn y pen draw fydd cyflwyno fersiwn o’r cynllun  hwn i bob ysgol uwchradd.
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> “Yn ystod fy magwraeth yng Nghwmaman, byddwn i a’m cyd\-ddisgyblion yn aml yn cael ein darbwyllo bod angen i ni adael ein hardal leol er mwyn cyflawni ein huchelgais gyrfaol.
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> “Nid dyma’r neges rwyf eisiau ei rhoi i ddisgyblion. Os ydym am ddatblygu cymunedau bywiog sydd yn ffynnu’n economaidd, mae’n rhaid i’n pobl ifanc talentog ddeall bod pob math o ddewisiadau ar gael iddynt ac y dylent ystyried adeiladu eu dyfodol yn y cymunedau hyn.
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> “Rwy’n gobeithio y bydd y cynllun yn helpu ein pobl ifanc i ddeall nad oes rhaid i chi adael eich cymuned leol a symud i ddinas er mwyn datblygu gyrfa a dyfodol llwyddiannus.


Bydd y modelau rôl yn siarad â’r disgyblion am eu llwybrau gyrfaol, unrhyw rwystrau maent wedi eu hwynebu ac am rai o’r gwersi maent wedi eu dysgu ar hyd y ffordd. Byddant hefyd yn helpu’r bobl ifanc drwy dynnu sylw at y gwahanol fathau o yrfaoedd a llwybrau gyrfaol sydd ar gael.


Gallant hefyd helpu’r disgyblion i drefnu cyfleoedd profiad gwaith neu eu rhoi mewn cyswllt â rhwydweithiau a chysylltiadau lleol a all eu helpu i gyflawni eu hamcanion gyrfaol, yn enwedig yn y gymuned leol.


Mae pecyn cymorth wedi cael ei ddatblygu gan Future First i helpu ysgolion i greu rhaglen newydd. Bydd y pecyn ar gael i bob ysgol uwchradd ar draws Cymru i’w galluogi i recriwtio cyn\-ddisgyblion addas a phriodol a fydd yn esiampl dda i’w disgyblion.


Bydd yn ganllaw cam\-wrth\-gam sydd yn cynnwys gwir esiamplau ynghyd â thempledi y gall ysgolion eu defnyddio i recriwtio cyn\-ddisgyblion.


Mae hefyd yn cynnwys gwybodaeth am ddiogelu a’r Rheoliad Cyffredinol ar Ddiogelu Data, ac arweiniad ar sut i gael y gorau o gynllun o’r fath  drwy ryngweithio’n rhithiol ar adeg pan mae cyswllt wyneb yn wyneb wedi’i gyfyngu. Bydd y cydweithio trylwyr rhwng Gyrfa Cymru a’r 10 o ysgolion yng nghymoedd y de hefyd yn cyfoethogi’r pecyn cymorth.


Mae’r ysgolion canlynol yn cymryd rhan yn y cynllun: Ysgol Gyfun Risca, Cymuned Addysgu Abertyleri, Ysgol Gyfun y Coed Duon, Ysgol Garth Olwg, Ysgol Gatholig Cardinal Newman, Ysgol Gymunedol Tonyrefail, Ysgol Uwchradd Cyfarthfa, Ysgol Uwchradd Pen y Dre, Ysgol Gyfun Maesteg, Ysgol Uwchradd y Frenhines Elisabeth.


Hyd yma, mae Gyrfa Cymru a’r ysgolion sy’n cymryd rhan wedi derbyn datganiadau o ddiddordeb gan 207 o gyn\-ddisgyblion.


Oherwydd y cyfyngiadau parhaus sy'n gysylltiedig â COVID\-19, bydd y cyn\-ddisgyblion sydd wedi’u recriwtio yn gweithio gyda Gyrfa Cymru i gynhyrchu fideo ar\-lein i gyflwyno eu hunain a rhannu eu siwrnai yrfaol gyda staff a disgyblion eu hen ysgol.


Dywedodd Nikki Lawrence, Prif Weithredwr Gyrfa Cymru:



> “Bydd y cynllun yn gyfle gwych i gyn\-ddisgyblion rannu eu profiadau a’u llwybrau gyrfaol fel y gall y disgyblion presennol uniaethu â nhw.
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> “Mae’r cyn\-ddisgyblion hyn wedi eistedd yn yr un dosbarthiadau ac wedi’u magu yn yr un cymunedau, yn ogystal â wynebu’r un heriau y mae’r disgyblion presennol  yn eu profi ar hyn o bryd.
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> “Rydym yn gobeithio y bydd y gefnogaeth gan ycyn\-ddisgyblion yn ysbrydoli ac yn annog y myfyrwyr i feddwl yn fwy eang am y cyfleoedd sydd ar gael iddynt a nodi eu huchelgeisiau eu hunain.


Dywedodd Lorraine Langham, Prif Weithredwr Future First:



> “Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri tir newydd drwy roi cydnabyddiaeth swyddogol i bwysigrwydd rhwydweithiau alumni ar gyfer hybu cyfleoedd gyrfa pobl ifanc. Nid oes unrhyw lywodraeth arall yn y Deyrnas Unedig wedi gwneud hyn erioed, ond rwy’n gobeithio o ddifri y byddant yn dilyn arweiniad Cymru nawr.
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> "Roedd yn bleser datblygu’r pecyn cymorth hwn i ysgolion Cymru. Gyda thystiolaeth wyddonol yn dod i’r amlwg ynghylch y ffordd y mae’n hymennydd ni yn ymateb i esiamplau ymddygiad y gallwn uniaethu â nhw, mae’r fenter hon yn mynd i gynnig manteision hirdymor i bobl ifanc ar draws y wlad.


Bydd dathliad digidol ar gyfer y prosiect yn cael ei gynnal yn ystod Wythnos Genedlaethol Gyrfaoedd ym mis Mawrth, gyda rhaglen o gynnwys yn cael ei rhannu ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol ac adnoddau i helpu ysgolion eraill i greu eu cymuned o gyn\-ddisgyblion eu hunain.