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In April 2014, the former Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, Jeff Cuthbert AM, announced funding of £1 million to support front\-line advice services in 2014\-15, with indicative allocations of funding at the same level, for financial years 2015\-16 and 2016\-17\. In July, this fund was increased to £2 million in 2014\-15, representing the Welsh Government’s commitment of supporting preventative action so people are better equipped to take control of their own affairs and are able to access practical support to help them achieve this.


As part of the grant application process, eligible organisations were required to demonstrate their commitment to collaborative working, both in terms of how they propose to work in partnership with other advice providers and build links with other publicly funded services where there is a shared vision and purpose. We are keen to encourage closer working between advice providers and Credit Unions, for example, especially where this can lead to positive outcomes for clients.  Organisations also needed to show a commitment to quality standards and to set out how they propose to report on the beneficial impact which their advice will be having on service users. It is essential we take every opportunity to promote these fundamental principles as we move forward to implement the recommendations of the Advice Services Review.


I am pleased to announce the grant application and appraisal process is now complete and the Welsh Government will be allocating funding in 2014\-15 to the following organisations:


 


* Citizens Advice Cymru and Shelter Cymru will be awarded £1\.3 million in 2014\-15 to deliver specialist advice on welfare benefits; housing and debt.  This will mean help is at hand for people who need support with their benefit entitlements, with managing and repaying their debt or are in situations where they may be at risk of losing their home. The service will be available to people over the phone or face\-to\-face at Citizens Advice Bureaux and other locations in North Wales, Mid and South\-West Wales and South\-East Wales. Home\-visits will be arranged for people who find it hard to access the service in any other way or where users have specific needs or disabilities.
* Citizens Advice Cymru and SNAP Cymru will be awarded £390,000\.00 in 2014\-15 to support specialist discrimination advice across the full range of protected characteristics. These advisers will be based in 3 regional hubs covering South\-East Wales, Mid and South\-West Wales and North West and East Wales. Awareness sessions will be provided for generalist advice providers so discrimination issues are spotted as early as possible.
* £224,209\.00 will be awarded to Age Cymru to support advice services for older people and carers. This will mean many services can be maintained and strengthened in rural areas and a new peripatetic service established in Cardiff and the Vale. The multi\-channel service will offer older people and carers information and advice on a range of issues, including housing and debt management.
* £103,076\.38 has been awarded to Tenovus to bolster existing information and advice services to cancer patients being delivered across all 7 Local Health Boards. The service will have a particular focus on helping cancer patients and their families increase their income and will also be aiming to reach out to BAMER communities throughout Wales.


 


This announcement forms part of the Welsh Government’s wider efforts to tackle poverty and inequality and financial and social exclusion in Wales. Whilst the Welsh Government has always been clear it cannot step in and fill all the gaps in funding resulting from cuts in Legal Aid and reductions in other sources of funding for these valuable services, we will align our support with the direction of travel proposed in the Advice Services Review. This funding and the services it will support will make a difference to many people in Wales, especially some of the most vulnerable.


I shall be making an oral statement to the Assembly on 23rd September on the role of advice services in mitigating the impact of Welfare Reform, where I will be expanding on many of these points.


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Ym mis Ebrill 2014, cyhoeddodd y cyn Weinidog Cymunedau a Threchu Tlodi, Jeff Cuthbert AC, gyllid o £1 miliwn i gefnogi gwasanaethau cynghori rheng flaen yn 2014\-15, gyda dyraniadau dangosol o gyllid, ar yr un lefel, ar gyfer y blynyddoedd ariannol 2015\-16 a 2016\-17\. Ym mis Gorffennaf, cynyddodd y gronfa hon i £2 filiwn yn 2014\-15, sy'n dangos ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru i gefnogi gweithredu ataliol fel bod pobl mewn sefyllfa well i reoli eu materion eu hunain a’u bod yn gallu cael cymorth ymarferol i'w helpu i gyflawni hyn. 

Fel rhan o'r broses hon o wneud cais am grant, gofynnwyd i sefydliadau cymwys ddangos eu hymrwymiad i gydweithio, o ran sut y maent  yn bwriadu gweithio mewn partneriaeth â sefydliadau eraill sy'n rhoi cyngor a chreu cysylltiadau gyda gwasanaethau eraill sy'n derbyn arian cyhoeddus, pan fo gweledigaeth a bwriad cyffredin.  Rydym yn awyddus i annog cydweithio agosach rhwng y rhai sy'n darparu cyngor ac Undebau Credyd, er enghraifft, yn enwedig ble y gallai hynny arwain at ganlyniadau positif i gleientiaid.    Mae angen i sefydliadau ddangos ymrwymiad hefyd i safonau ansawdd ac i bennu sut y maent yn bwriadu adrodd ar yr effaith fanteisiol a gaiff eu cyngor ar ddefnyddwyr gwasanaethau.  Mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn cymeryd pob cyfle i hyrwyddo'r egwyddorion sylfaenol hyn wrth inni fynd ymlaen i weithredu argymhellion yr Adolygiad o Wasanaethau Cynghori.  

Rwy'n falch o gyhoeddi bod y broses ymgeisio am grant a'r broses arfarnu bellach wedi'u cwblhau ac y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn dyrannu cyllid yn 2014\-15 i'r sefydliadau canlynol:  

* Bydd Cyngor ar Bopeth Cymru a Shelter Cymru yn derbyn £1\.3 miliwn yn 2014\-15 i roi cyngor arbenigol ar fudd\-daliadau lles, tai a dyledion.  Golyga hyn bod help ar gael i bobl sydd angen help gyda'r budd\-daliadau y mae ganddynt hawl iddynt, gyda rheoli ac ad\-dalu eu dyledion neu mewn sefyllfaoedd ble y gallent fod mewn perygl o golli eu cartref.  Bydd y gwasanaeth ar gael i bobl dros y ffôn neu wyneb yn wyneb yn y Canolfannau Cyngor ar Bopeth a lleoliadau eraill yng Ngogledd Cymru; y Canolbarth a'r De\-orllewin a'r De\-ddwyrain. Bydd ymweliadau gartref yn cael eu trefnu ar gyfer pobl sy'n ei chael yn anodd i dderbyn y gwasanaeth mewn unrhyw ffordd arall, neu ble y mae gan ddefnyddwyr anghenion neu anableddau penodol.
* Bydd Cyngor ar Bopeth Cymru a SNAP Cymru yn derbyn 390,000\.00 yn 2014\-15 i gefnogi cyngor arbenigol ar wahaniaethu ar draws ystod eang o nodweddion sy'n cael eu gwarchod.   Bydd y cynghorwyr hyn mewn 3 canolfan ranbarthol sy'n cwmpasu y De\-ddwyrain; y Canolbarth a'r De\- orllewin; a'r Gogledd\-orllewin a'r Gogledd\-ddwyrain.  Cynhelir sesiynau ymwybyddiaeth hefyd ar gyfer y rhai sy'n cynnig cyngor cyffredinol fel bod modd sylwi ar broblemau gwahaniaethu cyn gynted â phosib.
* Bydd £224,209\.00 yn cael ei ddyfarnu i Age Cymru i gefnogi gwasanaethau cynghori i bobl hŷn a gofalwyr.   Bydd hyn yn golygu y gellir cynnal a chryfhau'r gwasanaethau hyn mewn ardaloedd gwledig a sefydlu gwasanaeth peripatetig newydd yng Nhgaerdydd a'r Fro.  Bydd y gwasanaeth, fydd ar gael mewn gwahanol ffyrdd, yn cynnig gwybodaeth a chyngor i bobl hŷn a gofalwyr am amrywiol faterion, gan gynnwys tai a rheoli dyledion.
* Mae £103,076\.38 wedi ei ddyfarnu i Tenovus i ategu'r gwasanaethau gwybodaeth a chynghori sydd eisoes ar gael i gleifion canser, sy'n cael eu darparu ar draws y 7 Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol.  Bydd y gwasanaeth yn canolbwyntio'n benodol ar helpu cleifion sydd â chanser, a'u teuluoedd i gynyddu eu hincwm, a bydd hefyd yn ceisio cyrraedd cymunedau o bobl dduon a lleiafrifoedd ethnig a ffoaduriaid ledled Cymru.

Mae'r cyhoeddiad hwn yn rhan o ymdrechion ehangach Llywodraeth Cymru i fynd i'r afael â thlodi ac anghydraddoldeb ac eithrio ariannol a chymdeithasol yng Nghymru.  Er bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn glir erioed na allai gamu i mewn a llenwi pob bwlch mewn cyllid sy'n deillio o doriadau i Gymorth Cyfreithiol a gostyngiadau mewn ffynonellau eraill o gyllid ar gyfer y gwasanaethau gwerthfawr hyn, byddwn  yn sicrhau bod ein cymorth yn cyd\-fynd â'r hyn sy'n cael ei gynnig yn yr Adolygiad o Wasanaethau Cynghori.  Bydd y cyllid hwn a'r gwasanaethau fydd yn eu cefnogi yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i nifer o bobl yng Nghymru, yn enwedig rhai o'r bobl fwyaf bregus.  

Byddaf yn gwneud datganiad llafar i'r Cynulliad ar 23ain Medi ar swyddogaeth y gwasanaethau cynghori i liniaru effaith y Diwygiad Lles, ble y byddaf yn ehangu ar nifer o'r pwyntiau hyn.