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Yn dilyn honiadau o afreoleidd\-dra ariannol, ataliwyd arian New Sandfields Aberafan Afan (NSA Afan) ar 12 Rhagfyr 2016\. Cyn atal y taliadau, roedd NSA Afan yn derbyn cyllid gan Lywodraeth Cymru fel Corff Cyflawni Arweiniol Cymunedau yn Gyntaf yng Nghlwstwr Sandfields ac Aberafan, ac fel prosiect oedd yn elwa o raglen Cymunedau am Waith a ariennir gan Gronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop a Llywodraeth Cymru.   
  
Yn y gorffennol, NSA Afan oedd yn noddi prosiect STRIDES a ariennid gan Gronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop o dan Raglenni Gweithredol Cronfeydd Strwythurol 2007\-13\. Daeth y prosiect hwn i ben ym mis Ebrill 2015\.  
  
Mae ymchwiliad Llywodraeth Cymru wedi canolbwyntio’n bennaf ar p’un a oedd yna stiwardiaeth gywir ar gyllid cyhoeddus a’r ffordd mae hwnnw wedi cael ei wario a’i gofnodi gan NSA Afan. Mae tystiolaeth gref o afreoleidd\-dra ariannol. Mae’r gwaith ymchwilio wedi codi pryderon difrifol ynghylch effeithiolrwydd fframwaith llywodraethu a rheoli’r sefydliad. Mae’r dystiolaeth hon yn codi amheuaeth ynghylch gallu NSA Afan i reoli a gwarchod cyllid cyhoeddus.  
   
Penderfynwyd, felly, y dylid dod â’r grantiau Cymunedau yn Gyntaf a Chymunedau am Waith a ddyfarnwyd i NSA Afan i ben.  
  
Mae’r swyddogion yn parhau i drafod y mater hwn gyda’r heddlu.  
  
Ni chymerwyd y penderfyniad hwn yn ddifeddwl. Rwy’n ymwybodol iawn o’r effaith bosibl ar drigolion ardal Sandfields, ac mae trafodaethau wedi’u cynnal gyda Chyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell\-nedd Port Talbot er mwyn ceisio diogelu’r gwasanaethau i’r bobl leol.

   





Translation:


 
**Background**  

  

Following the receipt of allegations of financial irregularities, funding to New Sandfields Aberafan Afan (NSA Afan) was suspended on 12 December 2016\.  Prior to the suspension of payments, NSA Afan was receiving Welsh Government funding as the Lead Delivery Body for Communities First in the Sandfields and Aberavon Cluster and as a beneficiary in the ESF and Welsh Government funded Communities for Work programme.  

  

NSA Afan was previously the project sponsor of the ESF funded STRIDES project under the 2007\-13 Structural Funds Operational Programmes.  This project finished in April 2015\.  

  

The prime focus of the Welsh Government’s investigation has been the proper stewardship of public funds and the way that public funding has been spent and accounted for by NSA Afan.  Investigations have provided strong evidence of financial irregularities.  Furthermore, investigations have raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of the organisation’s governance and control framework.  This evidence calls into question NSA Afan’s ability to manage and safeguard public funds.  

  

The decision has, therefore, been taken to terminate both the Communities First and Communities for Work grants awarded to NSA Afan.    

  

Officials are continuing to discuss this matter with the police.  

  

This decision has not been taken lightly.  I am very conscious of the potential impact on the residents of the Sandfields area and consequently discussions have taken place with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and we are working together with a view to securing the provision of services to residents.