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* Welsh Government steps in following UK Government broken promise to replace EU funding in full through Shared Prosperity Fund
* expanded Welsh Government\-funded, Wales\-wide programme to launch in April 2023
* two existing EU\-funded schemes extended for an additional year to ensure a smooth transition.


The Welsh Government is stepping in to fund the expansion of the Communities for Work Plus (CfW\+) employability programme following the UK Government’s failure to honour repeated promises Wales would not be a penny worse off following the UK departure from the EU. 


Under the EU Structural and Investment Funds, the Welsh Government invested funds in a range of schemes led by the public, HE/FE, third and private sectors, including those to help people into work.


Two of those schemes are Communities for Work (CfW) and Parents, Childcare and Employment (PaCE). Since 2015, £135 million has been invested in the schemes which have, to date, provided intensive community\-based employment support and training to 41,000 individuals with complex barriers. Over 17,500 of these individuals have been helped into employment.


The UK Government had pledged to replace and “at a minimum match the size” of former EU funding in each nation of the UK. However, the UK Government’s actions for replacement EU funding means the Welsh budget is more than £1 billion worse off.


At the same time, the UK Government is deliberately overriding Welsh devolution by directly allocating replacement EU funding, at a dramatically diminished level, through the UK\-wide Shared Prosperity Fund – which means the Welsh Government now has less say over less money.


This means the Welsh Government and other institutions across business, higher and further education and the third sector who have used EU funding to support vital investments in Wales’ economy and labour market, including support for vulnerable people, will need to make difficult decisions about how budgets are spent.


In response, the Minister has today confirmed the Welsh Government is stepping in to fund the expansion of the Wales\-wide CfW\+ programme from April 2023\. The expansion will see a doubling of its original £12 million annual budget.


The CfW\+ programme has been hugely successful, having already provided intensive employment support and training to over 30,000 individuals with complex barriers to employment, with over 13,000 being helped into employment.


The Minister also announced the Welsh Government has secured an extension of the delivery of the EU\-funded CfW and PaCE to 31 March 2023 to ensure a smooth transition to the enhanced CfW\+ programme.


Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething said:



> “Despite the promise made by the UK Government that Wales would not be worse off from the UK leaving the EU, the reality is we are facing a loss of more than £1 billion in un\-replaced funding. The Welsh Government cannot fill the massive hole the UK Government has created in the Welsh budget, which means we and our Welsh partners \- who have previously benefited from EU funding \- will need to take tough decisions on what to fund in future.
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> “This Welsh Government is determined to help people into and remain in good quality jobs. That’s why we’re taking action to fund a new Wales\-wide programme to support people to do just that. By funding this expansion of Communities for Work \+ and focussing on people who are under\-represented in the labour market and those who face disadvantage and inequity in accessing work, we will create a more equal Wales \- a society that enables people to fulfil their potential no matter what their background or circumstances.
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> “While UK Ministers talk about “levelling up” the UK, it’s this Welsh Government that’s delivering for people across Wales by funding transformative programmes that help to change their lives for the better.”


The Welsh Government’s new Employability and Skills Plan, launched in March 2022, confirmed employability support will focus on those most disadvantaged in the labour market, and on improving labour market outcomes for disabled people, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people, women, young people, older workers over 50, carers and those with low skills.


The expanded CfW\+ programme will align with ReAct\+ and Jobs Growth Wales\+, to meet the Plan's commitment of delivering a single operating model of Welsh Government employability support from 2023\.


Further details on the programme will be announced in due course.







Translation:


 
* Llywodraeth Cymru yn camu i'r adwy yn dilyn methiant Llywodraeth y DU i gadw eu haddewid i ddisodli cyllid yr UE yn llawn drwy'r Gronfa Ffyniant a Rennir.
* rhaglen Cymru gyfan wedi ei hehangu, a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru i'w lansio ym mis Ebrill 2023\.
* estynnwyd dau gynllun presennol a ariennir gan yr UE am flwyddyn ychwanegol er mwyn sicrhau pontio llyfn.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn camu i'r adwy i ariannu'r gwaith o ehangu rhaglen gyflogadwyedd Cymunedau am Waith a Mwy (CfW\+) yn dilyn methiant Llywodraeth y DU i anrhydeddu addewidion mynych na fyddai Cymru'n derbyn ceiniog yn llai o arian ar ôl i'r DU adael yr UE. 


O dan Gronfeydd Strwythurol a Buddsoddi'r UE, buddsoddodd Llywodraeth Cymru arian mewn amrywiaeth o gynlluniau dan arweiniad y sector cyhoeddus, AU/AB, y trydydd sector a'r sector preifat, gan gynnwys y rhai i helpu pobl i gael gwaith.


Dau o'r cynlluniau hynny yw Cymunedau am Waith a Rhieni, Gofal Plant a Chyflogaeth (PaCE). Ers 2015, buddsoddwyd £135m yn y cynlluniau sydd, hyd yma, wedi darparu cymorth a hyfforddiant cyflogaeth dwys yn y gymuned i 41,000 o unigolion sydd â rhwystrau cymhleth. Mae dros 17,500 o'r unigolion hyn wedi cael cymorth i gael gwaith.


Roedd Llywodraeth y DU wedi addo disodli ac "o leiaf gyfateb i faint" cyn\-gyllid yr UE ym mhob gwlad yn y DU. Fodd bynnag, mae camau gweithredu Llywodraeth y DU ar gyfer arian newydd yr UE yn golygu bod cyllideb Cymru dros £1 biliwn yn llai.


Ar yr un pryd, mae Llywodraeth y DU yn fwriadol yn gwrth\-wneud datganoli yng Nghymru drwy ddyrannu arian newydd yr UE yn uniongyrchol, ar lefel sy'n llawer llai, drwy Gronfa Ffyniant a Rennir y DU – sy'n golygu bod gan Lywodraeth Cymru bellach lai o reolaeth dros lai o arian.


Mae hyn yn golygu y bydd angen i Lywodraeth Cymru a sefydliadau eraill ar draws busnesau, addysg uwch ac addysg bellach a'r trydydd sector sydd wedi defnyddio arian yr UE i gefnogi buddsoddiadau hanfodol yn economi a marchnad lafur Cymru, gan gynnwys cymorth i bobl sy'n agored i niwed, wneud penderfyniadau anodd ynghylch sut y caiff cyllidebau eu gwario.


Mewn ymateb, mae'r Gweinidog heddiw wedi cadarnhau bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn camu i mewn i ariannu'r gwaith o ehangu'r rhaglen Cymunedau dros Waith a Mwy (CfW\+) drwy Gymru gyfan o fis Ebrill 2023\. Bydd yr ehangu'n golygu dyblu ei gyllideb flynyddol wreiddiol o £12m.


Mae rhaglen CfW\+ wedi bod yn hynod lwyddiannus, ar ôl darparu cymorth a hyfforddiant cyflogaeth dwys eisoes i dros 30,000 o unigolion sydd â rhwystrau cymhleth i gyflogaeth, gyda dros 13,000 yn cael cymorth i gael gwaith.


Cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog hefyd fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi sicrhau fod CfW a PaCE yn cael ei ariannu gan yr UE hyd at 31 Mawrth 2023 er mwyn sicrhau pontio llyfn i'r rhaglen Cymunedau dros Waith a Mwy yn well.


Dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething:



> "Er gwaethaf yr addewid a wnaed gan Lywodraeth y DU na fyddai Cymru ar ei cholled wedi i'r DU adael yr UE, y realiti yw ein bod yn wynebu colled o fwy na £1 biliwn mewn cyllid na chafwyd arian yn ei le. Ni all Llywodraeth Cymru lenwi'r twll enfawr y mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi'i greu yng nghyllideb Cymru, sy'n golygu y bydd angen i ni a'n partneriaid yng Nghymru \- sydd wedi elwa o gyllid yr UE o'r blaen \- wneud penderfyniadau anodd ar beth i'w ariannu yn y dyfodol.
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> "Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn benderfynol o helpu pobl i mewn i swyddi o ansawdd da ac aros mewn swyddi o ansawdd da. Dyna pam yr ydym yn cymryd camau i ariannu rhaglen newydd i Gymru gyfan i gefnogi pobl i wneud hynny. Drwy ariannu'r gwaith hwn o ehangu Cymunedau am Waith a Mwy a chanolbwyntio ar bobl sydd wedi'u tangynrychioli yn y farchnad lafur a'r rhai sy'n wynebu anfanteision ac annhegwch i gael gwaith, byddwn yn creu Cymru fwy cyfartal \- cymdeithas sy'n galluogi pobl i gyflawni eu potensial waeth beth fo'u cefndir neu eu hamgylchiadau.
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> "Er bod Gweinidogion y DU yn sôn am ffyniant broydd o fewn y DU, Llywodraeth Cymru sy'n cyflawni dros bobl ledled Cymru drwy ariannu rhaglenni trawsnewidiol sy'n helpu i newid eu bywydau er gwell."


Cadarnhaodd Cynllun Cyflogadwyedd a Sgiliau newydd Llywodraeth Cymru, a lansiwyd ym mis Mawrth 2022, y bydd cymorth cyflogadwyedd yn canolbwyntio ar y rhai mwyaf difreintiedig yn y farchnad lafur, ac ar wella canlyniadau'r farchnad lafur i bobl anabl, pobl Dduon, Asiaidd a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig, menywod, pobl ifanc, gweithwyr hŷn dros 50 oed, gofalwyr a'r rhai â sgiliau isel.


Bydd y rhaglen Cymunedau yn Gyntaf a Mwy estynedig yn cyd\-fynd â ReAct \+ a Twf Swyddi Cymru \+, i gyflawni ymrwymiad y Cynllun i ddarparu un model o weithredu cymorth cyflogadwyedd Llywodraeth Cymru o 2023\.


Cyhoeddir rhagor o fanylion am y rhaglen maes o law.