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The investment will support the expansion of the Active Inclusion Fund (AIF) to provide skills programmes and paid work placements to out\-of\-work 16\-24 year olds. It will benefit around 1,500 people in Flintshire, Wrexham, Powys, Monmouthshire, Newport, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan over the next three years. The additional £1 million brings the total investment to £4\.6million, including £2million of targeted Welsh Government match funding. The AIF, which was originally launched last May, is managed by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and supports organisations to provide skills programmes and transitional employment opportunities in local areas. 

 Active Inclusion aims to help improve the employment prospects of people who are long\-term unemployed, as well as people facing barriers to employment through disabilities, low skills, or substance misuse problems.

 This new investment into the AIF specifically focusses on young people and aims to build on and improve individual’s skills and employability prospects through targeted support and up to 26 weeks of paid employment opportunities.

 It is being targeted at helping younger people aged 16\-24 years old who are not in education, employment or training and who sit within one or more of the following identified groups:

  * Lone parents;
* Those with work limiting health conditions (including substances misuse issues);
* Ex\-offenders;
* Those with a disability;
* Those who identify themselves as being from a BME background.

   Through tailored support to help participants overcome a range of barriers to employment, Active Inclusion (Youth) will help those involved to achieve full\-time sustainable employment by supporting them to progress to further education and/or training and gain qualifications and skills that will enhance their employability prospects. 

 Such barriers may include work limiting health conditions, discrimination, social and digital exclusion, mental health issues, disabilities, welfare dependency, a lack of confidence, poor literacy skills or a lack of experience of a work environment.

 The Skills and Science Minister announced the new funding ahead of a visit to the NEC in Birmingham on 18 November to attend the UK’s largest Skills Show, where a record number of Welsh entrants are taking part. 

 Julie James said: 

 
> “Wales currently benefits from some £500 million of EU funds annually to support jobs and growth, which includes investments to help increase skills and employment opportunities for thousands of vulnerable people across Wales.
> 
>   "Ensuring Wales has the right skills to make the most of existing and future employment opportunities is a key priority of this government and we are committed to helping those in most need to reach their full potential. 
> 
>   “This additional funding will make an important contribution to young people’s lives and help those who have so far been locked out of the jobs market to gain essential skills and access training and employment opportunities, helping to make Wales a fairer, more prosperous and inclusive society.”

 Phil Fiander, WCVA’s director of operations, added: 

 
> “Almost 1,500 young people will benefit from the expansion of the Active Inclusion Fund, including many from disadvantaged backgrounds who need this type of support to turn their lives around.
> 
>  “This funding will create community\-based opportunities for 16 to 24\-year\-olds to improve their skills and take part in paid work placements that will suit a wide range of interests, talents and abilities.”







Translation:


 
Bydd y buddsoddiad yn helpu i ehangu y Gronfa Cynhwysiant Gweithredol (AIF) i ddarparu rhaglenni sgiliau a lleoliadau gwaith â thâl i bobl ifanc ddi\-waith rhwng 16\-24 mlwydd oed.  Bydd oddeutu 1,500 o bobl ifanc yn Sir y Fflint, Wrecsam, Powys, Sir Fynwy, Casnewydd, Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg yn elwa ohono yn ystod y dair blynedd nesaf.  Mae’r £1 miliwn ychwanegol yn dod â chyfanswm y buddsoddiad i £4\.6miliwn, gan gynwnys £2 filiwn o gyllid cyfatebol Llywodraeth Cymru.

 Mae’r AIF, a gafodd ei lansio’n wreiddiol fis Mai diwethaf, yn cael ei reoli gan Gyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (WCVA) ac yn cefnogi sefydliadau i ddarparu rhaglenni sgiliau a chyfleoedd ar gyfer gwaith yn lleol.   

 Mae Cynhwysiant Gweithredol yn anelu at helpu i wella rhagolygon gwaith pobl sydd wedi bod yn ddi\-waith am hir, yn ogystal â phobl sy’n wynebu rhwystrau i waith drwy anableddau, diffyg sgiliau, neu broblemau camddefnyddio sylweddau.    

 Mae’r buddsoddiad hwn yn yr AIF yn canolbwyntio’n benodol ar bobl ifanc ac yn anelu at ychwanegu at hyn a gwella eu sgiliau unigol a’u rhagolygon am swydd drwy gymorth wedi ei dargedu a hyd at 26 wythnos o gyfleoedd i gael gwaith â thâl.    

 Y bwriad yw helpu pobl ifanc rhwng 16\-24 mlwydd oed nad ydynt mewn addysg, gwaith na hyfforddiant ac sydd o fewn un neu fwy o’r grwpiau isod:

  * Rhieni unigol;
* Y rhai hynny sydd â chyflyrau iechyd sy’n cyfyngu ar eu gallu i weithio (gan gynnwys problemau sy’n gysylltiedig â chamddefnyddio sylweddau);
* Cyn\-droseddwyr;
* Pobl ag anabledd;
* Y rhai sy’n nodi eu bod o gefndir Pobl Dduon a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig.

  Trwy gymorth wedi ei deilwra i helpu’r rhai sy’n cymeryd rhan i oresgyn amrywiol rwystrau i waith, mae Cynhwysiant Gweithredol (Ieuenctid) yn helpu’r rhai sy’n cymeryd rhan i gael gwaith cynaliadwy llawnamser drwy eu helpu i fynd ymlaen i addysg bellach ac/neu hyfforddiant ac i ennill cymwysterau a sgiliau fydd yn gwella eu rhagolygon am swydd.   

 Gallai rhwystrau o’r fath gynnwys cyflyrau iechyd sy’n cyfyngu ar y gallu i weithio, gwahaniaethu, eithrio cymdeithasol a digidol, problemau iechyd meddwl, anableddau, dibyniaeth ar y gyfundrefn les, diffyg hyder, sgiliau llythrennedd gwael neu ddiffyg profiad o fyd gwaith.    

 Cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog Sgiliau a Gwyddoniaeth y cyllid newydd cyn ymweliad â’r NEC yn Birmingham ar 18 Tachwedd i fynd i Sioe Sgiliau fwyaf Prydain, ble y bydd mwy o gystadleuwyr o Gymru nag erioed yn cymeryd rhan.     

 Meddai Julie James: 

 
> “Mae Cymru yn elwa o oddeutu £500 miliwn o gyllid yr UE bob blwyddyn i gefnogi twf a swyddi, sy’n cynnwys buddsoddiadau i helpu i wella’r cyfleoedd ar gyfer sgiliau a chyflogaeth i filoedd o bobl fregus ledled Cymru.   
> 
>  "Mae sicrhau bod gan Gymru y sgiliau iawn i fanteisio i’r eithaf ar y cyfleoedd ar gyfer gwaith nawr ac yn y dyfodol yn flaenoriaeth bwysig i’r llywodraeth hon, ac rydym wedi ymrwymo i helpu’r rhai hynny sydd â’r angen mwyaf i gyrraedd eu potensial yn llawn.   
> 
>  “Bydd y cyllid ychwanegol hwn yn gwneud cyfraniad pwysig i fywydau pobl ifanc ac yn helpu’r rhai hynny sydd wedi eu cau allan o’r farchnad swyddi i fagu’r sgiliau hanfodol ac i dderbyn cyfleoedd i hyfforddi a chael gwaith, gan helpu i sicrhau fod Cymru yn gymdeithas decach, mwy llewyrchus a chynhwysol.”

  Ychwanegodd Phil Fiander, cyfarwyddwr gweithrediadau CGGC:  

 
> “Bydd bron i 1,500 o bobl ifanc yn elwa o ehangu’r Gronfa Cynhwysiant Gweithredol, gan gynnwys nifer sydd o gefndiroedd difreintiedig sydd angen y math hwn o gymorth i newid eu bywydau.  
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>  “Bydd y cyllid hwn yn creu cyfleoedd o fewn y gymuned i bobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 24 mlwydd oed wella eu sgiliau ac chymeryd rhan mewn lleoliadau gwaith â thâl fydd yn addas ar gyfer ystod eang o ddiddordebau, doniau a galluoedd.”