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Daw hyn wrth i’r argyfwng costau byw barhau i roi pwysau ar gyllid personol pobl a chynyddu’r angen am gymorth gyda phroblemau fel tai, apeliadau am fudd\-daliadau lles a dyledion.


Bu Mick Antoniw, y Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad, a Jane Hutt, y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, yn ymweld â Chanolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy yng Nghaerdydd i weld drostyn nhw eu hunain sut y gall gwasanaethau cynghori cyfreithiol arbenigol helpu pobl.


Mae Canolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy yn darparu cyngor cyfreithiol am ddim ledled Caerdydd a Bro Morgannwg, gan fynd i’r afael â phroblemau lles cymdeithasol, gan gynnwys budd\-daliadau lles, dyledion, tai a chyfraith cyflogaeth. Cafodd y gwasanaeth ei lansio ym 1992 i helpu pobl sydd wedi’u dal mewn caledi ariannol. Mae’n cyflogi cyfreithwyr a chynghorwyr arbenigol sy’n darparu cyngor, cymorth a chynrychiolaeth gyfreithiol.


Dywedodd Warren Palmer, Cyfreithiwr a Chyfarwyddwr Canolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy:



> “Mewn argyfwng costau byw, mae’n bwysicach nag erioed bod pobl yn gallu cael cyngor cyfreithiol am ddim pan maen nhw’n wynebu problemau tai, cyflogaeth neu fudd\-daliadau. Mae’r gyfraith yn gymhleth ac mae delio â landlordiaid, cyflogwyr a’r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau yn gallu bod yn frawychus.”


Mae Canolfannau Cyfraith yn cyflogi cyfreithwyr arbenigol i gynghori cleientiaid yn rhad ac am ddim. Ar hyn o bryd, Canolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy yng Nghaerdydd yw’r unig Ganolfan Gyfraith yng Nghymru, er bod prosiect i sefydlu ail Ganolfan Gyfraith yn y gogledd y gwanwyn hwn.


Er bod nifer o feysydd cyfiawnder heb gael eu datganoli, mae Cronfa Gynghori Sengl Llywodraeth Cymru yn cefnogi gwasanaethau cynghori ar draws Cymru gyda thua £11m y flwyddyn o gyllid, gan helpu gwasanaethau cymorth fel Canolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy. Ers i’r gronfa gael ei chyflwyno ym mis Ionawr 2020 mae wedi cefnogi 144,000 o bobl i ddelio â mwy na 660,000 o broblemau lles cymdeithasol. Mae wedi helpu pobl i hawlio £83m o incwm ychwanegol a dileu dyledion gwerth dros £23m.


Dywedodd Mick Antoniw, y Cwnsler Cyffredinol a Gweinidog y Cyfansoddiad:



> “Mae Canolfan Gyfraith Speakeasy yn darparu gwasanaeth gwerthfawr ac fe wnes i groesawu’r cyfle i glywed sut mae’n helpu pobl. Gall cyngor cyfreithiol o ansawdd uchel atal problemau rhag cynyddu a dwysáu, ac rwy’n annog pobl ledled Cymru i fanteisio ar y cymorth sydd ar gael os oes ei angen arnyn nhw.
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> “Mae gwasanaethau gwybodaeth a chynghori hyd yn oed yn bwysicach oherwydd y toriadau anferth mewn termau real i gymorth cyfreithiol dros y degawd diwethaf. Mae’r toriadau hyn yn golygu bod cyngor y tu hwnt i gyrraedd mwy a mwy o bobl a bod y baich ar wirfoddolwyr yn cynyddu. Byddwn yn pwysleisio pwysigrwydd gwasanaethau gwybodaeth a chynghori arbenigol, a’r angen i gynyddu lefelau cyllid, yn adolygiad arfaethedig Llywodraeth y DU o gymorth cyfreithiol sifil.”


Nod Advicelink Cymru – gwasanaeth a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru, sy’n cynnwys Cyngor ar Bopeth a gwasanaethau eraill – yw helpu’r bobl sydd angen gwasanaethau cynghori fwyaf, ble bynnag y maen nhw yng Nghymru. Gellir cael gafael ar y gwasanaeth ar 0800 702 2020\.


Dywedodd Luke Young, Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Cyngor ar Bopeth Cymru:



> “Mae’n bwysig bod pobl yn gwybod bod cymorth a chefnogaeth ar gael. Yn Cyngor ar Bopeth gallwn eich rhoi mewn cysylltiad â sefydliadau lleol sy’n cynnig cyngor arbenigol am ddim, gallwn gadarnhau eich bod yn cael popeth y mae gennych hawl iddo, a gallwn eich helpu i gael cymorth mewn argyfwng gyda chostau bwyd ac ynni.
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> “Mae ein gwasanaeth Advicelink Cymru wedi’i gynllunio i helpu’r rhai sydd angen cyngor fwyaf i ganfod ffordd ymlaen. Cofiwch gysylltu â’ch swyddfa leol, ymweld â’n gwefan neu ffonio ein llinell gyngor genedlaethol.”


Dywedodd Jane Hutt, y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol:



> “Wrth i gyllid pobl gael ei ymestyn fwyfwy mae hyn ond yn cynyddu’r risg o broblemau dyledion, tai a lles.
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> “Ni ddylai pobl ddioddef mewn tawelwch. Mae cymorth ar gael ac rydym yn annog pobl sydd angen help i fanteisio ar y gwasanaethau sydd ar gael iddyn nhw – mae Advicelink Cymru yn lle ardderchog i ddechrau.”







Translation:


 
It comes as the cost\-of\-living crisis continues to put pressure on people’s personal finances and increases the need for support on matters such as housing, welfare benefit appeals and debt.


Mick Antoniw, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, and Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice, visited the Speakeasy Law Centre in Cardiff to see for themselves how specialist legal advice services can help people.


The Speakeasy Law Centre provides free legal advice across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, tackling social welfare issues including welfare benefits, debt, housing and employment law. The service was launched in 1992 to help people trapped in financial hardship. It employs solicitors and specialist advisers who provide legal advice, assistance and representation.


Warren Palmer, Solicitor and Centre Director, Speakeasy Law Centre, said:



> “In a cost of living crisis, it is more important than ever that people can get free legal advice when they are facing housing, employment or benefit problems. The law is complex and dealing with landlords, employers and the DWP can be daunting.”


Law Centres employ specialist solicitors to advise clients free of charge. The Speakeasy Law Centre in Cardiff is currently the only Law Centre in Wales, although there is a project to set up second Law Centre in north Wales this spring.


Despite many areas of justice not being devolved, the Welsh Government’s Single Advice Fund supports advice services across Wales with around £11 million a year in funding, helping support services like the Speakeasy Law Centre. Since the fund was introduced in January 2020 it has supported 144,000 people deal with more than 660,000 social welfare problems. It has helped people to claim £83 million of additional income, writing off debts worth more than £23 million.


Mick Antoniw, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution, said:



> “The Speakeasy Law Centre is providing a valuable service and I welcomed the chance to hear how it is helping people. High quality legal advice can prevent issues from spiralling and becoming more serious, and I encourage people across Wales to take advantage of support available to them if they need it.
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> “Information and advice services are even more important because of the sweeping real\-terms cuts to legal aid over the last decade, which is putting access to advice out of reach for more and more people and increasing the burden on volunteers. We will be stressing the importance of information and specialist advice services, and the need to increase levels of funding, in the upcoming UK government review of civil legal aid.”


Advicelink Cymru – a Welsh Government\-funded service including Citizens Advice and other services – is designed to help people most in need of advice services, wherever they are in Wales. The service can be reached on 0800 702 2020\.


Luke Young, Assistant Director of Citizens Advice Cymru said:



> "It's important people know that help and support is available. At Citizens Advice we can put you in touch with local organisations who offer free specialist advice, we can check you are receiving everything you're entitled to, and we can help you get crisis food and energy support.
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> "Our AdviceLink Cymru service is designed to help those who need advice most to find a way forward. Please do contact your local office, visit our website or call our national advice line."


Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice, said:



> “As people’s finances become more and more stretched this only increases the risk of debt, housing and welfare problems.
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> “People shouldn’t struggle in silence. Support is available and we encourage people who need help to take advantage of the services available to them \- Advicelink Cymru is an excellent place to start.”