Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
 


 


Today I am pleased to announce the latest round of projects which will be supported by the Welsh Government’s Invest to Save Fund.  A total of 10 projects will be funded with an aggregate value of approximately £5 million.  As well as representing significant investments in energy efficiency schemes, some of the projects represent examples of preventative investments which have the potential to make a significant impact on some areas of public expenditure and the lives and well being of communities across Wales.  


These new projects bring the total number of projects supported to over 130 with an aggregate financial value of almost £125 million. Since the Fund was introduced it has become an important source of finance for the public sector.  Whilst one of the main objectives of the Fund is to generate cash releasing savings, many of the investments have also enabled the development of innovative and leading edge models of service delivery.  


The Fund is supporting two pilot projects, the first of which is the Safe as Houses initiative being led by Mid and West Wales Fire Service.  A small team of officials drawn from the health, police, fire and rescue service and local government will help the elderly and vulnerable to minimise health and security risks in their homes.  The second pilot is being led by Torfaen County Borough Council and Bron Afon Housing Association.  This project will work with vulnerable families who have complex issues and try to reduce the incidence of more expensive statutory interventions. Both projects  are excellent examples of thinking more about the long\-term, taking forward a preventative and integrated approaches to public service reform, through a more joined\-up approach.


£280,000 will be provided for the Mid Wales Fire and Rescue Service for the Safe as Houses initiative.  The joined\-up nature of the project will allow the assessment of both health and security risks in properties with the aim of reducing the incidence of hospital admissions, ill health and crime.  This is a ground breaking initiative and has the potential to lead to significant savings and improvements in the quality of life for many of the elderly and vulnerable citizens in communities across Wales.  


£465,000 will be provided for the project being led by Torfaen County Borough Council and Bron Afon Housing Association.    The potential for savings is significant and we will be working closely with Torfaen and Bron Afon to maximise the impact of the project and assess its suitability for adoption on a much wider scale.  


Other projects being supported include:


 


* £281,000 for Hywel Dda University Health Board which will allow the upgrading of all medical infusion pumps in the Board’s area.  This project will provide cash releasing savings of £228,000 per annum and also reduce clinical risks;
* £278,000 for Powys Teaching Health Board to establish a Children’s Continuing Care unit.  This will reduce the reliance on expensive external staff and provide cash releasing benefits of £309,000 per annum; and
* £1 million for Natural Resources Wales to implement improved revenue collection systems and provide cash releasing savings of £800,000 per annum;


 


The latest round of successful projects also continues our investment in energy efficiency initiatives and we are supporting the following projects:


 


* £1\.4 million for Carmarthenshire County Council which will help fund the replacement of 12,000 traditional street lighting sodium units with LED units.  As well as providing annual cash releasing savings in the region of £400,000 per annum, the investment also improves road safety;
* £165,000 for the Mid Wales Fire and Rescue Service which will enable the conversion of every fire station in the region to LED lighting;
* £1 million for Cardiff University to fund a range of energy efficiency projects across the University’s estate, resulting in a reduction in carbon emissions of 1,100 tonnes per annum;
* £219,000 for Anglesey County Council to implement two LED street lighting projects and the conversion of leisure centre facilities to LED lighting.


 


  

As well as announcing these important new schemes I am also today inviting the whole of the Welsh public service to make proposals for the next Invest to Save round.  Approximately £20 million is available in 2016\-17, with additional funding available in future years as existing projects repay to the fund. I am particularly interested in attracting bids which demonstrate collaboration at not only a local level but which take forward improvements at a national and/or regional level.  Such a joined up approach means that we spread good practice and ensure that all areas of Wales benefit from the innovation which we see being delivered every year.


 


 


 


The Fund has benefited from a number of evaluations over the past 2 years and I would like to thank members of the Finance Committee for their continued support of the Fund in line with their recommendations to guide the way in which the fund can improve in its operation.


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Heddiw, mae'n bleser gen i gyhoeddi'r cylch diweddaraf o brosiectau a fydd yn cael eu cefnogi gan Gronfa Buddsoddi i Arbed Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd cyfanswm o 10 o brosiectau'n cael cefnogaeth ariannol a fydd werth tua £5 miliwn i gyd. Yn ogystal â chynrychioli buddsoddiadau sylweddol mewn cynlluniau effeithlonrwydd ynni, mae rhai o'r prosiectau'n enghreifftiau o fuddsoddiadau i atal. Mae gan y prosiectau hyn y potensial o effeithio'n sylweddol ar rai meysydd gwariant cyhoeddus a bywydau a lles cymunedau ar hyd a lled y wlad.  

Gan gyfrif y prosiectau newydd hyn, mae cyfanswm nifer y prosiectau sy'n cael cefnogaeth wedi cyrraedd dros 130 ac mae cyfanswm gwerth ariannol y prosiectau hynny yn bron £125 miliwn. Ers i'r Gronfa gael ei chyflwyno, mae wedi dod yn ffynhonnell gyllid bwysig i'r sector cyhoeddus. Er mai un o brif amcanion y Gronfa yw cynhyrchu arbedion sy'n rhyddhau arian, mae llawer o'r buddsoddiadau hefyd wedi galluogi i fodelau darparu gwasanaeth arloesol a blaenllaw gael eu datblygu.  

Mae'r Gronfa'n cefnogi dau gynllun peilot; y cyntaf yw menter diogelwch tai dan arweiniad Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru. Bydd tîm bach o swyddogion a fydd yn cynnwys aelodau o'r gwasanaeth iechyd, yr heddlu, y gwasanaeth tân ac achub a llywodraeth leol yn helpu'r henoed a'r rheini sy'n agored i niwed i leihau risgiau iechyd a diogeledd yn eu cartrefi. Mae'r ail brosiect peilot yn cael ei arwain gan Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen a Chymdeithas Tai Bron Afon.  Bydd y prosiect hwn yn gweithio gyda theuluoedd agored i niwed sydd â phroblemau cymhleth i geisio lleihau ymyraethau statudol drutach. Mae'r ddau brosiect yn enghreifftiau ardderchog o feddwl am y tymor hwy, gan ddatblygu dulliau atal ac integredig tuag at ddiwygio gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, trwy ddull mwy cydgysylltiedig.

Bydd £280,000 yn cael ei roi i Wasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru er mwyn arwain y fenter diogelwch tai. Bydd natur cydgysylltiedig y prosiect yn galluogi'r gwaith o asesu risgiau iechyd a diogeledd mewn eiddo â'r bwriad o leihau nifer y derbyniadau i ysbytai, nifer yr achosion o salwch a nifer y troseddau. Mae'r fenter hon yn torri tir newydd ac mae ganddi'r potensial i arwain at arbedion a gwelliannau sylweddol o ran ansawdd bywyd llawer o'r dinasyddion hŷn ac agored i niwed mewn cymunedau ar hyd a lled Cymru.  

Bydd £465,000 yn cael ei roi i'r prosiect sy'n cael ei arwain gan Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen a Chymdeithas Tai Bron Afon. Mae'r potensial ar gyfer arbedion yn sylweddol a byddwn yn cydweithio'n agos â Thorfaen a Bron Afon i gael yr effaith fwyaf posibl o'r prosiect ac asesu ei addasrwydd i'w fabwysiadu'n ehangach.  

Dyma rai o'r prosiectau eraill fydd yn cael cymorth:

* £281,000 i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda, a fydd yn caniatáu i bob pwmp trwytho meddygol gael ei uwchraddio yn ardal y Bwrdd. Bydd y prosiect hwn yn cynhyrchu arbedion sy'n rhyddhau arian o £228,000 y flwyddyn a bydd hefyd yn lleihau risgiau clinigol;
* £278,000 i Fwrdd Iechyd Addysgu Powys er mwyn sefydlu Uned Gofal Parhaus i Blant. Bydd hyn yn lleihau'r ddibyniaeth ar staff allanol drud ac yn cynhyrchu arbedion sy'n rhyddhau arian o £309,000 y flwyddyn;
* £1 miliwn i Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru er mwyn gweithredu system well o gasglu refeniw ac i ddarparu arbedion sy'n rhyddhau arian o £800,000 y flwyddyn;

Mae'r cylch diweddaraf o brosiectau llwyddiannus hefyd yn parhau â'n buddsoddiad mewn mentrau arbed ynni, ac rydym yn cefnogi'r prosiectau canlynol:

* £1\.4 miliwn i Gyngor Sir Caerfyrddin er mwyn helpu i ariannu'r gwaith o osod unedau LED i ddisodli 12,000 o unedau golau stryd sodiwm traddodiadol. Yn ogystal â darparu arbedion sy'n rhyddhau arian o tua £400,000 y flwyddyn, mae'r buddsoddiad hefyd yn gwella diogelwch ar y ffyrdd;
* £165,000 i Wasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru a fydd yn galluogi iddynt ymgymryd â'r gwaith o newid goleuadau pob gorsaf dân yn y rhanbarth i rai LED;
* £1 miliwn i Brifysgol Caerdydd er mwyn ariannu amrywiaeth o brosiectau effeithlonrwydd ar draws ystad y Brifysgol, gan arwain at leihau allyriadau carbon o 1,100 tunnell y flwyddyn;
* £219,000 i Gyngor Sir Ynys Môn er mwyn gweithredu dau brosiect goleuadau stryd LED, a galluogi iddynt ymgymryd â'r gwaith o newid goleuadau cyfleusterau canolfannau hamdden i rai LED.

  
Yn ogystal â chyhoeddi'r cynlluniau pwysig newydd hyn, rydw i hefyd heddiw yn gwahodd y gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru gyfan i gyflwyno cynigion ar gyfer y cylch Buddsoddi i Arbed nesaf. Mae tua £20 miliwn ar gael yn 2016\-17, a bydd rhagor o arian ychwanegol ar gael yn y dyfodol wrth i brosiectau presennol ad\-dalu arian i'r gronfa. Mae gen i ddiddordeb penodol mewn denu ceisiadau sy'n cynnig cydweithio nid yn unig ar lefel leol, ond sy'n gweithredu gwelliannau ar lefel genedlaethol a/neu ranbarthol hefyd. Bydd dull cydgysylltiedig o'r fath yn golygu ein bod yn lledaenu arferion da a bod pob rhan o Gymru yn elwa ar yr arloesedd a welwn bob blwyddyn.

Mae'r Gronfa wedi elwa ar nifer o werthusiadau dros y 2 flynedd ddiwethaf, a hoffwn ddiolch i aelodau'r Pwyllgor Cyllid am eu cefnogaeth barhaus i'r Gronfa yn unol â'u hargymhellion i ddangos sut y gall y gronfa wella'r ffordd y mae'n gweithredu.