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Mae rhaglen ‘Cynefin’ bellach yn ei hail flwyddyn a dyma gyfle i sôn am lwyddiant ei blwyddyn gyntaf.  Mae Cynefin yn defnyddio sgiliau Cydlynwyr Lle lleol i helpu i wella ansawdd bywyd pobl mewn cymunedau ledled Cymru trwy drechu tlodi, datblygu cydnerthedd, gwella sgiliau a chreu cyfleoedd ar gyfer twf gwyrdd.  Cost y contract rheoli a chyflogi’r naw Cydlynydd Lle yw £575,534 y flwyddyn.  

  
Y newid mawr rhwng Cynefin a rhaglenni traddodiadol yw nad oes gan y Cydlynwyr Lle gyllideb.  Yn hytrach, maen nhw’n gweithio i feithrin cysylltiadau cynhyrchiol ac i helpu i chwalu’r rhwystrau rhwng cymunedau a’r gwasanaethau sy’n cael eu darparu iddynt.  Mae Cynefin yn rhoi pŵer i gymunedau i fod yn gyfrifol am greu eu newid positif eu hunain. 

  
Yn ôl rhanddeiliaid lleol a chymunedau, mae Cynefin yn ychwanegu at werth y gwasanaethau a ddarperir ar hyn o bryd ac mewn rhai ardaloedd, mae Cynefin wedi galluogi cymunedau i ddylanwadu ar benderfyniadau gwario a gwaith awdurdodau lleol.   
Mae gwaith Cydlynwyr Lle yn ymdrin ag amrywiaeth eang o feysydd polisi yn fy mhortffolio.  Yn Llanelli, mae’r Cydlynwyr Lle wedi cydweithio â’r awdurdodau lleol a phartneriaid eraill i ddylunio cynllun argyfwng cynhwysfawr a hyfforddiant ar gyfer ymateb mewn argyfwng. Yng Nghasnewydd, mae’r Cydlynwyr Lle wedi annog trafod rhwng grwpiau anodd eu cyrraedd, fel y Rhwydwaith Menywod Asiaidd a NEST.  O ganlyniad, mae teuluoedd y bu’n anodd cael gafael arnyn nhw bellach wedi cael cyngor a chyfarpar arbed ynni. 

  
Mae llawer o weithgareddau Cynefin yn cynnwys elfen o hyfforddiant a meithrin sgiliau. Yn wir, mae dros 100 o bobl wedi derbyn rhyw fath o hyfforddiant erbyn hyn.  Yng Nghastell\-nedd Port Talbot, mae trigolion ystad Fairyland wedi cael hyfforddiant Caru Bwyd Casáu Gwastraff ac wedi cael cynnig cyrsiau coginio sylfaenol. Mae cyrsiau ar gynnal a chadw coedlannau a glannau afonydd, asesu glendid strydoedd, diogelwch tân, trefnu digwyddiadau a bancio amser i gyd wedi’u cynnal yn ardaloedd peilot Cynefin.   
Mae nifer o fentrau cymdeithasol wedi cael eu helpu i fod yn ariannol hyfyw ac mae rhai mentrau cymdeithasol newydd wedi’u creu.  Er enghraifft, ym Mharc Caia, mae Cydlynydd Lle Wrecsam wedi helpu nifer o fentrau cymdeithasol oedd â’u dyfodol yn y fantol i fod yn hunangynhaliol. 

  
Gyda chymorth Cydlynwyr Lle, mae grwpiau cymunedol wedi sicrhau gwerth mwy na £100,000 o grantiau trwy’r Loteri, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, Ynni’r Fro, Cadwch Gymru’n Daclus a Coed Cadw, ac mae dros 100 o gysylltiadau newydd wedi’u creu rhwng cymunedau a darparwyr gwasanaethau. Mae’r arian a’r cysylltiadau hyn wedi’i gwneud yn bosibl i gymunedau wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn i’r lleoedd y maen nhw’n byw.

  
Yn Wrecsam, mae Cynefin wedi cefnogi sefydlu Grŵp Ynni Wrecsam a’u cysylltu ag Ynni’r Fro sydd wedi’i helpu i gael at gymorth a chyllid i asesu ymarferoldeb cynlluniau trydan dŵr ledled y sir.  Mae’r grŵp yn cynnal diwrnod agored yn Nyffryn Ceiriog i ddangos y cyfleoedd sydd ar gael i’r gymuned leol gyfrannu at ddatblygu’r prosiect.

  


Yn Rhondda Fawr, mae’r Cydlynydd Lle wedi bod yn gweithio gyda grwpiau cymunedol a phartneriaid lleol i ddatblygu cynllun busnes i ddefnyddio coed llarwydd sydd â’r clefyd phytopthera arnyn nhw fel tanwydd biomas ar gyfer y farchnad leol.  Mae’r clefyd yn gyffredin ym Mlaenau Rhondda. Mae’r cynnig diweddaraf ar gyfer safle ynni dŵr bychan yng nghoetir y gymuned yn cael ei gynnwys yn y cynlluniau busnes fel ffynhonnell ynni bosibl ar gyfer prosesu’r pren sydd wedi’i dorri.

  


Mae Cynefin yn meithrin cysylltiadau defnyddiol ag arweinwyr polisi a phartneriaid allweddol mewn nifer o feysydd portffolio gan gynnwys iechyd, cymunedau a llywodraeth leol, cynllunio, addysg a diwylliant, treftadaeth a chwaraeon.  Mae’r Cydlynwyr Lle wedi cyfrannu hefyd at waith y Byrddau Gwasanaethau Lleol a chynlluniau cyflenwi ar gyfer Cynlluniau Integredig yr awdurdodau lleol.

  


Mae Brook Lyndhurst wrthi’n adolygu gwaith Cynefin trwy waith ymchwil a chan ddefnyddio data dangosyddion trawsbynciol.

  


Mae’r data cychwynnol yn cynnig syniad o’r canlyniadau hyd yma: mae rhyw 1,000 o gyrff ac unigolion eisoes yn cymryd rhan weithgar mewn gwaith sy’n gysylltiedig â Cynefin, ac mae’r Cydlynwyr Lle wedi creu 40 o weithgorau.  Gyda’i gilydd, mae’r gweithgorau hyn wedi creu dros 70 o gynlluniau cyflenwi lleol; rhai ar gyfer lleoedd penodol, eraill ar gyfer tasgau neu brosiectau penodol.  Mae rhyw 6,000 o oriau wedi’u rhoi gan y cyhoedd, cyrff a mudiadau preifat a gwirfoddol yn ogystal â chan drigolion lleol a grwpiau cymunedol.   
Ym mis Rhagfyr, cytunodd y Gweinidog Cyfoeth Naturiol a Bwyd y byddai’r Cydlynwyr Lle yn cael parhau i weithio yn eu cymunedau tan fis Mawrth 2016\.  Gan y bu cymaint o diddordeb yn y ffordd y mae Cynefin yn gwneud pethau, gofynnwyd i’m swyddogion ehangu Cynefin i gynnwys dwy ardal ychwanegol.  Disgwylir i’r cynnydd hwn ychwanegu rhyw £120,000 at gost flynyddol Cynefin. Gallaf gadarnhau yn awr mai’r ardaloedd ychwanegol hynny yw Llandrindod a Thredegar. 

  
Mae Llandrindod yn wynebu amrywiaeth o heriau gan gynnwys llawer o bobl yn dioddef tlodi tanwydd a lefelau uchel o ddiweithdra.  Mae tlodi gwledig hefyd yn broblem, ac yn fy marn i, mae cyflogi Cydlynydd Lle yn ffordd effeithiol o gysylltu Cynefin â’r Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig, Bil yr Amgylchedd ac adolygiad Glastir, gan ddod â gwelliannau mawr i ansawdd bywyd teuluoedd cefn gwlad. 

  
Cafodd Tredegar ei ddewis oherwydd yr ystod eang o anghydraddoldebau cymdeithasol –economaidd ac amgylcheddol a geir yno, a bod gennym gyfle yn awr i adeiladu ar yr astudiaeth fanwl ddiweddar o Dredegar a gynhaliwyd gan CREW.  Lansiwyd y canfyddiadau ar 28 Ebrill.  Bydd y Cydlynydd Lle yn gallu helpu i roi’r 17 o argymhellion a gafwyd yn yr astudiaeth ar waith a sicrhau canlyniadau gweladwy sy’n seiliedig ar yr ymchwil honno. 

  
Rydym yn rhagweld y bydd y Cydlynwyr Lle newydd hyn wedi’u penodi erbyn yr hydref.

Mae’r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi gwybodaeth i aelodau.  Os carai aelodau imi wneud datganiad pellach neu i ateb cwestiynau amdano wedi i’r Cynulliad ailymgynnull, byddaf yn fwy na pharod i wneud hynny.  







Translation:


 
The Cynefin change programme has recently entered its second year, and I am pleased to report successes from 2013\. Cynefin uses the skills of locally\-based Place Coordinators to help improve the quality of life for people in communities across Wales by tackling poverty, developing resilience, improving skills and opening up opportunities for green growth. The cost for the management contract and employment of nine Place Coordinators currently amounts to £575,534 per year.  


The crucial difference between Cynefin and traditional delivery programmes is that Place Coordinators hold no budget.  Instead they work to build productive relationships and to help break down the barriers between communities and the services that are provided to them. Cynefin empowers communities to take responsibility for creating their own positive change.


Feedback from local stakeholders and communities is that Cynefin has added value to existing service provisions and that, in some areas, Cynefin has directly enabled communities to influence local authority spending decisions and activities.


The Place Coordinators’ work is covering a wide range of policy areas in my portfolio. In Llanelli, the Place Coordinator has looked at resilience with the local authority and other partners to design a comprehensive emergency plan and deliver emergency response training. In Newport, the Place Coordinator has facilitated conversations between hard to reach groups, such as the Asian Women’s Network, and NEST. As a result, households who would previously have been difficult to engage have now received energy efficiency advice and installations.


Many of the Cynefin activities include an element of training and skills development, with over 100 people having received some form of training as a result. In Neath Port Talbot, residents of the Fairyland estate have had Love Food Hate Waste training and have been offered courses in basic cookery skills.  Training in woodland and riverbank maintenance, assessing street cleanliness, fire safety, event planning and time banking has also been delivered across the Cynefin pilot areas.  


A number of social enterprises have been helped to become financially viable and some new social enterprises have been created. For example, in Caia Park, the Wrexham Place Coordinator has helped several social enterprises, at risk of closure, to become self\-sustaining.


Through the involvement of Place Coordinators, grant funding amounting to over £100,000 has been secured by community groups through the Lottery, Arts Council for Wales, Natural Resources Wales, Ynni’r Fro, Keep Wales Tidy and Woodland Trust, and over 100 new relationships have been created between communities and service providers. These active links and funding have enabled communities to make real changes to places in which they live.


In Wrexham, Cynefin has supported the establishment of Wrexham Energy Group, linking them with Ynni’r Fro who have helped them access support and finance to assess the viability of hydroelectric schemes throughout the county. The group are holding an open day in the Ceiriog Valley to highlight opportunities for the local community to get involved in developing the project.


In Rhondda Fawr, the Place Coordinator has been working with community groups and local partners to develop a business plan to use the phytopthera diseased larch abundant in the upper Rhondda for biomass fuel for the local market.  The current proposal for a micro hydro site in the community woodland is also being linked into the business plans as a potential source of energy for processing the extracted timber.


Cynefin is prompting useful links with policy leads and key partners covering a number of other portfolio areas, including health, communities and local government, planning, education and culture, heritage and sport.  The Place Coordinators have also facilitated input into the Local Service Boards and delivery plans for local authorities’ Single Integrated Plans.


An evaluation of Cynefin is being carried out independently by Brook Lyndhurst through qualitative research, reinforced with data from cross\-cutting indicators.


Preliminary data have given an indication of outcomes to date: in the region of 1,000 organisations and individuals are already engaged and active in Cynefin\-related work streams, with 40 working groups created by the Place Coordinators. Together, these working groups have created over 70 local delivery plans; some for specific places, others for individual tasks or projects. Approximately 6,000 hours have been contributed from public, private and third sector organisations as well as by local residents and community groups.    


In December, the Minister for Natural Resources and Food agreed that the Place Coordinators would continue to operate in their communities until March 2016\.  As there has been such a high level of interest in the Cynefin approach,  officials were asked to expand Cynefin to include two additional areas.  The expansion is expected to add in the region of £120,000 to the total annual cost of Cynefin. I can now confirm that the areas chosen are Llandrindod Wells and Tredegar. 


Llandrindod Wells faces multiple challenges, including a high incidence of people living in fuel poverty and high levels of unemployment. Rural poverty is also an issue in Llandrindod Wells, and I consider the employment of a Place Coordinator to be an effective way to link Cynefin with the RDP, the Environment Bill and the revision of Glastir, delivering significant benefits to the quality of life experienced by rural families.


Tredegar was chosen due to its wide range of socio\-economic and environmental inequalities, and there we now have the opportunity to build on the recent deep place study of Tredegar conducted by CREW, the findings of which were launched on 28 April. A Place Coordinator will be well\-placed to help follow through on the 17 recommendations made by the study and deliver tangible outcomes based on that research.


We anticipate that these new Place Coordinators will be in post by the autumn.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.