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Carers, who provide care for an adult or disabled child, will be able to apply for grants of up to £300 to pay for food, household items and electronic items.


Support services, such as counselling, financial advice, well\-being and peer support will also be available.


It comes as part of a £4\.5m Welsh Government investment in the Carers Support Fund over the next three financial years, made up of £1\.5m each year.


The funding will support unpaid carers who are experiencing financial hardship due to the cost\-of\-living crisis and ongoing impact of the pandemic.


Carers can struggle to meet the costs of unpaid caring due to high energy bills to keep their homes warm, the cost of travel to hospital appointments, specialist equipment or dietary requirements.


The Carers Support Fund was established in October 2020 with £1m in response to growing evidence that unpaid carers were struggling to cope with the financial impact of the pandemic.


Additional funding of £1\.4m was allocated the following year, with more than 10,000 unpaid carers on low incomes in Wales accessing the fund since it was launched.


70% of grants were provided via a food or non\-food voucher scheme.


One recipient said the grant ‘took a huge amount of pressure off me that month regarding how I was going to be able to keep my children warm’ and ‘the money I saved from having to shop I put straight into my gas meter’.


Across both years, the fund has been administered by Carers Trust Wales and their local partners.


A three\-year fund will aid the Welsh Government’s plans for the reform of social care by protecting and developing services for a vulnerable group.


Eligibility for the grants is not linked to Carers Allowance, pensions or other benefits. How to apply for the grants will be advertised on the Carers Trust Wales website.


Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan said:



> The role played daily by unpaid carers across Wales immeasurably improves the health, well\-being, safety and quality of life of those they care for, whilst very significantly reducing the burden on health and social care services. 
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> I hope this funding will support those experiencing financial hardship during the cost\-of\-living crisis.
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> I’ve spoken to many carers who have told me the difference the fund has made to their lives, such as being able to pay for Christmas dinner and replace vital white goods, and am delighted we can continue it for the next three years.


Simon Hatch, Director of Carers Trust Wales, said:



> We are delighted the Welsh Government have recognised the importance of this crucial fund and have extended its delivery over the next three years.
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> The Carers Support Fund has already reached more than 10,000 unpaid carers in Wales with grants and services to help them get by every day.
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> With the increasing cost of living hitting carers hard, the extended fund will allow us to support thousands more carers with the practical and financial support they need.







Translation:


 
Bydd gofalwyr di\-dâl yng Nghymru yn gallu cael cymorth gan gynllun i’w helpu i brynu eitemau hanfodol yn ystod yr argyfwng costau byw.


Bydd gofalwyr sy’n gofalu am oedolyn neu blentyn anabl yn gallu gwneud cais am grant hyd at £300 i dalu am fwyd, eitemau i’r cartref, ac eitemau electronig.


Bydd gwasanaethau cymorth, megis cwnsela, cyngor ariannol, llesiant, a chymorth gan gyfeillion cefnogol hefyd ar gael.


Mae hyn yn rhan o fuddsoddiad gwerth £4\.5m yn y Gronfa Gymorth i Ofalwyr gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn ystod y tair blynedd ariannol nesaf, wedi ei rannu’n £1\.5m bob blwyddyn.


Bydd yr arian yn helpu gofalwyr di\-dâl sy’n dioddef caledi ariannol oherwydd yr argyfwng costau byw ac effeithiau parhaus y pandemig.


Gall fod yn hynod anodd i ofalwyr dalu costau gofal di\-dâl oherwydd biliau ynni uchel i gadw eu cartrefi’n gynnes, costau teithio i apwyntiadau ysbyty, a chostau prynu offer arbenigol neu gadw at ofynion deietegol.


Cafodd y Gronfa Gymorth i Ofalwyr ei sefydlu ym mis Hydref 2020 gyda £1m, fel ymateb i dystiolaeth gynyddol o ba mor anodd oedd hi i ofalwyr di\-dâl ymdopi ag effeithiau ariannol y pandemig.


Cafodd £1\.4m ychwanegol ei neilltuo'r flwyddyn ganlynol, gyda thros 10,000 o ofalwyr di\-dâl sydd ar incwm isel yn manteisio ar y gronfa ers iddi gael ei lansio. Cafodd 70% o grantiau eu darparu drwy gynllun talebau ar gyfer bwyd neu bethau eraill.


Dywedodd rhywun, a oedd wedi cael cymorth, fod y grant wedi lleihau’r pwysau arno i raddau helaeth y mis hwnnw o ran sut yr oedd yn mynd i gadw ei blant yn gynnes, a bod yr arian yr oedd wedi ei arbed wrth siopa wedi mynd yn syth i  mewn i’r meter nwy.


Am y ddwy flynedd dan sylw, mae’r gronfa wedi cael ei gweinyddu gan Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru a’u partneriaid lleol.


Bydd y gronfa dair blynedd yn helpu i weithredu cynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer diwygio gofal cymdeithasol, drwy ddiogelu a datblygu gwasanaethau ar gyfer grŵp agored i niwed.  


Nid yw bod yn gymwys i gael y grant hwn yn gysylltiedig â’r Lwfans Gofalwr, pensiynau na budd\-daliadau eraill. Bydd y manylion am sut i wneud cais am y grant ar gael ar wefan Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru.


Dywedodd y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Julie Morgan:



> Does dim ffordd o fesur y cyfraniad enfawr y mae gofalwyr di\-dâl ledled Cymru yn ei wneud i wella iechyd, llesiant, diogelwch, ac ansawdd bywyd y rheini y maen nhw’n gofalu amdanynt. Ar yr un pryd maen nhw’n lleihau’n sylweddol y baich ar wasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol.  
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> Dw i’n gobeithio y bydd y cyllid hwn yn helpu i gefnogi’r rheini yn eu plith sy’n dioddef caledi ariannol yn ystod yr argyfwng costau byw.
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> Dw i wedi siarad â llawer o ofalwyr sydd wedi dweud sut mae’r gronfa wedi gwneud gwahaniaeth i’w bywydau, fel y gallu i dalu am ginio Nadolig a chael nwyddau trydanol hanfodol. Dyna pam dwi mor falch ein bod yn gallu parhau â’r cyllid am y tair blynedd nesaf.


Dywedodd Simon Hatch, Cyfarwyddwr Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru:



> Rydyn ni wrth ein bodd bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cydnabod pwysigrwydd y gronfa hanfodol hon a’i bod wedi ei hymestyn i weithredu am y tair blynedd nesaf.
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> Mae’r Gronfa Gymorth i Ofalwyr eisoes wedi cyrraedd dros 10,000 o ofalwyr di\-dâl yng Nghymru drwy grantiau a gwasanaethau sy’n eu helpu i ymdopi bob dydd.
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> Wrth i’r costau byw gynyddu gan roi ergyd difrifol i ofalwyr, bydd ymestyn y gronfa yn caniatáu inni gefnogi miloedd yn rhagor ohonynt drwy helpu i ddarparu’r cymorth ymarferol ac ariannol y mae ei angen.