English: Diolch yn fawr, Dai Lloyd, and thank you so much for your very positive, enthusiastic and sincere response to this statement, and I know how much it means to you personally as a lay preacher, a Senedd Member, a long-standing colleague, and recognising over the years how important the development of the Interfaith Council for Wales has been for Wales. In fact, I just wonder, Dai Lloyd, whether you were able to watch S4C's Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol on Sunday night? It was about Interfaith Week, and there was a very interesting discussion about the links between devolution and interfaith communities. Many will have seen Aled Edwards, of course, speaking on these points, but also recognising how the interfaith council is celebrating Wales as a multi-ethnic country, and the asylum seeker Joseph Gnabo coming to Wales as an asylum seeker, making Wales his home and saying in Welsh on the programme, 'I feel safe here in Wales.' That programme is worth watching, if anyone hasn't had the opportunity to see it. But I think it's important if I just say one word of thanks to the Faith Communities Forum and the reopening places of worship task and finish group. Because, very quickly, we convened the Faith Communities Forum, which I co-chair with the First Minister, and we've met four times in 2020 - we don't usually meet so regularly. It's a valuable opportunity to see the concerns of different communities, because you have talked about the challenges for churches, chapels, mosques and temples, as we have done in those arenas in the Faith Communities Forum. So, the reopening places of worship task and finish group is a sub-group. They worked very closely with officials to help plan the safe reopening of places of worship. They've provided advice on the development of Welsh Government's guidance for places of worship. In fact, I met them during the recent firebreak lockdown, and it has been about hearing their concerns, but seeking the advice and guidance as we move and ease out of the restrictions. I think it has been formidable, the engagement and the learning from each other, from Muslim to Hindu to Christian to Jewish across that interfaith forum. I will finally say that funding for faith groups is available through our third sector resilience fund. We have had a great many applications for this resilience fund, and the emergency fund as well, but also lots of councils' voluntary services at a council level - for you, it would be Swansea - have also had funding from the Welsh Government to help local groups as well. So, it's cascaded down through Welsh Government to the local level. But I have worked particularly hard to ensure that the communities facilities programme, that's that capital - and many of you know those capital grants are very much sought after for conversions of chapels, churches - I have opened this up to make sure that mosques and temples and non-Christian faith venues can access this. But they have particularly been looking at purchasing ICT equipment to allow staff and volunteers to work remotely to continue to deliver services and to, obviously, provide some of those kinds of equipment such as video-conferencing facilities. But I would be very happy, again, to give a bit more of an outline on how that funding, both revenue and capital, has reached our faith and non-faith groups in those community settings.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dai Lloyd, a diolch yn fawr i chi am eich ymateb cadarnhaol, brwdfrydig a diffuant iawn i'r datganiad hwn, ac rwy'n gwybod gymaint y mae'n ei olygu i chi'n bersonol fel pregethwr lleyg, Aelod o'r Senedd, cyd-Aelod ers tro byd, ac yn cydnabod dros y blynyddoedd pa mor bwysig y mae datblygiad Cyngor Rhyngffydd Cymru wedi bod i Gymru. Yn wir, tybed, Dai Lloyd, a oeddech chi wedi gallu gwylio Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol ar S4C nos Sul? Roedd yn ymwneud ag Wythnos Rhyngffydd, a chafwyd trafodaeth ddiddorol iawn ynghylch y cysylltiadau rhwng datganoli a chymunedau rhyngffydd. Bydd llawer wedi gweld Aled Edwards, wrth gwrs, yn siarad am y pwyntiau hyn, ond hefyd yn cydnabod sut y mae'r cyngor rhyngffydd yn dathlu Cymru fel gwlad aml-ethnig, a'r ceisiwr lloches Joseph Gnabo yn dod i Gymru fel ceisiwr lloches, yn gwneud Cymru'n gartref iddo ac yn dweud yn Gymraeg ar y rhaglen, 'Rwy'n teimlo'n ddiogel yma yng Nghymru.' Mae'r rhaglen honno'n werth ei gwylio, os nad oes unrhyw un wedi cael cyfle i'w gweld. Ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig i mi ddweud un gair o ddiolch i'r Fforwm Cymunedau Ffydd a'r grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen ailagor mannau addoli. Oherwydd, yn gyflym iawn, fe wnaethom ni gynnull y Fforwm Cymunedau Ffydd, yr wyf i'n ei gyd-gadeirio â'r Prif Weinidog, ac rydym ni wedi cyfarfod pedair gwaith yn ystod 2020 - nid ydym yn cyfarfod mor rheolaidd fel arfer. Mae'n gyfle gwerthfawr i weld pryderon gwahanol gymunedau, oherwydd eich bod chi wedi trafod yr heriau i eglwysi, capeli, mosgiau a themlau, fel yr ydym ni wedi ei wneud yn y meysydd hynny yn y Fforwm Cymunedau Ffydd. Felly, is-grŵp yw'r grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen ailagor mannau addoli. Buon nhw'n gweithio'n agos iawn gyda swyddogion i helpu i gynllunio trefniadau ailagor mannau addoli yn ddiogel. Maen nhw wedi rhoi cyngor ar ddatblygu canllawiau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer mannau addoli. Yn wir, fe wnes i gyfarfod â nhw yn ystod y cyfnod atal byr diweddar, ac mae wedi bod yn ymwneud â chlywed eu pryderon, ond ceisio'r cyngor a'r arweiniad wrth i ni symud a gweithio ein ffordd allan o'r cyfyngiadau. Rwy'n credu y bu'n aruthrol, yr ymgysylltu a'r dysgu oddi wrth ein gilydd, yn Fwslimaidd, yn Hindŵiaid, yn Gristnogion, yn Iddewon ar draws y fforwm rhyngffydd hwnnw. I gloi byddaf i'n dweud bod cyllid ar gael i grwpiau ffydd trwy ein cronfa cadernid y trydydd sector. Rydym ni wedi cael llawer iawn o geisiadau i'r gronfa cadernid hon, a'r gronfa frys hefyd, ond hefyd mae llawer o wasanaethau gwirfoddol cynghorau ar lefel y cyngor - i chi, Abertawe fyddai hynny - wedi cael arian gan Lywodraeth Cymru hefyd i helpu grwpiau lleol. Felly, mae wedi ei raeadru i lawr drwy Lywodraeth Cymru i'r lefel leol. Ond rwyf i wedi gweithio'n arbennig o galed i sicrhau bod y rhaglen cyfleusterau cymunedau, sef y cyfalaf hwnnw - ac mae llawer ohonoch yn gwybod bod galw mawr am y grantiau cyfalaf hynny ar gyfer addasu capeli, eglwysi - rwyf i wedi ehangu hyn i sicrhau y gall mosgiau a themlau a lleoliadau ffydd nad ydyn nhw'n Gristnogol gael gafael ar hyn. Ond maen nhw wedi bod yn edrych yn arbennig ar brynu offer TGCh i ganiatáu i staff a gwirfoddolwyr weithio o bell i barhau i ddarparu gwasanaethau ac, yn amlwg, i ddarparu rhai o'r mathau hynny o offer fel cyfleusterau fideo-gynadledda. Ond byddwn i'n hapus iawn, unwaith eto, i roi ychydig mwy o fanylion am sut y mae'r cyllid hwnnw, refeniw a chyfalaf, wedi cyrraedd ein grwpiau ffydd a grwpiau nad ydyn nhw'n rhai ffydd yn y lleoliadau cymunedol hynny.