English: I very much welcome the attention you're giving to this important subject and the joined-up approach that you're giving to it. I absolutely agree that NEETs are a real indicator of potential youth homelessness, and one of the things we need to do in conjunction with the Cabinet Secretary for Education is ensure that all our schools are paying attention to the well-being of all their young people - in some of our schools I'm afraid they're all too keen to get rid of people who require extra support and that is really something we need to stop happening. At one level, I'm quite surprised that you're having to invest so much money in training and resources to support school-based counsellors and education welfare officers, because I would have thought that they would already be pretty familiar with the complexities of this problem. But on the other hand, reflecting on the inability of some schools to support appropriately young people who are having difficulties, maybe that is what's required. Yesterday I visited the Grassroots project in Cardiff, which is in Charles Street in the city centre. This is a youth project that's been going for nearly 40 years. There was clear evidence of the excellence of their work - a joined-up approach, just opposite the youth housing office and literally down the road from the Jobcentre Plus where people had to go and claim their benefits. But, in addition to that, I met several young people who'd clearly been involved with Grassroots for several years, and this has obviously become an organisation that they've come to trust. And, in many cases, it's an excellent success story, and the quality of their work is really outstanding. I was very pleased to meet a young man who has only recently been diagnosed with autism, aged 25, so we obviously weren't doing the right thing when he was in school. He's at the moment struggling, he's between jobs, but I was very pleased to hear that Autism Initiatives is helping him get some independent housing. At the moment, he's living with his mother, but obviously he doesn't want to go on doing that, so it's great that another organisation that specialises in autism is available locally to help him with that aspect. Another was a young parent who was living in truly appalling private sector housing. I know that it's not in my constituency and I know the Assembly Member is aware of it. And she obviously was making a really good fist of being a parent of a child who looked very contented and was thriving, so good luck to her after many years of being supported by Grassroots. And thirdly I met a vulnerable young woman who simply is not ready for going into independent housing. If we gave her a tenancy, it would break down almost immediately. And therefore I'd like to ask you, Minister, what work we are doing to focus on the supported housing that many young people who fall homeless actually need to enable them to subsequently be able to successfully support a tenancy? Because it seems to me that we need foyer accommodation, such as is provided by St Basils in Birmingham, where they've got 29 different hostels to support young people, including some with families, to ensure that we put them on the right path before they go into their own homes, which then fall down. It's exactly the same housing first principles as we apply to people with addictions and people with mental health problems of all ages. I know that Llamau do some work and they have some hostel accommodation, but I just wondered how much focus there has been on ensuring that it is available across Wales, because, obviously, the work done by Grassroots - their street-based outreach work - identifies that at least one third of these young people are coming from elsewhere outside Cardiff because nobody wants to be the only trans person in the village and people who are just getting judgmental attitudes rather than empathy are bound to come to our cities. So, I think if we could just focus on the sort of supported housing that is needed to ensure that the most vulnerable of our young people are successfully enabled to get back into living a successful life.
Welsh: Croesawaf yn fawr iawn y sylw yr ydych chi'n ei roi i'r pwnc pwysig hwn a'r dull gweithredu cydgysylltiedig yr ydych chi'n ei roi iddo. Cytunaf yn llwyr fod NEET yn ddangosydd gwirioneddol o ddigartrefedd ieuenctid posib, ac un o'r pethau y mae angen inni ei wneud ar y cyd ag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg yw sicrhau bod ein holl ysgolion yn rhoi sylw i les eu holl bobl ifanc - mewn rhai o'n hysgolion mae arnaf ofn eu bod yn rhy awyddus i gael gwared ar bobl sydd angen cymorth ychwanegol ac mewn gwirionedd mae hynny'n rhywbeth y mae angen inni ei atal rhag digwydd. Ar un lefel, rwy'n synnu eich bod yn gorfod buddsoddi cymaint o arian mewn hyfforddiant ac adnoddau i gefnogi cwnselwyr a swyddogion lles addysg mewn ysgolion, oherwydd byddwn wedi tybio eu bod eisoes yn eithaf cyfarwydd â chymhlethdodau'r broblem hon. Ond ar y llaw arall, efallai mai'r hyn sydd ei angen yw ystyried anallu rhai ysgolion i gefnogi'n briodol bobl ifanc sy'n cael anawsterau. Ddoe ymwelais â'r prosiect Grassroots yng Nghaerdydd, sydd yn Heol Siarl yng nghanol y ddinas. Mae hwn yn brosiect ieuenctid sydd wedi bod yn mynd am bron 40 mlynedd. Cafwyd tystiolaeth glir o ragoriaeth eu gwaith - dull cydgysylltiedig, yn union gyferbyn â'r swyddfa tai ieuenctid ac yn llythrennol i lawr y ffordd o'r Ganolfan Byd Gwaith lle'r oedd yn rhaid i bobl fynd a hawlio eu budd-daliadau. Ond, yn ogystal â hynny, cyfarfûm â nifer o bobl ifanc a oedd yn amlwg wedi ymwneud â Grassroots am nifer o flynyddoedd, ac yn amlwg bellach mae hwn yn gorff y maen nhw wedi dod i ymddiried ynddo. Ac, mewn llawer o achosion, mae'n stori o lwyddiant ardderchog, ac mae ansawdd eu gwaith yn wirioneddol arbennig. Roeddwn yn falch iawn o gwrdd â dyn ifanc sydd yn ddiweddar wedi cael diagnosis o awtistiaeth, yn 25 oed, felly mae'n amlwg nad oeddem yn gwneud y peth iawn pan oedd ef yn yr ysgol. Mae'n ei chael yn anodd ar hyn o bryd, mae rhwng swyddi, ond roeddwn yn falch iawn o glywed bod mentrau awtistiaeth yn rhoi cymorth iddo gael tŷ annibynnol. Ar hyn o bryd, mae'n byw gyda'i fam, ond mae'n amlwg nad yw'n awyddus i barhau i wneud hynny, felly mae'n wych bod sefydliad arall sy'n arbenigo mewn awtistiaeth yn lleol i'w helpu gyda'r agwedd honno. Un arall oedd rhiant ifanc a oedd yn byw mewn tŷ sector preifat g wirioneddol arswydus. Gwn nad yw yn fy etholaeth i, a gwn fod yr Aelod Cynulliad yn ymwybodol ohono. Ac wrth gwrs roedd yn gwneud ei gorau glas i fod yn rhiant i blentyn a oedd yn edrych yn hapus iawn ac yn ffynnu, felly pob lwc iddi hi ar ôl blynyddoedd lawer o gefnogaeth gan Grassroots. Ac yn drydydd cwrddais â merch ifanc sy'n agored i niwed nad yw'n barod ar gyfer mynd i fyw mewn tŷ annibynnol. Pe byddem yn rhoi tenantiaeth iddi, byddai'n torri i lawr ar unwaith bron. Ac felly hoffwn ofyn ichi, Gweinidog, pa waith yr ydym yn ei wneud i ganolbwyntio ar dai â chymorth sydd eu hangen ar lawer o bobl ifanc sy'n cael eu hun yn ddigartref er mwyn eu galluogi wedyn i lwyddo i gael tenantiaeth? Oherwydd mae'n ymddangos i mi ein bod angen llety cyntedd, fel yr hyn a ddarperir gan St Basils yn Birmingham, lle mae ganddyn nhw 29 o hostelau gwahanol i gefnogi pobl ifanc, gan gynnwys rhai â theuluoedd, i sicrhau ein bod yn eu rhoi ar y llwybr cywir cyn iddynt fynd i'w cartrefi eu hunain, sydd wedyn yn syrthio i lawr. Maent yn union yr un egwyddorion tai yn gyntaf a ddefnyddiwn ni ar gyfer pobl sy'n gaeth i sylweddau a phobl â phroblemau iechyd meddwl o bob oedran. Gwn fod Llamau yn gwneud rhywfaint o waith ac mae ganddynt rywfaint o lety mewn hostel, ond tybed faint o sylw a fu ar sicrhau bod hyn ar gael ledled Cymru. Mae'r gwaith a wneir gan Grassroots - eu gwaith estyn allan ar y stryd - yn nodi bod o leiaf un rhan o dair o'r bobl ifanc hyn yn dod o rywle arall y tu allan i Gaerdydd oherwydd does neb eisiau bod yr unig berson traws yn y pentref ac mae pobl sy'n wynebu agweddau b eirniadol yn hytrach nag empathi yn rhwym o ddod i'n dinasoedd. Felly, credaf y dylem ganolbwyntio ar y math o dai â chymorth sydd eu hangen i sicrhau bod ein pobl ifanc mwyaf agored i niwed yn cael eu galluogi'n llwyddiannus i fynd yn ôl i fyw bywyd llwyddiannus.