English: I'd also like to thank all the committee staff and all the organisations that took part in giving evidence for the report. I think the stand-out message is that sport should be a level playing field, but there are many hurdles that need to be overcome to achieve that. Deprivation is a formidable opposition in all aspects of governance, and sport is no exception to the rule. As was said by Tom Giffard earlier, the average amount spent in deprived areas on sport is £1.50 a week, whereas it's £10 in more well-off areas. The cost-of-living crisis will make it even harder for families to afford for their children to participate going forward, and one interviewee expressed how hard it is to watch children have to sit out because their parents simply cannot afford for them to play. This can have a significant impact on a child's confidence as well as their mental well-being. I'm grateful to the Welsh Government for the support provided through the pupil deprivation grant for their £100 uplift, which has become an essential helping hand to get PE kit and equipment this year. But the crisis doesn't just hit families. It also has an impact on sports providers themselves. As the Welsh Sports Association explained to us, energy costs and resources at swimming pools, chemicals, and staffing costs are all becoming really expensive, and I'm really concerned about closures of these going forward. Swim Wales noted that, of around 500 pools in Wales, the majority of them are located in the south, and therefore access in the west and north Wales is dependent on travel, as was mentioned earlier. Access to sports needs to be made available within easy reach of our communities, close to where people live. It's so important. And as the Deputy Minister explained during the evidence session, school facilities can bring huge benefits to the local community, ensuring all local residents can enjoy state-of-the-art sporting facilities where schools have received funding from Welsh Government, and that's been really important to keep schools as community facilities, offering sport in local areas. I think it's important that Sport Wales has carried out a facilities snapshot across different local authorities, and that broadly outlines the provision of facilities in the area attached to schools, and that Welsh Government has also commissioned a baseline survey of schools, which has included questions about the use of the facilities. So, that's been really useful in noting and logging all those. Over the weekend, we heard about Welsh rugby and football and the importance of investing at grass-roots level, and we need to enable access to all and develop pathways for development within each sport. I hope the opening of school facilities to the wider public will help make that a reality, as well as the continuing of capital support through the community facilities programme grant. I know that funding was really useful for enabling Rhyl rugby club to move, and other community centres, as well, to be able to continue to offer sports facilities. And although it's not specifically aimed at sport facilities, grass-roots clubs can apply for this. It's also important to remember, however, that strong leadership at grass-roots level is just as important as access to these facilities. Coaches and trainers are role models who inspire the next generation of athletes and encourage participation and dedication, so the network of volunteers we have here in Wales is the driving force between local sports clubs up and down the country. As one participant in our evidence sessions explained, volunteers are, 'priceless and the unseen work they do in supporting participation in sports is unbelievable.' It's these volunteers who are working hard to tackle the impact of rising costs, and it's to them we owe so much gratitude for delivering the mental and physical benefits of participation that sports bring to so many people. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn innau ddiolch i holl staff y pwyllgor a'r holl sefydliadau a roddodd dystiolaeth ar gyfer yr adroddiad. Credaf mai'r neges sy'n sefyll allan yw y dylai chwaraeon fod yn gyfartal, ond mae llawer o rwystrau y mae angen eu goresgyn i gyflawni hynny. Mae amddifadedd yn wrthwynebydd aruthrol ym mhob agwedd ar lywodraethu, ac nid yw chwaraeon yn eithriad. Fel y dywedodd Tom Giffard yn gynharach, y swm cyfartalog sy'n cael ei wario ar chwaraeon mewn ardaloedd difreintiedig yw £1.50 yr wythnos, o gymharu â £10 mewn ardaloedd mwy cefnog. Bydd yr argyfwng costau byw'n ei gwneud yn anos byth i deuluoedd allu fforddio i'w plant gymryd rhan yn y dyfodol, a mynegodd un ymatebydd pa mor anodd yw hi i wylio plant yn gorfod peidio â chymryd rhan am na all eu rhieni fforddio talu iddynt chwarae. Gall hyn gael effaith sylweddol ar hyder plentyn yn ogystal â'u lles meddyliol. Rwy'n ddiolchgar i Lywodraeth Cymru am y cymorth a ddarparwyd drwy'r grant amddifadedd disgyblion i sicrhau ychwanegiad o £100, sydd wedi bod yn gymorth hanfodol i gael cit a chyfarpar addysg gorfforol eleni. Ond nid teuluoedd yn unig y mae'r argyfwng yn eu taro. Mae hefyd yn cael effaith ar ddarparwyr chwaraeon eu hunain. Fel yr eglurodd Cymdeithas Chwaraeon Cymru wrthym, mae costau ynni ac adnoddau mewn pyllau nofio, cemegion, a chostau staffio oll yn mynd yn ddrud iawn, ac rwy'n bryderus iawn y bydd rhai ohonynt yn cau yn y dyfodol. Nododd Nofio Cymru, o oddeutu 500 o byllau nofio yng Nghymru, fod y rhan fwyaf ohonynt wedi'u lleoli yn y de, ac felly mae mynediad yn y gorllewin a'r gogledd yn dibynnu ar deithio, fel y crybwyllwyd yn gynharach. Mae angen sicrhau mynediad at chwaraeon o fewn cyrraedd hawdd i'n cymunedau, yn agos at lle mae pobl yn byw. Mae hynny mor bwysig. Ac fel yr eglurodd y Dirprwy Weinidog yn ystod y sesiwn dystiolaeth, gall cyfleusterau ysgolion greu manteision enfawr i'r gymuned leol, gan sicrhau y gall yr holl drigolion lleol fwynhau cyfleusterau chwaraeon o'r radd flaenaf lle mae ysgolion wedi cael cyllid gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac mae hynny wedi bod yn bwysig iawn er mwyn cadw ysgolion yn gyfleusterau cymunedol, sy'n cynnig chwaraeon mewn ardaloedd lleol. Credaf ei bod yn bwysig fod Chwaraeon Cymru wedi cynnal arolwg sy'n rhoi cipolwg ar gyfleusterau ar draws gwahanol awdurdodau lleol, ac sy'n amlinellu'n fras y ddarpariaeth o gyfleusterau yn yr ardal sy'n gysylltiedig ag ysgolion, a bod Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd wedi comisiynu arolwg sylfaenol o ysgolion, sydd wedi cynnwys cwestiynau ynglŷn â'r defnydd o'r cyfleusterau. Felly, mae hynny wedi bod yn ddefnyddiol iawn wrth nodi a chofnodi'r cyfleusterau hynny. Dros y penwythnos, clywsom am rygbi a phêl-droed Cymru a phwysigrwydd buddsoddi ar lawr gwlad, ac mae angen inni alluogi mynediad i bawb a datblygu llwybrau ar gyfer datblygu ym mhob camp. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd agor cyfleusterau ysgolion i'r cyhoedd yn ehangach yn helpu i wireddu hynny, yn ogystal â pharhau â chymorth cyfalaf drwy grant y rhaglen cyfleusterau cymunedol. Gwn fod cyllid wedi bod yn ddefnyddiol iawn ar gyfer galluogi clwb rygbi'r Rhyl i symud, a chanolfannau cymunedol eraill hefyd i allu parhau i gynnig cyfleusterau chwaraeon. Ac er nad yw'r cyllid hwn wedi'i anelu'n benodol at gyfleusterau chwaraeon, gall clybiau llawr gwlad wneud cais amdano. Mae hefyd yn bwysig cofio, fodd bynnag, fod arweinyddiaeth gref ar lawr gwlad yr un mor bwysig â mynediad at y cyfleusterau hyn. Mae hyfforddwyr yn fodelau rôl sy'n ysbrydoli'r genhedlaeth nesaf o athletwyr ac yn annog cyfranogiad ac ymroddiad, felly y rhwydwaith o wirfoddolwyr sydd gennym yma yng Nghymru yw'r grym sy'n gyrru clybiau chwaraeon lleol ledled y wlad. Fel yr eglurodd un cyfranogwr yn ein sesiynau tystiolaeth, mae gwirfoddolwyr yn, 'amhrisiadwy ac mae'r gwaith anweledig a wnânt i gefnogi cyfranogiad mewn chwaraeon yn anghredadwy.' Y gwirfoddolwyr hyn sy'n gweithio'n galed i fynd i'r afael ag effaith costau cynyddol, ac rydym mor ddiolchgar iddynt am ddarparu'r manteision meddyliol a chorfforol y mae chwaraeon yn eu cynnig i gynifer o bobl. Diolch.