English: Can I declare I'm a Flintshire councillor, for the last day? When you walk around the community I'm proud to be part of, you can see what has been achieved thanks to the policies and investment of the Welsh Labour Government working with Labour-led Flintshire council: twenty-first century schools, extended new nursery provision, investment in community buildings, new social housing, council houses growing to 500 council houses, enveloping schemes, solar panels on pensioners' bungalows reducing what they have to pay, play facilities - we've kept all the play facilities and we're reinvesting in those - cycle routes, pedestrian crossings - so, what's happening with Altaf there - and the list just goes on. Over the last 15 years, as well as being a county councillor, I've also been on two community councils, the village hall committee, Hafan Deg committee, the church committee and the playgroup committee. I've organised festivals, carnivals, fashion shows, fundraisers and community transport, and helped renovate the village hall and several play areas. It's about people. It's about providing things for people, for the community. The community is people. The rural development fund, which was European funding through Welsh Government and rural development agencies - I was also on one of those as well - is no longer in existence and has not been replaced with anything similar by the UK Government post Brexit, and needs re-introducing. It enabled seed funding for community events and projects, bursaries for start-up businesses - I've heard that talked about on the news recently as well, how important it was and it was really useful - community enhancements to create a sense of place, such as websites and signage, and to create communities. Quantifying the amazing outcome of these small improvements to build strong communities was always difficult, but the investment is there to see. Examples of events funded by this funding stream are: the Denbigh Plum Festival, which Gareth goes on about - I see Gareth on the screen; the Mold Food and Drink Festival and the food supplier tent at the Flint and Denbigh show. The current Welsh Government's community facilities programme grant has helped to renovate village halls and community facilities in areas of deprivation. The latest funding round has awarded a share of £1.78 million to 24 community groups, including the Enbarr Foundation in Flintshire, towards resurrecting the old John Summers building to enable the local community to access employment opportunities. Rhyl and District RFC, Gareth, was previously given £490,000 from Welsh Government under the same scheme, which saw the club move from outside the town with limited transport routes into the centre of an area of deprivation and low-car ownership, opposite a high school and next to a cycle path, enabling easy access to local schools and residential areas. And since opening, despite the pandemic, it now employs 20 full-time staff, has 26 groups using the facilities, including choirs, exercise groups, Knit and Natter, and a weekly disco for people with disabilities. They have almost doubled the amount of people participating in rugby -
Welsh: A gaf fi ddatgan fy mod yn gynghorydd yn sir y Fflint, am y diwrnod olaf? Pan fyddwch yn cerdded o amgylch y gymuned rwy'n falch o fod yn rhan ohoni, gallwch weld beth sydd wedi'i gyflawni diolch i bolisïau a buddsoddiad Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru yn gweithio gyda chyngor sir y Fflint o dan arweiniad Llafur: ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, darpariaeth feithrin newydd estynedig, buddsoddiad mewn adeiladau cymunedol, tai cymdeithasol newydd, cynnydd hyd at 500 yn nifer y tai cyngor, cynlluniau amlenni, paneli solar ar fyngalos pensiynwyr yn lleihau'r hyn y mae'n rhaid iddynt ei dalu, cyfleusterau chwarae - rydym wedi cadw'r holl gyfleusterau chwarae ac rydym yn ailfuddsoddi yn y rheini - llwybrau beicio, croesfannau i gerddwyr - felly, beth sy'n digwydd gydag Altaf yno - ac mae'r rhestr yn parhau. Dros y 15 mlynedd diwethaf, yn ogystal â bod yn gynghorydd sir, rwyf hefyd wedi bod ar ddau gyngor cymuned, pwyllgor neuadd bentref, pwyllgor Hafan Deg, pwyllgor yr eglwys a phwyllgor y cylch chwarae. Rwyf wedi trefnu gwyliau, carnifalau, sioeau ffasiwn, digwyddiadau codi arian a thrafnidiaeth gymunedol, ac wedi helpu i adnewyddu neuadd y pentref a sawl man chwarae. Mae'n ymwneud â phobl. Mae'n ymwneud â darparu pethau i bobl, i'r gymuned. Y bobl yw'r gymuned. Nid yw'r gronfa datblygu gwledig, a oedd yn arian Ewropeaidd drwy Lywodraeth Cymru ac asiantaethau datblygu gwledig - roeddwn ar un o'r rheini hefyd - yn bodoli mwyach ac nid yw Llywodraeth y DU wedi cyflwyno unrhyw beth tebyg ar ôl Brexit, ac mae angen ei hailgyflwyno. Roedd yn darparu cyllid sbarduno ar gyfer digwyddiadau a phrosiectau cymunedol, bwrsariaethau i fusnesau newydd - rwyf wedi clywed rhai'n sôn am hynny yn y newyddion yn ddiweddar hefyd, pa mor bwysig ydoedd ac roedd yn ddefnyddiol iawn - gwelliannau cymunedol i greu ymdeimlad o le, megis gwefannau ac arwyddion, ac i greu cymunedau. Mae mesur canlyniad anhygoel y gwelliannau bach hyn i adeiladu cymunedau cryf bob amser wedi bod yn anodd, ond mae'r buddsoddiad yno i'w weld. Mae enghreifftiau o ddigwyddiadau a ariennir gan y ffrwd ariannu hon yn cynnwys Gŵyl Eirin Dinbych, y mae Gareth yn sôn yn aml amdani - rwy'n gweld Gareth ar y sgrin; Gŵyl Fwyd a Diod yr Wyddgrug a phabell y cyflenwyr bwyd yn sioe Fflint a Dinbych. Mae grant rhaglen cyfleusterau cymunedol presennol Llywodraeth Cymru wedi helpu i adnewyddu neuaddau pentref a chyfleusterau cymunedol mewn ardaloedd difreintiedig. Mae'r cylch ariannu diweddaraf wedi dyfarnu cyfran o £1.78 miliwn i 24 o grwpiau cymunedol, gan gynnwys Sefydliad Enbarr yn sir y Fflint, tuag at atgyfodi hen adeilad John Summers i alluogi'r gymuned leol i fanteisio ar gyfleoedd cyflogaeth. Cyn hynny, cafodd Clwb Rygbi y Rhyl a'r Cylch, Gareth, £490,000 gan Lywodraeth Cymru o dan yr un cynllun, a welodd y clwb yn symud o'r tu allan i'r dref gyda llwybrau trafnidiaeth cyfyngedig i ganol ardal ddifreintiedig lle'r oedd y gyfran o bobl a oedd yn berchen ar geir yn isel, gyferbyn ag ysgol uwchradd ac wrth ymyl llwybr beicio, gan alluogi mynediad hawdd i ysgolion lleol ac ardaloedd preswyl. Ac ers agor, er gwaethaf y pandemig, mae bellach yn cyflogi 20 o staff amser llawn, mae ganddo 26 o grwpiau'n defnyddio'r cyfleusterau, gan gynnwys corau, grwpiau ymarfer corff, Knit and Natter, a disgo wythnosol i bobl ag anableddau. Maent bron â dyblu nifer y bobl sy'n cymryd rhan mewn rygbi -