English: I call for a Welsh Government statement on music education in Wales. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of visiting Denbighshire Music Co-operative, a not-for-profit organisation providing quality music tuition in the Denbighshire and Wrexham areas, and winner of the Tech for Good award in the Social Business Wales awards 2021. The co-operative is run by teachers for the benefit of pupils, managed by a Denbighshire-based head of service. They provide tuition on a wide range of instruments and voice, aiming to develop each pupil's music potential according to their individual needs and aspirations. Their successful and cost-effective model meeting the health and well-being needs of children and young people deserves to be supported to continue and to grow. They told me they're only music co-operative in Wales. They named local authorities either without a music service or looking to make all music teachers redundant, and stated that only two local authorities in Wales provide a service for free-school-meal pupils, including Wrexham. They also told me that they developed a model that works, but having established a good foundation over eight years, they need sustainable funding to become a north Wales or all-Wales model, where they provide an opportunity for better, more cost-efficient service delivery, led by the co-operative members who are themselves music professionals. However, they expressed concern that the national music service being developed by the Welsh Government should not take their service back in-house, and asked whether the new national music service would include a new co-operative model with funding for co-operatives. I call for a Welsh Government statement accordingly.
Welsh: Rwy'n galw am ddatganiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar addysg cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru. Yn gynharach y mis hwn, cefais i'r pleser o ymweld â menter Cerdd Cydweithredol Sir Ddinbych, sefydliad dielw sy'n darparu hyfforddiant cerddoriaeth o safon yn ardaloedd sir Ddinbych a Wrecsam, ac enillydd gwobr Tech for Good yng ngwobrau Busnes Cymdeithasol Cymru 2021. Mae'r fenter gydweithredol yn cael ei chynnal gan athrawon er budd disgyblion, a chaiff ei rheoli gan bennaeth gwasanaeth yn sir Ddinbych. Maen nhw'n darparu hyfforddiant ar amrywiaeth eang o offerynnau a llais, gyda'r nod o ddatblygu potensial cerddoriaeth pob disgybl yn unol â'u hanghenion a'u dyheadau unigol. Mae eu model llwyddiannus a chost-effeithiol sy'n diwallu anghenion iechyd a lles plant a phobl ifanc yn haeddu cefnogaeth i barhau a thyfu. Fe wnaethon nhw ddweud wrthyf mai nhw yw'r unig wasanaeth cerddoriaeth cydweithredol yng Nghymru. Gwnaethon nhw enwi awdurdodau lleol naill ai heb wasanaeth cerdd neu sy'n ceisio diswyddo pob athro cerdd, a gwnaethon nhw ddweud mai dim ond dau awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru sy'n darparu gwasanaeth i ddisgyblion sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim, gan gynnwys Wrecsam. Gwnaethon nhw ddweud wrthyf hefyd eu bod nhw wedi datblygu model sy'n gweithio, ond ar ôl sefydlu sylfaen dda dros wyth mlynedd, mae angen cyllid cynaliadwy arnyn nhw i fod yn fodel gogledd Cymru neu Gymru gyfan, lle maen nhw'n rhoi cyfle i ddarparu gwasanaethau gwell yn fwy cost-effeithlon, dan arweiniad yr aelodau cydweithredol sydd eu hunain yn weithwyr proffesiynol ym maes cerddoriaeth. Fodd bynnag, gwnaethon nhw fynegi pryder na ddylai'r gwasanaeth cerdd cenedlaethol sy'n cael ei ddatblygu gan Lywodraeth Cymru fynd â'u gwasanaeth yn ôl yn fewnol, a gwnaethon nhw ofyn a fyddai'r gwasanaeth cerddoriaeth cenedlaethol newydd yn cynnwys model cydweithredol newydd gyda chyllid ar gyfer mentrau cydweithredol. Rwy'n galw am ddatganiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn unol â hynny.