English: One of the positives is that it's led to more dialogue with the sector. The creation of Creative Wales has been a positive step to that end, and having a body in place that represents the sector or works with the sector has been very beneficial. Had this happened a few years ago, certainly before the Music Venues Trust started talking to Welsh Government, then perhaps we would have no voice whatsoever within Government. So, things are certainly moving in the right direction, but very clearly there's a lot more that could be done. It's unfortunate, in a way, that it came so early after the establishment of Creative Wales. They haven't yet had an opportunity to do that work they were established to do; they've been in crisis mode since the very outset, almost. So, there are certainly steps that should have been taken and hopefully will be taken once we start to emerge from the other side. We also need to look at the relationships with local authorities. Again, we're in quite a strong position in Cardiff, partly as a result of the 'Save Womanby Street' campaign a few years ago. There's a Cardiff Music Board now, so there is dialogue between the music sector and the council in Cardiff, and it's good to see that extended across Wales because those are some of the challenges. We're small companies, we're not companies that have huge resources in HR or legal resources in order to develop these strategies that larger companies such as Brains and so on can do. So, we do need to ensure that there is that ongoing dialogue between the sector at a local level in terms of the council and at a national level in terms of the Government.
Welsh: Un o'r pethau da ydy ei fod e wedi arwain at fwy o ddeialog efo'r sector yma. Mae creu Creative Wales wedi bod yn gam da iawn i'r perwyl yna, ac mae cael corff sydd yn cynrychioli'r sector neu'n gweithio efo'r sector wedi bod yn gam buddiol iawn. Petai hyn wedi digwydd cwpwl o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn bendant cyn bod y Music Venues Trust wedi bod yn siarad efo Llywodraeth Cymru, mae'n bosib buasai gennym ni ddim llais o gwbl i mewn i'r Llywodraeth. Felly, mae pethau'n bendant yn mynd i'r cyfeiriad iawn, ond yn amlwg iawn mae yna lot fwy medrwn ni wneud. Mae'n bechod, mewn ffordd, ei fod e wedi dod mor gynnar mewn i gyfnod Creative Wales. Dŷn nhw ddim eto wedi cael cyfle i wneud y gwaith gawson nhw ei sefydlu i'w wneud; maen nhw wedi bod mewn crisis mode ers mwy neu lai cychwyn y corff. So, mae yna'n bendant gamau oedd i fod i gael eu cymryd a gobeithio bydd yn dal yn cael eu cymryd unwaith byddwn ni'n dechrau dod allan o hyn yr ochr arall. Mae angen hefyd edrych ar y berthynas efo'r cynghorau lleol. Eto, dŷn ni mewn sefyllfa eithaf cryf yng Nghaerdydd, yn rhannol yn dilyn yr ymgyrch 'Save Womanby Street' cwpwl o flynyddoedd yn ôl. Mae yna Cardiff Music Board erbyn hyn ac mae yna ddeialog rhwng y sector, o leiaf y sector gerddoriaeth, a Chyngor Caerdydd, ac mae'n dda i gael gweld hynna'n bodoli trwy'r wlad achos dyna lot o'r sialens sydd. Dŷn ni'n gwmnïau bach, dŷn ni ddim yn gwmnïau sydd efo adnoddau mawr HR neu gyfreithiol i fedru ffeindio allan a datblygu'r strategaethau yma mae cwmnïau mwy fel Brains a ballu'n gallu gwneud. Felly, mae angen sicrhau bod yna ddeialog parhaus rhwng y sector ar lefel leol o ran y cynghorau a lefel genedlaethol o ran y Llywodraeth.