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December 2011 / January 2012

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GREEN AGENDA

Measuring theImpact: The biggerpicture

Life after 43p: UKGovernment cutFeed In Tariffs

Journeys into work:Supporting tenants

Supporting People:Progress so far

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A National ConversationThe next steps…

2 December | January edition

The first stage of the National conversationis now complete – a big thank you to everyonewho gave their time to either take part in atelephone interview or to attend a focusgroup facilitated by Beaufort Research Ltd.

The preliminary findings of the researchhave been presented to us, and overallsatisfaction levels are encouraging with a96% satisfaction rate amongst staff and 86%amongst chief executives. Lobbying andrepresentation stands out as a valuedservice with 67% of respondentshighlighting this service as the one theymost value, giving ‘a single strongerdepersonalised voice which has helpedmove housing up the Government Agenda.’

While networks and forums are consideredbeneficial by 35% of respondents, and seenas an essential networking opportunity forstaff and board members, feedback hassuggested that we need to look at the waysin which people come together and perhapsrefresh networks, forums and conferences.More clarity is also required on the role ofNational Council.

When asked what the key challenges for thesector were in the coming twelve months,the vast majority of respondents citedfunding and a diversifying sector and that weshould focus on lobbying and demonstratingunderstanding of the sector and members’needs. As you will read further in thispublication, we have recently been successful

in lobbying for a slice of the £39.8m additionalfunding made available to the WelshGovernment as a result of the council taxfreeze in England. We have also called for£122.5m from the new Welsh Governmentcapital pot to replace the funding that waslost through Social Housing Grant.

CHC will receive the full findings on 23December and the internal working groupalong with National Council and workinggroups from across the sector will draftproposals to address the issues raised andto move the conversation forward.

2012 is going to be our most challengingyear yet, with further cuts to social housinggrant and the risk of a double dip recession.This national conversation and the resultingchanges implemented as a result of yourfeedback will enable us to ensure that thesechallenges are turned into opportunitiesand that these opportunities will lead tofewer people on housing waiting lists, fewerpeople in fuel poverty, fewer peopleborrowing from high interest lenders andmore affordable homes in sustainablecommunities where people want to live.

Nick BennettChief Executive

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Community HousingCymru would like towish all Cartref readersa merry Christmas anda prosperous new year.

In the last edition of Cartref we outlinedplans to have a National conversation withthe sector to ascertain if we were fit forthe future, to find out what was worryingyour organisation most, what support youmost valued from CHC, and to see whatwe should concentrate on in the futureand what we should leave behind.

‘The social housing sector in Wales is growing. There areover 70 organisations under the Community HousingCymru umbrella, with over 30 of these involved in newhousing development. Since the last study, CHC has beenjoined by three new stock transfer organisations (TaiCeredigion, Tai Calon Community Housing and CartrefiCymunedol Gwynedd), who combined own and manage15,155 homes in Ceredigion, Blaenau Gwent and Gwynedd.

This year’s findings clearly show that housing associationsare having a greater impact on the Welsh economy thanever before. The statistics reveal high levels of investmentand demonstrate that the sector is rising to the challenge –building more homes, creating more jobs and regeneratinglocal communities the length and breadth of Wales.

Last year, housing associations built 2,033 new affordablehomes across Wales. The number of new homes built wasdown 183 from 2009/10 and down 119 from 2008/09.Both these years saw a slight increase in new homes builtbecause of the injection of £42m from the WelshGovernment’s Strategic Capital Investment Fund.Compared with the 1,533 new homes built in 2007/08,the achievement of building an additional 2,033 newhomes in this economic climate and succeeding the OneWales target by 23% is a great feat.

Home building aside, the message from WERU is veryclear. Housing associations deliver far more than justbricks and mortar; they invest in communities and improvethe quality of lives of the individuals who live there.

Some of the key statistics from this year’s study include:

• The estimated economic impact of the housingassociations of Wales on the Welsh economy was£1,541m.

• Estimated gross spending of Welsh HAs was £802m,with almost 80% of that retained in Wales.

• Estimated regeneration spend (excluding staff costs)was £425.4m.

• An estimated £235.8m was spent on maintenance,repairs and upgrading homes.

• An estimated £162m was spent on brownfieldconstruction.

Since the original study was undertaken in 2007/08, therehas been a marked increase in the impact on employment.In 2007/08, 3,300 full time jobs were provided by thesector. In 2010/11 this has increased to 6,300 full and parttime jobs. The indirect impact is estimated to be around11,600 – so for every one person employed in a housingassociation a further two posts are now supportedelsewhere in the economy, equating to 17,900 jobs acrossWales. In addition to this, CHC members also undertake awide range of activities including training, mentoring andapprenticeship schemes to support individuals to returnto work.

These are challenging times for the housing sector withcuts to Social Housing Grant, cuts to Supporting Peoplefunding and Welfare Reform to name but a few. However,the findings from the 2010/11 WERU report show thatdespite these challenges, the sector continues to look atinnovative methods of funding to increase supply andensure that the people of Wales have access to secureand affordable housing in sustainable communities.

Dr. Calvin Jones from the Welsh Economy Research Unitcommented on the research findings and said: “Clearlyany group of organisations that spend £800m per year inWales are of fundamental economic importance –particularly when that expenditure is increasing as otherprivate and public spend declines. However, there is amore fundamental point here. With their focus onregeneration, social inclusion and responding to fuelpoverty, housing associations are probably amongst themost important players in ensuring investments madenow move us to a more sustainable, low carbon andenergy secure future. Add to this their potential role ingenerating green skills, and in levering new sources ofinvestment for communities, and their central and criticalrole in Wales becomes clear.”‘

For further details on the WERU study and to view a full copy of this report please visit: www.chcymru.org.uk

Kevin HowellPolicy and Information Officer

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Measuring the Impact 2010/11 Every year CHC commission the Welsh Economic Research Unit (WERU) at CardiffUniversity to publish a report measuring the wider economic impact of the socialhousing sector in Wales. This is the fourth year of the report, looking back at theachievements of the sector in 2010/11. CHC’s Kevin Howell takes a look at the findings:

GREEN AGENDA

4 December | January edition

Life after 43pA consultation launched by the UK Government which proposes thatFeed In Tariffs (FITs) for schemes up to 4kW in size be slashed to 21.0p/kWh,down from the current 43.3p/kWh, will close later this month. But withthe new rate coming into operation almost two weeks before theconsultation closes, what will it mean for social housing providers andthe people of Wales? Steven Harris, Energy Consultant, explains:

‘With the global PV price falling over the last few years, weall knew that time would be called on 12% rates of returnand a 20p(ish) Feed In Tariff was around the corner.

But the way it has been done! Well, if you wanted to kill amajor but still fledgling industry, announcing a seismicchange in its financial basis with six weeks notice isdefinitely the way to do it.

But this in itself gives me faith – an intention to kill theindustry was not actually there as Governments rarely actwith such coordination.

So will the new date of 12 December be implemented?We will have to wait and see. There are new legalchallenges every day, but one thing is for sure – 21p (or18p for multiple roofs) is coming.

So what will the difference be?Well for one thing, the money the householder will be ableto make by avoiding using electricity from the mains whilethe sun is shining will become a more important factor inany financial equation. The £150 or so of avoided importeach year will start to look significant when the average FITincome is reduced from £1000 to £500. And £150 onlyfollows the assumption that you only use half your harvest.So if you used it all, that could be a saving of £300!

So is this possible? Well, to hint at a few things I’ve been finding out recentlyfor an Energy Saving Trust study looking at export meterreads, yes – because some people do!

So who are these people and how could we all becomelike them?Well there’s the question, and one I hope to uncover asthe study continues. One thing is for sure though, unlesswe know what we’re harvesting and conversely, when weare consuming power from the grid, we won’t really havea clue what we are doing. So, in my mind, meters, monitorsand household energy dashboards will be the key.

As evidence for this, SHIMMER (Smart Homes IntegratingMetering Money and Energy Research), a project by theLondon Rebuilding Society and Energy Saving Trust,recently showed that giving a pilot of 16 socially andfinancially excluded households power from a PV arrayand an online dashboard of how they were using theirenergy provided a minimum annual saving of £300, anda maximum saving of a very substantial £3500.

So, if the emphasis moves to making use of PV harvestyourself, out of today’s gloom, there could come a goodthing. And if there is still a PV industry next year, thebenefit for all PV families, not just those who harvest theFIT themselves, could be great.’

Steven HarrisConsultantstevenh@steven‐harris.co.uk

“This feels more like a financial jargon decision madedeep in a spreadsheet, deep in a Governmentdepartment, far far from the real world. ”

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One might question the ethics of a charity whichencourages those who are perceived to be the mostvulnerable to fuel poverty in our communities to give up apayment which could be the difference between life anddeath for some… but when Robert Powell, an ambassadorfor Fuel Our Youth appeared on BBC breakfast televisionto promote its aims, one viewer’s response was that hehad worked and paid tax his entire life and now used hisWinter Fuel Payment to heat his swimming pool.

Many charities with similar business models have croppedup, for example, the Surviving Winter Appeal who askolder people to ‘recycle’ their payment by donating it tothose who are genuinely affected by fuel poverty includingyoung families. Last winter the Bevan Foundation report,‘Coping with Cold’, found that families in Wales werecutting back on food to pay for fuel bills, which is puttingthousands of children in Wales at risk of ill health andeven poor concentration in school which has a knock oneffect on their education.

Cold Weather and Winter Fuel payments are to beintegrated into Universal Credit under the Welfare ReformBill proposals and the abolishment of the Social Fund. It isnot certain whether these benefits will remain universalor if they will become means‐tested. It is clear thoughthat many older people are able to manage their fuel billswithout receiving their annual supplementary payment.

So what can be done for those who are in fuel poverty?In addition to donating to charities such as the SurvivingWinter appeal, the following options could be looked at:

• Many people have existing arrears from previousproperties and / or winters. Customers of British Gasand EDF could apply to those to be paid via a Trust Fund. British Gas: www.britishgasenergytrust.org.uk EDF: http://www.edfenergytrust.org.uk/

• Most energy suppliers are now offering the WarmHome Discount (WHD) scheme. The WHD will replacesocial tariffs with an annual rebate to an electricityaccount. This year the rebate will be £120. Criteria forthe rebate can vary from different energy suppliers butmany people on low incomes will qualify.

• Switching supplier has often been seen as a way oflowering energy costs. Now is a good time to switch asall the major suppliers have increased their prices so afair comparison can be made. Many people have beencaught out by door to door energy salesman andBritish Gas and Scottish and Southern Energy areleading the way in suspending this type of work.

Fuel poverty can impact upon all households, regardlessof age, therefore the Winter Fuel Payment should be ameans‐tested payment available to any low‐incomehouseholds, to better target those who are genuinelyforced to make a decision between food and warmth.

Clare WilliamsFinancial Inclusion Officer

For further information please contact Clare or Paul onClare‐williams@chcymru.org.uk orPaul‐langley@chcymru.org.uk

Winter Fuel Payment– why just forolder people?In November 2011 a new charity, ‘Fuel Our Youth’, wasset up to provide ‘help from one generation to another’.The charity invites people who are in receipt of theWinter Fuel Payment, which is presently a universal,non means tested payment, to donate any excess to thefund which then distributes the money to a variety ofyoung persons’ charities, including The Prince’s Trust.

JOBS AND TRAINING

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Journeys into Work

This project will develop a strategic Social HousingEngagement Framework for the sector which aims toprovide end to end support for economically inactive andunemployed participants who are furthest away from thelabour market in order for them to progress intosustainable employment.

The key beneficiaries of this project will be tenants ofhousing providers involved in the programme who areeconomically inactive. As a result of this project they willreceive a seamless service of support from identifyingtheir skills gaps through to work experience and postemployment support.

CHC will centrally manage the project and liaise withWEFO on compliance issues. Direct delivery of this projectwill go out to competitive grant and successfulorganisations will deliver it in a three stage process.

Stage 1: Support – This stage will offer intensive learning andskills‐focused support to individuals to improve literacy,numeracy, basic skills, self esteem and confidence. Thisstage will also offer intensive support based aroundprogression and employability, improving an individual’sskills in terms of looking for, applying for and taking upemployment (e.g. CV writing, job search, interviewpreparation etc).

Community Housing Cymru has beenworking with sector partners on aEuropean project called Journeys intoWork. If successful, this project willbring £2.5m of funding from the WelshEuropean Funding Office (WEFO) witha further £625,000 needed to be raisedas match funding.

“The key beneficiaries of this project will betenants of housingproviders involved in theprogramme who areeconomically inactive. ”

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Stage 2:Work Experience – This stage will provide workplacement pilots in the housing sector.

Stage 3:Post Employment Support – Those beneficiaries whoreturn to work will have up to 12 months postemployment support.

Through the above programme and the establishment ofan e‐portal of good practice guidance, the wider socialhousing sector in Wales will also benefit from theprogramme. They will be able to develop their ability toprovide this type of programme support to their tenants,thereby ensuring the long term legacy of the project.

What stage is this project at?We are finalising the business plan and will be consultingwith the sector and other partners over the comingmonths. We hope funding will be in place by mid 2012.

How can the sector get involved?If successful in our funding application, this project will bebased within Convergence areas of Wales. The Convergencearea contains the 15 Local Authorities of the Isle ofAnglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Ceredigion,Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath PortTalbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil,Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Torfaen.

It is anticipated that the project will be split into ‘lots’with each lot working with between 90 – 180 tenantsover a three year period. This will account for between 5and 10 lots across Wales and we will be encouraging acollaborative approach where possible.

We envisage that the project delivery will be awarded viaa competitive grant system and organisations would needto submit a grant proposal. Those organisations awardeddelivery will need to achieve a number of outputs andresults relating to areas including:• Qualifications• Positive outcomes• Numbers entering employment• Numbers entering further learning

We look forward to discussing this project in more detailwith our members shortly.

Kevin HowellPolicy and Information Officer

After just over six months back in Wales, I think housingpolicy in England and Wales is now looking back to the80s. In fact, the policy gap between the countries widensor, to use the 80s phrase – we now have clear blue waterbetween housing policy in Wales and England.

Two recent events symbolised this separation – councilsales and the desire to establish housing co‐operatives.The Housing Minister in England announced a new roundof Right to Buy with greater discounts. At a recenthousing meeting in London, colleagues from Wales andEngland sat open mouthed as the PPS to the HousingMinister, Grant Shapps, told us that when he walkedaround council estates he was able to tell which homeswere owner occupiers as they looked far better than thecouncil owned properties. Perhaps in Kensington andChelsea, where former Right to Buy flats change hands forprices close to £1m, you can tell the difference. The PPSwas half right as on most estates I have ever worked onyou can tell the difference between those in publicownership and those in private ownership. The privateones are the ones without external wall insulation, theyare the ones in need of replacement windows, but mostlikely they are the ones with sale boards up outside. Infact it was only in 2007 that the Audit Commission wereasking authorities how they were going to bring the owneroccupied properties on council housing neighbourhoodsup to the standard of council housing. As the self financingdebate heated up, the LGA calculated that the value ofincome the Government had received in receipts fromRight to Buy sales had outstripped the income from theprivatisation of British Gas and British Telecom.

Last month at the TPAS Wales conference, I had watchedthe complete separation of English and Welsh housing asthe Housing Minister Huw Lewis spoke of quality housingat affordable rents with tenants having a real involvementin management. He spoke with some conviction ofcouncil housing being part of a Welsh cultural heritage,and this was a heritage where council housing was valued.My 80s renaissance continued as Huw Lewis signalled the

return of the housing co‐operatives. During the 1980s Ihad been the Chief Executive of Birmingham Co‐operativeHousing Services (a secondary housing co‐operative).Housing co‐operatives had successfully regenerated partsof central Birmingham and co‐operatives were a growingand passionate force for good in Walsall with TMOs, withself build and new build housing developing. I evenworked on a housing manifesto booklet for Labour for the1992 election setting how co‐ops should be the vehicle tobring pride back to social housing.

That night after the TPAS conference the 80s themecontinued as I was out in Cardiff and it was ‘BeaujolaisNight’ – was there ever a more Del Boy Trotter 80s nightthan a Beaujolais night? It got even better when a full puball sang ‘Club Tropicana drinks are free’. So before wepower the up the Audi Quattro, we need a reality check.This came with a jolt at the TPAS conference when tenantsfrom Merthyr Valleys Homes asked Huw Lewis ‘if rentswill rise with inflation next year’. And suddenly we returnedto the post credit crunch era where new build can only befunded on the back of substantial rent increases. This wasthe very reason co‐operative new build stagnated in thepast as co‐op tenants with all the information and thecontrol voted not to build new houses by increasing theirown rent. After all, what owner occupier pays moremortgage to reduce their neighbour’s mortgage?

Mike OwenChief Executive, Merthyr Valleys Homes

What are your thoughts on Mike’s piece? Get involved inthe debate by visiting our discussion forum: www.chc‐cymru.org.uk/forum

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A MEMBER’S PERSPECTIVE

Ashes to AshesWhen I moved back to Wales to MerthyrValleys Homes from Cornwall, colleagueshad the old joke ‘you don’t need to watchAshes to Ashes to know what the 1980swere like; you only needed to visit Wales.’

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Housing Bill Housing Minister Huw Lewis has indicated that he willoutline his plans for the First Welsh Housing Bill in a whitepaper in the spring of 2012. There have already beenstrong representations from the Minister that the Bill willlook to improve the regulation of the Private RentedSector, deliver a ‘one‐stop‐shop’ Housing Advice Serviceand bring some of Wales’ 26,000 empty homes back intouse. A paper from the Minister was presented to theCabinet on 6 December.

Community Housing Cymru believes that the WelshGovernment must take this opportunity to presentprogressive legislation within the Housing Bill to preventhomelessness, improve the number and quality of ourhomes, and improve regulation. This is essential if thesector is to secure additional private lending in the future.Encouragement and action is needed to ensure thatempty homes are brought back into use, and incentiveswill be an important part of this (a carrot and stickapproach may be the answer).

Welsh Government must also ensure that, after a periodwhere housing association supply has been on the

increase, future legislation protects existing supply whilstsimultaneously facilitating the provision of new supply.There are still over 90,000 people on social housingwaiting lists in Wales with demand for affordable housingfar outstripping supply. As welfare benefit reform isimplemented and public expenditure cuts take hold weanticipate a major increase in demand for affordablehousing. We also know that the rate of home ownershipcontinues to decline (due to high house prices, the needfor larger deposits and stricter lending criteria set bybanks) which will exacerbate this problem.

While there is still lots of speculation about what willeventually be included in the 2013 Housing Bill, CHC isclear that legislative change should ensure that primarylegislation addresses Welsh concerns and optimises theopportunity for appropriate secondary legislation. It iscritical that changes in legislation are sensitive to thecurrent climate and allow for better services that meetthe needs and demand of people across Wales.

Aaron HillPolicy Assistant

Additional £18m for housingCHC welcomed the announcement from Welsh Governmentlast month that they were investing an additional £18m tohousing in Wales through their economic stimuluspackage. The announcement followed calls from CHC, theChartered Institute of Housing Cymru and Shelter Cymruto invest this money in social housing, to ease waiting listsand stimulate the Welsh economy. The £18m in additionalmoney amounts to nearly 50% of the total £38.9mhanded to Wales as a consequential of the UKGovernment’s decision to freeze council tax in England.

The announcement will see a total of £6m invested in theEly Mill Housing Project in Cardiff over the next two years,£9.26m in delivering 130 affordable homes across Wales,and a further £3m on expanding the Arbed home energyefficiency scheme. The day after the announcement,George Osborne, Chancellor, announced in his Autumnstatement that an additional £216m would be madeavailable to Wales as a result of the Barnett consequential.In the comprehensive spending review earlier this year,the Welsh Government slashed social housing grant byalmost 40% over a three year period so CHC have written

to the Welsh Government asking them to re‐allocate£122.5 million of this new pot of capital funding into thesocial housing sector to address growing waiting lists,while acting as an economic stimulus for the Welsheconomy by supporting jobs and apprenticeships at atime of record unemployment across Wales.

The £122.5m investment could lever in a total of £250mprivate investment over three years delivering around1,877 new affordable homes, at least 2,500 jobs andgenerate up to 250 apprenticeship opportunities. Thesector can deliver and the findings from the WERU studyoutlined on page 3 highlight the greater economic impactthe sector has on the Welsh economy. While it’s greatthat social housing has benefited in recent Governmentannouncements, the Autumn statement consequentialprovides the ultimate test of where housing sits as apriority for growth and justice… Watch this space!

Nick BennettChief Executive

10 December | January edition

NEWS IN BRIEF

News from EuropeCHC Group Chief Executive Nick Bennett and Group Headof Finance Steve Evans travelled to Brussels on 29November for a CECODHAS seminar on Financing SocialHousing and Proposals for Structural Funds 2014‐2020.

The global economic downturn has had a severe impact onsocial housing. Government budgets for housing are beingcut and favourable bank loans are now proving moredifficult to secure, increasing financial risk to the housingsector. With members of CECODHAS depending on a limitedrange of options to finance activities, there is a growingneed for fresh solutions to provide access to finance.

The seminar drew on current practice in some memberstates, assessed recent initiatives and long‐termsustainability, and explored innovative finance vehiclessuch as a European Social Housing Bond.

The Structural Funds debate with MEP Ollbrychtconsidered proposals for 2014‐2020, reviewing what hasbeen achieved to date and what challenges lay ahead.

New national council members announced CHC’s new national council members were revealed at ourAGM in November. New members include Andrew Lycett,RCT Homes; Stephen Cripps and Steve Jones, Tai Ceredigion;Christine Rutson, United Welsh; Shayne Hembrow, Wales &West HA and Mark Sheridan, Taff Housing.

Thanks to those members who have served on council whohave recently stood down. They include Cynog Dafis, CTCantref; Antonia Forte, Cynon Taf Community HousingGroup; Lesley Penn, Grŵp Gwalia and Katrina Michael, TaiCeredigion.

For further information on CHC’s national council, pleasevisit chcymru.org.uk

Arbed 2At the time of going to press, the scheme manager hasnot yet been announced for the programme. Many RSLsworked closely with local authorities to submit proposalsfor the first year of the programme by 16 November. FourLAs submitted one bid, and all others submitted two bids.These projects will now be assessed by Welsh Governmentwho will then hand over the successful projects to thescheme manager to be designed and for implementationto begin in March 2012.

Welsh BondThere are continued pressures on theeconomy, a reduction in Social HousingGrant and a rise in demand for additionalsocial housing development. Thesefactors have led RSLs in Wales to re‐examine their funding arrangements in order to maintaindelivery during these austere economic times.

CHC commissioned a study to examine innovative ways toincrease funding available to RSLs. One of the outcomeswas the potential development of a Welsh Bond,consisting solely of Welsh RSLs. Bonds have becomeincreasingly price‐competitive compared to bank loansand there is genuine appetite from capital markets toinvest in social housing as a means of securing safefinancial returns.

Discussions are well underway and a provider has beensourced who is keen to progress this Bond issue. The RSLcommunity has been approached and there has been realinterest from the sector. Anticipated obstacles of differinglending facilities, timescales and finance models withineach RSL are being considered with a review of currentarrangements taking place. The need to gain a criticalmass of interest is pivotal to gaining more flexible termson security and term compared to standard conditionsoffered. An issue of £75m would satisfy requirements andprovide a vehicle for new housing development.

This opportunity would crystallize in early 2012 and CHCare working closely with the sector to move it forward asswiftly as possible. If your organisation is interested in thisenterprise, please contact Steve Evans at CHC.

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It provides housing related support to help vulnerablepeople to live as independently as possible. The programmeprovides £138 million of revenue funding for around50,000 vulnerable people across Wales. A thorough andwide‐ranging review led by Professor Sir Mansel AylwardCB was carried out in 2010. The recommendations willlead to significant changes to the delivery of SupportingPeople services and have been developed through co‐production with all partners as follows:

• Amalgamation of the two current grants, SPG & SPRG,into one funding stream called Supporting PeopleProgramme Grant (known as SPPG).

• Transfer of SPPG grant to Local Authorities, outside ofthe Revenue Support Grant and ring‐fenced for SPPGservices only, in April 2012.

• Establishing a Supporting People National AdvisoryBoard chaired by the Deputy Minister providingindependent advice.

• Creation of multi sector Regional CollaborativeCommittees to ensure a collaborative approach toservice planning, administration, commissioning,monitoring and evaluation.

• End of SPRG tariffs and move to outcome‐basedcommissioning.

• Proposed 2‐stage re‐distribution formulae, based onlocal need, to be introduced to Local Authority SPPGlevels, with a revised more accurate formulae to beintroduced in a phased and tapered way after this.

• Develop a national accreditation process for allproviders.

• That support in Sheltered Housing is delivered only tothose who need it, and takes into account the needs ofolder people in the wider community regardless oftheir tenure.

The Grant Terms and Conditions and accompanyingGuidance were released for consultation on 11 November2011, which will end on 23 December 2011. CHC

members and staff have been extensively involved inworking on and drafting the document.

The Chapters include:• The New Delivery Structure for the Supporting People

Programme in Wales, including specific details aboutthe Supporting People National Advisory Board andthe Regional Collaborative Committees.

• Eligibility, including significant changes to fundinghousing related support to older people.

• Commissioning and Procurement. • Supporting People Acceptable Cost Guidelines.• Accreditation, Appraisal and Monitoring Arrangements

for the Supporting People Programme.• Outcomes and monitoring.• Distribution Formula. • Fairer charging for recipients of SP services. • Financial Management, including a timetable.

CHC members are involved in a Transition working groupto oversee the implementation of the changes. Thetransition details identifying the gainers and losers andthe extent of the changes for individual Local Authoritiesand regions are yet to be agreed by the Minister. CHC has held one consultation event with members ofthe Supported Housing Forum and a regional event hasbeen held in Gwent. Further events for any interestedparty to attend are:

• 14 December 2011: North Wales SP Forum,Llandudno. To attend contact Debbie Lambe onDebbie.Lambe@conwy.gov.uk.

• TPAS Cymru is carrying out a consultation process withservice users. For service users to get involved contactNina Langrish on Nina.Langrish@tpascymru.org.uk.

Jane PaglerSupporting People Adviser

For further information contact: janepagler@aol.com

Supporting PeopleProgrammeProgress so far… The Supporting People Programme began on 1 April2003, bringing together seven housing‐related fundingstreams from across central government.

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Online discussions:14 December, 12‐1pm, HughJames SolicitorsNeil Morgan, Head of Hugh James’ SocialHousing Team and Jamie Saunders, Headof Hugh James’ Anti Social Behaviour Unit,will facilitate our next online discussionon 14 December between 12 and 1pm.Neil and Jamie are experts on housing law, and they will beanswering your questions on just about anything related tohousing! A thread has already been set up on the forum, soplease leave your questions beforehand if you are unable totake part on the 14th.

Social enterprise membership categoryCHC are offering a new category of membership to socialenterprises, public sector organisations and not‐for‐profitorganisations. Cleanstream Carpets are the first company tohave signed up to the new category. Benefits includediscounted places at our events, access to a selection ofCHC’s publications, a listing on CHC’s website, a free daydelegate place at the conference of your choice and aninvitation to exhibit at CHC’s new annual social enterpriseevent. We believe that it’s more important than ever duringthese challenging times to work with social enterprises toimprove and regenerate local Welsh communities.

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Bywyd ar ôl 43c:Llywodraeth y DUyn gostwng TariffauCyflenwi Trydan

Teithiau i Waith:Cefnogi tenantiaid

Cefnogi Pobl: ycynnydd hyd yma

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cymdeithasol Cymru: Sector tai

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Cyfranwyr:Nick Bennett (CHC)Steve Evans (CHC)Aaron Hill (CHC)Kevin Howell (CHC)Sioned Hughes (CHC)Amanda Oliver (CHC)Jane Pagler (CHC)Clare Williams (CHC)Steven Harris,YmgynghoryddDr Calvin Jones, WERUMike Owen, CartrefiCymoedd Merthyr

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Sgwrs GenedlaetholY camau nesaf...

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Mae cam cyntaf y Sgwrs Genedlaetholbellach wedi’i orffen – diolch yn fawr iawn ibawb ohonoch a roddodd eich amser un ai igymryd rhan mewn cyfweliad ffôn neufynychu grŵp ffocws a hwyluswyd ganBeaufort Research Cyf.

Cawsom glywed canfyddiadau dechreuol yrymchwil, ac mae’r lefelau boddhad cyffredinolyn galonogol gyda chyfradd boddhad o 96%ymysg staff a 86% ymysg prif weithredwyr.Mae lobio a chynrychiolaeth yn sefyll allanfel y gwasanaeth a werthfawrogir fwyafgyda 67% o ymatebwyr yn dweud mai’rgwasanaeth hwn yw’r un pwysicaf iddynt,gan roi ‘un llais amhersonol cryfach syddwedi symud i helpu tai i fyny agenda’rLlywodraeth.’

Er bod 35% o ymatebwyr yn ystyried bodrhwydweithiau a fforymau yn fanteisiol, a’ubod yn cael eu gweld fel cyfle rhwydweithiohanfodol ar gyfer staff ac aelodau bwrdd,mae adborth wedi awgrymu bod angen i niedrych ar y ffyrdd y daw pobl ynghyd a hydyn oed i adfywio rhwydweithio, fforymau achynadleddau. Mae hefyd angen mwy oeglurder ar rôl y Cyngor Cenedlaethol.

Pan ofynnwyd beth oedd yr heriau allweddoli’r sector yn y deuddeg mis nesaf, sonioddmwyafrif helaeth yr ymatebwyr am gyllid asector yn amrywiaethu ac y dylem ganolbwyntioar lobio a dangos dealltwriaeth o’r sector acanghenion aelodau. Fel y darllenwchymhellach yn y cyhoeddiad yma, buom yn

llwyddiannus yn ddiweddar yn lobio amdafell o’r £39.8m o gyllid ychwanegol syddar gael i Lywodraeth Cymru fel canlyniad irewi’r dreth gyngor yn Lloegr. Rydym hefydwedi galw am £122.5m o bwrs cyfalaf newyddLlywodraeth Cymru i gymryd lle’r cyllid agollwyd drwy Grant Tai Cymdeithasol.

Bydd CHC yn derbyn y canfyddiadau llawnar 23 Rhagfyr a bydd y gweithgor mewnolynghyd â’r Cyngor Cenedlaethol a gweithgorauo bob rhan o’r sector yn drafftio cynigion idrin y materion a godwyd ac i symud y sgwrsyn ei blaen.

Bydd 2012 y flwyddyn fwyaf heriol eto, gydathoriadau pellach i’r grant tai cymdeithasola risg o ddirwasgiad dwbl. Bydd y sgwrsgenedlaethol a’r newidiadau dilynol aweithredir fel canlyniad i’ch adborth yn eingalluogi i sicrhau y caiff yr heriau hyn eu troiyn gyfleoedd ac y bydd y cyfleoedd hyn ynarwain at lai o bobl ar restri aros amgartrefi, llai o bobl mewn tlodi tanwydd, llaio bobl yn benthyca gan fenthycwyr llog isela mwy o gartrefi fforddiadwy mewncymunedau cynaliadwy y mae pobl eisiaubyw ynddynt.

Nick BennettPrif Weithredydd

Hoffai CartrefiCymunedol Cymru (CHC)ddymuno Nadoligllawen a blwyddynnewydd llewyrchus i hollddarllenwyr Cartref. Yn rhifyn diwethaf Cartref fe wnaethom

amlinellu cynlluniau i gael SgwrsGenedlaethol gyda’r sector i holi osoeddem yn addas ar gyfer y dyfodol,canfod beth oedd yn poeni mwyaf areich sefydliad, pa gefnogaeth gan CHC yrydych yn ei werthfwrogi fwyaf, a gweldar beth y dylem ganolbwyntio yn ydyfodol a beth y dylem ei adael ar ôl.

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‘Mae’r sector tai cymdeithasol yng Nghymru yn tyfu. Maedros 70 sefydliad dan ymbarél Cartrefi Cymunedol Cymru,gyda dros 30 ohonynt yn ymwneud â datblygu tai newydd.Ers yr astudiaeth ddiwethaf, mae tri sefydliad trosglwyddostoc newydd (Tai Ceredigion, Cartrefi Cymunedol Tai Calona Chartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd), sydd rhyngddynt ynberchen ac yn rheoli 15,115 o gartrefi yng Ngheredigion,Blaenau Gwent a Gwynedd, wedi ymuno â CHC.

Dengys canfyddiadau’r flwyddyn yn glir fod cymdeithasautai yn cael mwy o effaith ar economi Cymru nag erioed o’rblaen. Mae’r ystadegau’n dangos lefelau uchel ofuddsoddiad a bod y sector yn ymateb i’r her – adeiladumwy o gartrefi, creu mwy o swyddi ac adfywiocymunedau lleol ar hyd a lled Cymru.

Y llynedd, adeiladodd cymdeithasau tai 2,033 o gartrefifforddiadwy newydd ar draws Cymru. Roedd nifer ycartrefi newydd a adeiladwyd 183 yn llai nag yn 2009/10 a119 yn llai nag yn 2008/09. Gwelodd y ddwy flwyddyn hyngynnydd bychan yn nifer y cartrefi newydd a adeiladwydoherwydd cyllid ychwanegol o Gronfa Buddsoddi CyfalafStrategol Llywodraeth Cymru. O gymharu gyda’r 1,533 ogartrefi newydd a adeiladwyd yn 2007/08, mae adeiladu2,033 o gartrefi newydd ychwanegol yn yr hinsawddeconomaidd bresennol a rhagori ar darged Cymru’n Ungan 23% yn gryn gamp.

Yn ogystal ag adeiladu cartrefi, mae neges WERU yn gliriawn. Mae cymdeithasau tai yn cyflenwi llawer mwy nadim ond brics a morter; maent yn buddsoddi mewncymunedau ac yn gwella ansawdd bywydau’r unigolionsy’n byw yn y cymunedau hynny.

Mae rhai o’r ystadegau allweddol o astudiaeth eleni’namcangyfrif bod:

• Effaith economaidd cymdeithasau tai Cymru areconomi Cymru yn £1,541m.

• Gwariant crynswth cymdeithasau tai Cymru yn £802m,gyda bron 80% o hwnnw wedi’i gadw yng Nghymru.

• Gwariant ar adfywio (heb gynnwys costau staff) yn£425.4m.

• Gwariant o £235.8m ar gynnal a chadw, atgyweirio acuwchraddio cartrefi.

• Gwariant o £162m ar adeiladu ar dir llwyd.

Ers cynnal yr astudiaeth wreiddiol yn 2007/08, bucynnydd amlwg yn effaith y sector ar gyflogaeth. Yn2007/08, darparai’r sector 3,300 o swyddi llawn‐amser arhan‐amser. Roedd hyn wedi cynyddu i 6,300 o swyddillawn a rhan‐amser erbyn 2010/11. Amcangyfrifir fod yreffaith anuniongyrchol tua 11,600 – felly am bob unperson a gyflogir mewn cymdeithas tai, caiff dwy swyddarall eu cefnogi mewn rhan arall o’r economi, sy’ngyfwerth â 17,900 o swyddi ar draws Cymru. Yn ogystal âhyn, mae CHC yn cynnal ystod eang o weithgareddau’ncynnwys cynlluniau hyfforddiant, mentoriaeth aphrentisiaeth i gefnogi unigolion i ddychwelyd i’r gwaith.

Mae hwn yn gyfnod anodd i’r sector tai yn cynnwys torriGrant Tai Cymdeithasol a chyllid Cefnogi Pobl ac ad‐drefnu budd‐daliadau. Fodd bynnag, er gwaethaf yrheriau hyn, dengys canfyddiadau adroddiad WERU2010/11 fod y sector yn parhau i edrych ar ddulliaublaengar o gyllid i gynyddu cyflenwad a sicrhau fod ganbobl Cymru fynediad i dai sicr a ffordfdiadwy mewncymunedau cynaliadwy.

Wrth siarad ar ganfyddiadau’r ymchwil, dywedodd DrCalvin Jones o WERU: “Mae’n amlwg fod unrhyw grŵp osefydliadau syn gwario £800m y flwyddyn yng Nghymru obwysigrwydd economaidd sylfaenol – yn arbennig pan fo’rgwariant hwnnw yn cynyddu wrth i wariant preifat achyhoeddus arall ostwng. Fodd bynnag, mae pwynt mwysylfaenol yma. Gyda’u ffocws ar adfywio, cynhwysiantcymdeithasol ac ymateb i dlodi tanwydd, mae’n debygmai cymdeithasau tai sydd â’r rhan bwysicaf wrth sicrhaufod buddsoddiadau a wneir yn awr yn ein symud atddyfodol mwy cynaliadwy, carbon isel a sicr o ran ynni.Pan ychwanegir eu rôl bosibl wrth sicrhau sgiliau gwyrdda throsoli ffynonellau newydd o fuddsoddiad ar gyfercymunedau, daw eu rôl ganolog a hollbwysig yngNghymru yn glir.”’

Mae manylion pellach am astudiaeth WERU a chopi llawn o’r adroddiad ar gael yn: www.chcymru.org.uk.

Kevin HowellSwyddog Polisi a Gwybodaeth

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Mesur yr Effaith 2010/11 Bob blwyddyn mae CHC yn comisiynu’r Uned Ymchwil i Economi Cymru (WERU) ymMhrifysgol Caerdydd i gyhoeddi adroddiad yn mesur effaith economaidd ehangach sectortai Cymru. Dyma bedwaredd blwyddyn yr adroddiad, sy’n bwrw golwg yn ôl ar yr hyn agyflawnodd y sector yn 2010/11. Mae Kevin Howell o CHC yn edrych ar y canfyddiadau:

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Bywyd ar ôl 43cDaw’r ymgynghoriad gan Lywodraeth y DU sy’n cynnig gostwng tariffaucyflenwi trydan ar gyfer cynlluniau hyd at 4kW i 21.0c/kWh, i lawr o’r43.3c/kWh presennol, i ben yn nes ymlaen y mis hwn. Ond gyda’rgyfradd newydd yn dod i rym bron ddwy wythnos cyn i’r ymgynghoriadgau, beth fydd yn ei olygu i ddarparwyr tai cymdeithasol a phobl Cymru.Mae Steve Harris, Ymgynghorydd Ynni, yn esbonio:

‘Gyda phris PV yn fyd‐eang wedi gostwng dros yr ychydigflynyddoedd diwethaf, gwyddem y byddai’r cyfnod ogyfraddau adennill o 12% yn dod i ben a bod tariffcyflenwi o tua 20c ar y gweill.

Ond y ffordd y cafodd ei wneud! Wel, os oeddech eisiaulladd diwydiant mawr ond sy’n dal i fod yn ei ddyddiaucynnar, cyhoeddi newid seismig yn ei sail ariannol gyda chwewythnos o rybudd yn bendant oedd y ffordd i wneud hynny.

Ond mae hyn ynddo’i hyn yn rhoi ffydd i mi – nid lladd ydiwydiant oedd y diben gan mai anaml iawn y maellywodraethau’n gweithredu mewn modd mor gydlynol.

Felly a weithredir y dyddiad newydd o 12 Rhagfyr? Bydd yn rhaid i ni aros a gweld. Mae heriau cyfreithiolnewydd bob dydd, ond mae un peth yn sicr – mae 21c(neu 18c ar gyfer toeau lluosog) ar ei ffordd.

Felly beth fydd y gwahaniaeth?Wel am un peth, daw’r arian y gall deiliad tŷ ei wneud drwyosgoi defnyddio trydan o’r brif bibell pan fydd yr haul yntywynnu’n ffactor pwysicach mewn unrhyw hafaliadariannol. Bydd y tua £150 o drydan y byddir yn osgoi eifewnforio yn dechrau edrych yn sylweddol pan ostyngirincwm cyfartalog tariff cyflenwi o £100 i £500. A dim onddilyn y dybiaeth mai dim ond hanner eich cynhaeaf ydefnyddiwch mae £150. Felly pe defnyddiech y cyfan,medrai hynny arbed £300!

Felly a yw hyn yn bosibl? Wel, i awgrymu ychydig o bethau y bûm yn eu canfod ynddiweddar ar gyfer astudiaeth Ymddiriedolaeth ArbedYnni yn edrych ar ddarlleniadau mesurydd allforio, ydi –oherwydd mae rhai pobl yn gwneud hynny!

Felly pwy yw’r bobl yma a sut fedrem ni i gyd ddod yndebyg iddynt? Wel dyna yw’r cwestiwn, ac mae’n un y gobeithiaf y medrafgael yr ateb iddo wrth i’r astudiaeth barhau. Mae un peth ynsicr fodd bynnag, os na wyddom beth ydym yn ei gynhaeafuac i’r gwrthwyneb, pryd ydym yn defnyddio pŵer o’r grid,fydd gennym ni ddim syniad mewn gwirionedd beth ydynni’n ei wneud. Felly, yn fy marn i, bydd mesuryddion,monitorau a dangosfwrdd ynni cartref yn allweddol.

Fel tystiolaeth o hyn, dangosodd prosiect SHIMMER(‘Smart Homes Integrating Metering Money and EnergyResearch’), gan Gymdeithas Ailadeiladu Llundain a’rYmddiriedolaeth Arbed Ynni, mewn cynllun peilot ynddiweddar lle rhoddwyd pŵer o arae PV a dangosfwryddar‐lein o sut y defnyddient eu hynni i 16 o aelwydyddoedd wedi eu hallgau’n cymdeithasol ac ariannol ysicrhawyd isafswm arbediad blynyddol o £300 acuchafswm o £3500 sylweddol iawn.

Felly, os yw’r pwyslais yn symud i ddefnyddio cynhaeaf PVeich hunan, gallai peth da ddod allan o ddarlun llwm heddiw.Ac os oes diwydiant PV yn dal i fod y flwyddyn nesaf, gallai’rbudd ar gyfer pob teulu PV, nid dim ond y rhai sy’n cynaeafu’rTariff Cyflenwi Trydan eu hunain, fod yn wych.’

Steven HarrisYmgynghoryddsteven@steven‐harris.co.uk

“Mae hyn yn teimlo’n fwy fel penderfyniad jargonariannol a wnaed yn ddwfn mewn taenlen, yngnghrombil un o adrannau’r Llywodraeth, ymhell bello’r byd go iawn. ”

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Gallai rhywun ofyn cwestiynau am foeseg elusen sy’nannog y rhai y tybir i fod y mwyaf agored i dlodi tanwyddyn ein cymunedau, i roi’r gorau i daliad a allai fod ygwahaniaeth rhwng bywyd a marwolaeth i rai... ond panymddangosodd Robert Powell, llysgennad Fuel Our Youthar y rhaglen brecwast ar deledu’r BBC yn ddiweddar ihyrwyddo ei nodau, ymateb un o’r gwylwyr oedd ei fodwedi gweithio a thalu treth ar hyd ei oes ac yn awr yndefnyddio ei Daliad Danwydd Gaeaf i gynhesu ei bwll nofio.

Mae llawer o elusennau gyda modelau busnes tebyg wedieu sefydlu, er enghraifft, Apêl Goroesi’r Gaeaf sy’n gofyn ibobl hŷn ‘ailgylchu’ eu taliad drwy ei gyfrannu i’r rhai’ncynnwys teuluoedd tlawd y mae tlodi tanwydd yneffeithio o ddifrif arnynt. Y gaeaf diwethaf, canfuadroddiad ‘Ymdopi gyda’r Oerfel’ gan Sefydliad Bevan fodteuluoedd yng Nghymru yn gwario llai ar fwyd er mwyntalu am filiau tanwydd, a bod hynny yn golygu bodmiloedd o blant yng Nghymru mewn risg o afiechyd a hydyn oed yn effeithio ar eu gallu i ganolbwyntio yn yr ysgol.

Mae taliadau Tywydd Oer a Thywydd Gaeaf i gael euhintegreiddio i’r Credyd Cynhwysfawr dan gynigion yMesur Diwygio Lles a diddymu’r Gronfa Gymdeithasol.Nid yw’n sicr os bydd y budd‐daliadau yn parhau i fod argael i bawb neu os bydd prawf modd arnynt. Mae’n glirserch hynny y gall llawer o bobl hŷn ymdopi â’u biliautanwydd heb dderbyn y taliad atodol blynyddol.

Felly beth fedrir ei wneud ar gyfer y rhai sydd mewn tloditanwydd? Yn ogystal â chyfrannu at elusennau fel apêlGoroesi’r Gaeaf, medrid edrych ar yr opsiynau dilynol:

• Mae gan lawer o bobl ôl‐ddyledion o gartrefi a/neuaeafau blaenorol. Gallai cwsmeriaid Nwy Prydain acEDF wneud cais am i’r rhain gael eu talu drwy GronfaYmddiriedolaeth.Nwy Prydain: www.britishgasenergytrust.org.uk EDF: http://www.edfenergytrust.org.uk/

• Mae’r rhan fwyaf o gyflenwyr ynni yn awr yn cynnigcynllun Disgownt Cartref Cynnes. Bydd hyn yn disodlitariffau cymdeithasol gydag ad‐daliad blynyddol i gyfriftrydan. Bydd ad‐daliad eleni yn £120. Gall gwahanolgyflenwyr ynni fod â gwahanol feini prawf ar gyfer yrad‐daliad ond bydd llawer o bobl ar incwm isel yncymhwyso.

• Cafodd newid cyflenwyr ei weld yn aml fel ffordd oostwng costau ynni. Mae’n awr yn amser da i newidgan fod yr holl brif gyflenwyr wedi cynyddu eu prisiaufelly medrir gwneud cymhariaeth deg. Cafodd llawer obobl eu twyllo gan werthwyr ynni o ddrws i ddrws acmae Nwy Prydain a Scottish and Southern Energy ynarwain y ffordd wrth atal y math yma o waith.

Gall tlodi tanwydd effeithio ar bob cartref, beth bynnag euhoedran, felly dylai’r Taliad Tanwydd Gaeaf fod yn daliadprawf modd sydd ar gael i unrhyw aelwyd incwm isel ermwyn targedu’n well y rhai sy’n wirioneddol yn cael eugorfodi i wneud penderfyniad rhwng bwyd a gwres.

Clare WilliamsSwyddog Cynhwysiant Ariannol

I gael mwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Clare neu Paul ynClare‐williams@chcymru.org.ukneuPaul‐langley@chcymru.org.uk

Taliad Tanwydd y Gaeaf – pam ar gyferpobl hŷn yn unig?Ym mis Tachwedd 2011, sefydlwyd elusen newydd ‘FuelOur Youth’ i roi ‘help o un genhedlaeth i un arall’. Mae’relusen yn gwahodd pobl sy’n derbyn Taliad TanwyddGaeaf, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn daliad i bawb heb brawfmodd arno, i gyfrannu unrhyw swm i’r gronfa syddwedyn yn dosbarthu’r arian i gyfres o elusennau poblifanc, yn cynnwys Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog.

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Teithiau i Waith

Bydd y prosiect yn datblygu Fframwaith Ymgysylltu TaiCymdeithasol strategol ar gyfer y sector gan anelu iddarparu cefnogaeth pen i ben ar gyfer cyfranogwyreconomaidd anweithgar a di‐waith sydd bellaf o’r farchnadlafur er mwyn iddynt symud ymlaen i gyflogaeth gynaliadwy.

Prif fuddiolwyr y prosiect fydd tenantiaid economaiddanweithgar darparwyr tai sy’n ymwneud â’r rhaglen. Felcanlyniad i’r prosiect, byddant yn derbyn gwasanaethcefnogi llyfn o ddynodi eu bylchau sgiliau hyd at brofiadgwaith a chefnogaeth ar ôl cyflogaeth.

Bydd CHC yn rheoli’r prosiect yn ganolog ac yn cydlynugyda WEFO ar faterion cydymffurfiaeth. Bydd cyflenwi

uniongyrchol y prosiect yn mynd i dendr cystadleuol abydd sefydliadau llwyddiannus yn ei gyflenwi mewnproses dri cham.

Cam 1: Cefnogaeth – Bydd y cam yma’n cynnig cefnogaeth dysgua sgiliau ddwys i wella llythrennedd, rhifedd, sgiliausylfaenol, hunan‐dyb a hyder. Bydd y cam hefyd yn cynnigcefnogaeth drylwyr yn seiliedig ar gynnydd achyflogadwyedd, gwella sgiliau unigolyn yn nhermauedrych am waith, gwneud cais am swydd a dechraugweithio (e.e. ysgrifennu CV, chwilio am swydd, paratoiam gyfweliad ac ati).

Bu Cartrefi Cymunedol Cymru’ngweithio gyda phartneriaid yn y sectorar brosiect Ewropeaidd o’r enw Teithiaui Waith. Os bydd yn llwyddiannus,daw’r prosiect â £2.5m o gyllid oSwyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru(WEFO) a bydd angen codi £625,000arall fel arian cyfatebol.

“Prif fuddiolwyr yprosiect fydd tenantiaideconomaidd anweithgardarparwyr tai sy’nymwneud â’r rhaglen. ”

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Cam 2:Profiad Gwaith – Bydd y cam yn rhoi cynlluniau peilotlleoliad gwaith yn y sector tai.

Cam 3:Cefnogaeth ar ôl cael swydd – Bydd y buddiolwyr hynnysy’n dychwelyd i’r gwaith yn cael 12 mis o gefnogaeth arôl cael swydd.

Drwy’r rhaglen uchod a sefydlu e‐borth o ganllawiauarfer da, bydd y sector tai cymdeithasol ehangach yngNghymru hefyd yn manteisio o’r rhaglen. Medrantddatblygu eu gallu i ddarparu’r math hwn o gefnogaethrhaglen i’w tenantiaid, gan felly sicrhau etifeddiaethhirdymor y prosiect.

Ar ba gam mae’r prosiect?Rydym yn cwblhau’r cynllun busnes a byddwn ynymgynghori gyda’r sector a phartneriaid eraill dros ymisoedd nesaf. Gobeithiwn y bydd cyllid yn ei le erbyncanol 2012.

Sut all y sector gymryd rhan?Os ydym yn llwyddiannus yn ein cais am gyllid, bydd yprosiect yn seiliedig o fewn ardaloedd y rhaglenCydgyfeirio yng Nghymru. Mae’r ardal Cydgyfeirio yncynnwys 15 awdurdod lleol sef Ynys Môn, Conwy, SirDdinbych, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Sir Benfro, SirGaerfyrddin, Abertawe, Castell‐nedd Port Talbot, Pen‐y‐bont ar Ogwr, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tudful,Blaenau Gwent, Caerffili a Thorfaen.

Rhagwelir y caiff y prosiect ei rannu’n ‘lotiau’ gyda phoblot yn gweithio gyda rhwng 90 – 180 tenant dros gyfnod odair blynedd. Bydd hyn yn cyfrif am rhwng 5 a 10 lot ardraws Cymru a byddwn yn annog cydweithio lle’n bosibl.

Mae’n debyg y caiff cyflenwi’r prosiect ei ddyfarnu drwysystem grant cystadleuol a byddai angen i sefydliadaugyflwyno cynnig am grant. Bydd angen i’r sefydliadaubuddugol gyflawni nifer o allbynnau a chanlyniadau'ncyfeirio at ardaloedd yn cynnwys:

• Cymwysterau• Canlyniadau cadarnhaol• Nifer yn mynd i gyflogaeth• Nifer yn mynd i ddysgu pellach

Edrychwn ymlaen at drafod y prosiect hwn yn fanylachgyda’n haelodau yn y dyfodol agos.

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SAFBWYNT AELOD

Yn ôl i’r 80auPan symudais yn ôl i Gymru i CartrefiCymoedd Merthyr o Gernyw, roedd gangydweithwyr hen jôc ‘does dim angenedrych ar Ashes to Ashes i wybod sut bethoedd y 1980au; y cyfan sy’n rhaid i chiwneud yw mynd i Gymru.’Ac ar ôl ychydig dros chwe mis yn ôl yng Nghymru, rwy’ncredu fod polisi tai yn Lloegr a Chymru yn awr yn edrychyn ôl i’r 80au. Mewn gwirionedd, mae’r bwlch rhwng ygwledydd yn tyfu, neu i ddefnyddio ymadrodd yr 80au,mae gennym yn awr ddŵr glas clir rhwng polisi tai ynLloegr a Chymru.

Roedd dau ddigwyddiad diweddar yn dangos y gwahaniadhwn – gwerthu tai cyngor a’r dymuniad i sefydlu mentraucydweithredol tai. Cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog Tai yn Lloegrgylch newydd o Hawl i Brynu gyda mwy o ddisgownt.Mewn cyfarfod tai diweddar yn Llundain, roeddcydweithwyr o Gymru a Lloegr yn eistedd yn gegrwthwrth i PPS y Gweinidog Tai, Grant Shapps, ddweudwrthym ei fod yn gwybod wrth gerdded o amgylch stadaucyngor pa gartrefi oedd â pherchen‐breswylwyr gan eubod yn edrych yn llawer gwell na’r cartrefi yr oedd ycyngor yn berchen arnynt. Roedd y PPS yn hanner cywirgan ei bod yn bosibl ar y rhan fwyaf o stadau y gweithiaisarnynt i ddweud y gwahaniaeth rhwng rhai mewnperchnogaeth gyhoeddus a’r rhai mewn perchnogaethbreifat. Y rhai preifat yw’r rhai heb insiwleiddiad walallanol, hwy yw’r rhai sydd angen ffenestri newydd, ondyn fwyaf tebygol hwy yw’r rhai gyda byrddau ar werth ytu allan. Mewn gwirionedd roedd y Comisiwn Archwilioyn gofyn mor ddiweddar â 2007 i awdurdodau sut ybwriadent godi safonau’r cartrefi oedd yn eiddo i’rpreswylwyr ar gymdogaethau tai cyngor i fyny i safon taicyngor. Wrth i’r ddadl ar hunanariannu gynhesu, cyfrifoddyr LGA fod gwerth yr incwm a dderbyniodd y Llywodraethmewn derbyniadau Hawl i Brynu yn fwy na’r incwm obreifateiddio Nwy Prydain a British Telecom.

Yng nghynhadledd TPAS Cymru fis diwethaf, gwelaiswahaniad llwyr tai yn Lloegr a thai yng Nghymru gyda’rGweinidog Tai Huw Lewis yn siarad am gartrefi safonuchel ar renti fforddiadwy gyda thenantiaid â rhan goiawn yn eu rheoli. Dywedodd gyda pheth arddeliad fod taicyngor yn rhan o dreftadaeth ddiwylliannol Cymru, a bodhyn yn dreftadaeth oedd yn gwerthfawrogi tai cyngor.Parhaodd fy nadeni 80au wrth i Huw Lewis sôn am

ddychweliad mentrau cydweithredol tai. Yn ystod y1980au bûm yn Brif Weithredydd Gwasanaethau TaiCydweithredol Birmingham (menter gydweithredol taieilaidd). Roedd mentrau cydweithredol tai wedi llwyddo iadfywio rhannau o ganol Birmingham ac roeddent yn rymcynyddol ac angerddol dros welliant yn Walsall gydasefydliadau rheolaeth tenantiaid, gyda hunanadeiladu athai adeiladu newydd yn datblygu. Bûm hyd yn oed yngweithio ar lyfryn maniffesto tai ar gyfer Llafur ar gyferetholiad 1992 yn nodi sut y dylai mentrau cydweithredolfod yn gyfrwng i ddod â balchder yn ôl i dai cymdeithasol.

Y noswaith honno ar ôl cynhadledd TPAS, parhaoddthema’r 80au gan fy mod allan yng Nghaerdydd a hithau’n‘Noson Beaujolais’ – oedd yna erioed fwy o noswaith80au Del Boy Trotter na noswaith Beaujolais? Fe aeth hydyn oed well pan ganodd pawb oedd yn y dafarn ‘ClubTropicana drinks are free’. Felly cyn i ni danio’r AudiQuattro, mae angen gwiriad realaeth. Cawsom ein tarogyda hyn yng nghynhadledd TPAS pan ofynnodd tenantiaido Cartrefi Cymoedd Merthyr os bydd rhenti yn cynyddugyda chwyddiant y flwyddyn nesaf. Ac yn sydyn roeddemyn ôl i’r oes yn dilyn y wasgfa ar gredyd lle mai dim ond argefn cynnydd sylweddol mewn rhent y medrir ariannuadeiladu newydd. Dyna’r union reswm pam y daethadeiladu newydd cydweithredol i ben yn y gorffennolwrth i denantiaid mentrau cydweithredol gyda’r hollwybodaeth a’r rheolaeth bleidleisio beidio adeiladu tainewydd drwy gynyddu eu rhent eu hunain. Wedi’r cyfan,pa berchennog‐breswylydd sy’n talu mwy o forgais iostwng morgais eu cymydog?

Mike OwenPrif Weithredydd, Cartrefi Cymoedd Merthyr

Beth yw eich barn am eitem Mike? Cymerwch ran yn ydrafodaeth drwy ymweld â’n fforwm drafod: www.chc‐cymru.org.uk/forum

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Mesur Tai Dywedodd Huw Lewis, Gweinidog Tai, y bydd yn amlinelluei gynlluniau ar gyfer Bil Tai cyntaf Cymru mewn papurgwyn yng ngwanwyn 2012. Bu eisoes awgrymiadau cryfgan y Gweinidog y bydd y Bil yn ceisio gwella rheoleiddio’rsector rhent preifat, cyflwyno gwasanaeth cyngor tai‘siop‐un‐stop’ a dod â rhai o’r 26,000 o gartrefi gwag syddyng Nghymru yn ôl i ddefnydd. Cyflwynwyd papur gan yGweinidog i’r Cabinet ar 6 Rhagfyr.

Cred Cartrefi Cymunedol Cymru fod yn rhaid i LywodraethCymru fanteisio ar y cyfle i gyflwyno deddfwriaethflaengar o fewn y Bil Tai i atal digartrefedd, gwella nifer acansawdd ein cartrefi a gwella rheoleiddio. Mae hyn ynhanfodol os yw’r sector i sicrhau benthyca preifatychwanegol yn y dyfodol. Mae angen anogaeth agweithredu i sicrhau y deuir â chartrefi gwag yn ôl i’wdefnyddio, a bydd cymhellion yn rhan bwysig o hyn (galldull moryn a ffon fod yn ateb).

Mae’n rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru hefyd sicrhau, ar ôlcyfnod pan fu cyflenwad cymdeithasau tai yn cynyddu,bod deddfwriaeth y dyfodol yn diogelu cyflenwad ac ar yr

un pryd yn hwyluso darpariaeth cyflenwad newydd. Mae90,000 o bobl yn dal i fod ar restri aros tai cymdeithasolyng Nghymru gyda’r galw am dai fforddiadwy yn llawermwy na’r cyflenwad. Gwyddom hefyd fod cyfraddperchnogaeth tai yn parhau i ostwng (oherwydd prisiauuchel tai, yr angen am ernesau mawr a meini prawfllymach ar fenthyca gan y banciau) fydd yn gwaethygu’rbroblem.

Er bod llawer o ddyfalu am yr hyn a gaiff ei gynnwys ynderfynol ym Mil Tai 2012, mae CHC yn glir y dylai newiddeddfwriaethol sicrhau fod deddfwriaeth sylfaenol ynmynd i’r afael â phryderon Cymru ac yn gwella’r cyfle argyfer deddfwriaeth eilaidd addas. Mae’n hollbwysig fodnewidiadau mewn deddfwriaeth yn sensitif i’r hinsawddbresennol ac yn galluogi gwasanaethau gwell sy’n diwalluanghenion a galw pobl ar draws Cymru.

Aaron HillCymhorthydd Polisi

£18m ychwanegol ar gyfer taiCroesawodd CHC y cyhoeddiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru fisdiwethaf eu bod yn buddsoddi £18m ychwanegol mewn taiyng Nghymru drwy eu pecyn ysgogiad economaidd. Roedd ycyhoeddiad yn dilyn galwadau gan CHC, CIH Cymru a ShelterCymru i fuddsoddi’r arian hwn mewn tai cymdeithasol, ilacio’r rhestr aros am dai cymdeithasol ac ysgogi economiCymru. Mae’r £18m mewn arian ychwanegol yn gyfwerth âbron 50% o’r cyfanswm o £38.9m a roddwyd i Gymru felswm canlyniadol penderfyniad Llywodraeth y DeyrnasUnedig i rewi’r dreth gyngor yn Lloegr. Bydd y cyhoeddiad yncynnwys buddsoddiad o £6m ym Mhrosiect Tai Melin Treláiyng Nghaerdydd dros y ddwy flynedd nesaf, £9.26m wrthddarparu 130 o gartrefi fforddiadwy ar draws Cymru, a £3marall ar ehangu cynllun effeithiolrwydd ynni cartref Arbed.

Drannoeth y cyhoeddiad, dywedodd George Osborne,Canghellor, yn ei ddatganiad Hydref y byddai £216mychwanegol ar gael i Gymru fel canlyniad i swm canlyniadolBarnett. Yn yr adolygiad cynhwysfawr ar wariant yngynharach yn y flwyddyn, torrodd Llywodraeth Cymru ygrant tai cymdeithasol gan bron 40% dros gyfnod o dairblynedd felly mae CHC wedi ysgrifennu at Lywodraeth Cymru

yn gofyn iddynt ailddyrannu £122.5 miliwn o’r cyllid cyfalafnewydd hwn i’r sector tai cymdeithasol i helpu rhai sydd ar yrhestri aros cynyddol, tra’n gweithredu fel ysgogiad ieconomi Cymru drwy gefnogi swyddi a phrentisiaethau aradeg o ddiweithdra uchel iawn ar draws Cymru.

Medrai’r buddsoddiad £122.5m drosoli cyfanswm o £250mo fuddsoddiad preifat dros dair blynedd gan sicrhau tua1,877 o gartrefi fforddiadwy newydd, o leiaf 2,500 o swyddia hyd at 250 cyfle prentisiaeth. Gall y sector gyflawni acmae’r canfyddiadau o astudiaeth WERO a amlinellir ardudalen 3 yn amlygu’r effaith economaidd mwy sydd gan ysector ar economi Cymru. Er ei bod yn wych fod taicymdeithasol wedi manteisio o gyhoeddiadau diweddar yLlywodraeth, mae swm canlyniadol datganiad yr Hydref ynrhoi’r prawf eithaf o le mae tai arni fel blaenoriaeth ar gyfertwf a chyfiawnder... Cadwch eich llygad ar agor!

Nick BennettPrif Weithredydd

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NEWYDDION YN GRYNO

Newyddion o EwropTeithiodd Nick Bennett, Prif Weithredydd Grŵp CHC, a SteveEvans, Pennaeth Cyllid y Grŵp, i Frwsel ar 29 Tachwedd argyfer seminar CECODHAS ar Ariannu Tai Cymdeithasol aChynigion ar gyfer Cronfeydd Strwythurol 2014‐2020.

Cafodd y dirywiad economaidd byd‐eang effaith ddifrifolar dai cymdeithasol. Cafodd cyllidebau’r Llywodraeth argyfer tai eu torri ac mae benthyciadau ffafriol gan fancioyn anos eu sicrhau, gan gynyddu risg ariannol i’r sector tai.Gydag aelodau CECODHAS yn dibynnu ar ystod cyfyngedigo opsiynau i ariannu gweithgareddau, mae angencynyddol am ddatrysiadau ffres i roi mynediad i gyllid.

Defnyddiodd y seminar arfer presennol mewn rhai aelodwladwriaethau, asesu cynlluniau diweddar achynaliadwyedd hirdymor, ac ymchwilio cyfryngau cyllidblaengar megis Bond Tai Cymdeithasol Ewrop.Ystyriodd y drafodaeth ar gronfeydd strwythurol gydaOllbrycht ASE gynigion ar gyfer 2013‐2010, gan adolygu’rhyn a gyflawnwyd hyd yma a pha heriau sydd i ddod.

Aelodau newydd yCyngor Cenedlaethol Cyhoeddwyd enwau aelodau newydd Cyngor CenedlaetholCHC yn ein CCB ym mis Tachwedd. Maent yn cynnwysAndrew Lycett, Cartrefi RhCT; Stephen Cripps a Steve Jones,Tai Ceredigion; Christine Rutson, United Welsh; ShayneHembrow, CT Wales & West a Mark Sheridan, Tai Taf.

Diolch i’r aelodau hynny a wasanaethodd ar y Cyngor ac aymddeolodd yn ddiweddar yn cynnwys Cynog Dafis, CTCantref; Antonia Forte, Grŵp Tai Cymunedol Cynon Taf;Lesley Penn, Grŵp Gwalia a Katrina Michael, Tai Ceredigion.

Mae mwy o wybodaeth ar aelodau Cyngor CenedlaetholCHC ar gael yn chcymru.org.uk.

Arbed 2Adeg mynd i’r wasg, ni chyhoeddwyd pwy fydd yn rheoli’rcynllun. Bu llawer o LCC yn gweithio’n agos gydagawdurdodau lleol i gyflwyno cynigion ar gyfer blwyddyngyntaf y rhaglen erbyn 16 Tachwedd. Cyflwynodd pedwarawdurdod lleol un cynnig, a’r lleill ddau gynnig. Caiff yprosiectau yn awr eu hasesu gan Lywodraeth Cymru fyddwedyn yn cyflwyno’r prosiectau llwyddiannus i reolydd ycynllun i gael eu cynllunio a’u gweithredu yn dechrau ymMawrth 2012.

Bond CymruMae pwysau parhaus ar yr economi,gostyngiad mewn Grant TaiCymdeithasol a chynnydd yn y galw amddatblygu tai cymdeithasol ychwanegol.Mae'r ffactorau hyn wedi arwain LCCCymru i ailedrych ar eu trefniadau ariannu er mwyn cynnalcyflenwad yn ystod y cyfnod economaidd llwm hwn.

Mae CHC wedi comisiynu astudiaeth i archwilio ffyrddblaengar o gynyddu’r cyllid sydd ar gael i LCC. Un o’rcanlyniadau hyn oedd datblygiad posibl Bond Cymru, yncynnwys LCC Cymru yn unig. Daeth bondiau yn gynyddolgystadleuol o ran pris o gymharu gyda benthyciadaubanc, ac mae archwaeth gwirioneddol gan farchnadoeddcyfalaf i fuddsoddi mewn tai cystadleuol fel dull o sicrhauadenillion ariannol diogel.

Mae trafodaethau’n mynd rhagddynt yn dda a sicrhawyddarparydd sy’n awyddus i ddatblygu mater bondiau.Cysylltwyd â’r gymuned LCC a bu diddordeb gwirioneddolgan y sector. Caiff rhwystrau disgwyliedig o wahanolgyfleusterau benthyca, amserlenni a modelau cyllid ofewn pob LCC eu hystyried gydag adolygiad o’r trefniadaupresennol. Mae’r angen i ennill mas critigol o ddiddordebyn hollbwysig wrth ennill telerau mwy hyblyg arddiogelwch a chyfnod o gymharu gyda’r amodau safonola gynigir. Byddai dyroddiad o £75m yn bodloni gofynionac yn rhoi cyfrwng ar gyfer datblygu tai newydd.

Daw’r cyfle yn eglur yn gynnar yn 2012 ac mae CHC yngweithio’n agos gyda’r sector i symud ymlaen cyn gyntedag sy’n bosibl. Os oes gan eich sefydliad ddiddordeb yn ycynllun, cysylltwch â Steve Evans yn CHC.

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Mae’n darparu cymorth cysylltiedig â thai i helpu poblfregus i fyw mor annibynnol ag sydd modd. Mae’r rhaglenyn darparu £138 miliwn o gyllid refeniw ar gyfer tua50,000 o bobl fregus ar hyd a lled Cymru. Cynhaliwydadolygiad trwyadl ac eang dan arweiniad yr Athro SyrMansel Aylward CB yn 2010. Bydd yr argymhellion ynarwain at newidiadau sylweddol wrth gyflenwigwasanaethau Cefnogi Pobl a chawsant eu datblygu drwygynhyrchu ar y cyd gyda’r holl bartneriaid fel sy’n dilyn:

• Uno dau grant presennol, SPG & SPRG, yn un ffrwdcyllid a elwir yn Grant Rhaglen Cefnogi Pobl (SPPG).

• Trosglwyddo grant SPPG i awdurdodau lleol, y tu allani’r Grant Cefnogaeth Refeniw ac wedi ei neilltuo argyfer gwasanaethau SPPG yn unig, yn Ebrill 2012.

• Sefydlu Bwrdd Ymgynghori Cenedlaethol Cefnogi Pobldan gadeiryddiaeth y Dirprwy Weinidog ar gyfercyngor annibynnol.

• Creu Pwyllgorau Cydweithio Rhanbarthol amlsector isicrhau dull cydweithio i gynllunio gwasanaethgweinyddu, comisiynu, monitro a gwerthuso.

• Diwedd tariffau SPRG a symud i gomisiynu seiliedig arganlyniadau.

• Fformiwla ail‐ddosbarthu 2 gam arfaethedig, ynseiliedig ar angen lleoi, i’w gyflwyno ar gyfer lefelauSPG awdurdodau lleol, gyda fformiwla ddiwygiedig amwy cywir i’w cyflwyno mewn camau ac mewn moddwedi’i dapro ar ôl hynny.

• Datblygu proses achredu genedlaethol ar gyfer yr hollddarparwyr.

• Cyflenwi cefnogaeth mewn tai gwarchod i’r rhai syddei angen yn unig, gan roi ystyriaeth i bobl hŷn yn ygymuned ehangach beth bynnag yw eu daliadaeth.

Cyhoeddwyd telerau ac amodau’r grant a’r canllawiaucysylltiedig ar gyfer ymgynghoriad ar 11 Tachwedd 2011,a ddaw i ben ar 23 Rhagfyr 2011. Bu aelodau a staff CHCyn cymryd rhan helaeth wrth weithio ar a drafftio’r ddogfen.

Mae’r penodau’n cynnwys:• Strwythur cyflenwi newydd ar gyfer y rhaglen Cefnogi

Pobl yng Nghymru, yn cynnwys manylion penodol amFwrdd Ymgynghori Cenedlaethol Cefnogi Pobl a’rPwyllgorau Cydweithio Rhanbarthol.

• Cymhwyster, yn cynnwys newidiadau sylweddol iariannu cymorth cysylltiedig â thai ar gyfer pobl hŷn.

• Comisiynu a chaffael.• Canllawiau cost derbyniol Cefnogi Pobl.• Trefniadau achredu, gwerthuso a monitro ar gyfer y

rhaglen Cefnogi Pobl.• Canlyniadau a monitro.• Fformiwlâu dosbarthu.• Codi pris tecach ar gyfer rhai sy’n derbyn

gwasanaethau Cefnogi Pobl.• Rheoli ariannol yn cynnwys amserlen.

Mae aelodau CHC yn cymryd rhan mewn gweithgor pontio ioruchwylio gweithredu’r newidiadau. Nid yw’r manylionpontio yn dynodi’r rhai sydd ar eu hennill ac ar eu colled amaint y newidiadau ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol a rhanbarthauunigol wedi eu cytuno gan y Gweinidog hyd yma. CynhalioddCHC un digwyddiad ymgynghori gydag aelodau’r fforwmTai â Chymorth a chynhaliwyd digwyddiad rhanbarthol argyfer Gwent.

• Mae cyfarfod o Fforwm Cefnogi Pobl Cymru GogleddCymru wedi’i drefnu yn Llandudno ar 14 Rhagfyr 2010.I fynychu, cysylltwch â Debbie LambeDebbie.Lambe@conwy.gov.uk.

• Mae TPAS Cymru yn cynnal proses ymgynghori gydadefnyddwyr gwasanaeth. I gymryd rhan, cysylltwch âNina Langrish ar Nina.Langrish@tpascymru.org.uk.

Jane PaglerCynghorydd Cefnogi Pobl

Mae gwybodaeth bellach ar gael drwy gysylltu â JanePagler: janepagler@aol.com

Rhaglen Cefnogi Pobl:Cynnydd hyd yma…Dechreuodd y rhaglen Cefnogi Pobl ar 1 Ebrill 2003, ganddod ynghyd â saith ffrwd gysylltiedig â thai o bob rhano lywodraeth ganolog.

CHWEFROR 2012

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Cynadleddau:

I gael mwy o wybodaeth am ein cyrsiau hyfforddiant, cysylltwch âjenny‐horton@chcymru.org.uk os gwelwch yn dda.

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Cyrsiau hyfforddiant:

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12/13 Cynhadledd Adnoddau

Gwesty MetropoleLLANDRINDOD

I gael mwy o wybodaeth am ein cynadleddau, cysylltwch â rhian‐robinson@chcymru.org.uk os gwelwch yn dda.

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LLANDRINDOD

Trafodaethau ar‐lein:14 Rhagfyr, 12‐1pm, Hugh JamesCyfreithwyrBydd Neil Morgan, Pennaeth Tîm TaiCymdeithasol Hugh James a JamieSaunders, Pennaeth Uned YmddygiadGwrthgymdeithasol Hugh James, ynhwyluso ein trafodaeth ar‐lein nesaf ar14 Rhagfyr rhwng 12 a 1pm. Mae Neil a Jamie ynarbenigwyr mewn cyfraith tai, a byddant yn ateb eichcwestiynau ar fwy neu lai unrhyw beth yn gysylltiedig â thai!Gosodwyd llinyn ar y fforwm eisoes, felly gadewch eichcwestiynau ymlaen llaw os na allwch gymryd rhan ar y 14eg.

Categori aelodaeth menter gymdeithasolMae CHC yn cynnal categori newydd o aelodaeth i fentraucymdeithasol, sefydliadau sector cyhoeddus a sefydliadaudim‐er‐elw. Cleanstream Carpets yw’r cwmni cyntaf iymaelodi yn y categori newydd. Mae’r buddion yn cynnwysdisgownt ar leoedd yn ein digwyddiadau, mynediad iddetholiad o gyhoeddiadau CHC, rhestriad ar wefan CHC, lleam ddim i gynrychiolydd dydd mewn cynhadledd o’ch dewisa gwahoddiad i arddangos yn nigwyddiad blynyddol mentergymdeithasol newydd CHC. Yn y cyfnod anodd hwn, mae’nbwysicach nag erioed ein bod yn gweithio gyda mentraucymdeithasol i wella ac adfywio’r cymunedau y gweithiwnynddynt.

Mae gennym bellach 1000 o ddilynwyr ar Twitter!Dilynwch ni ar @CHCymru a @CHCEvents

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Am rhestr llawn o’n cyrsiau hyfforddiant yn 2012, gweler:www.chcymru.org.uk

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