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WCVA Funding news February 2008 / Newyddion nawdd WCVA Chwefror 2008

Catch the funding bug! Daliwch y byg cyllid!

This is a bilingual message, click here for the Welsh version. Mae hon yn neges ddwyieithog, cliciwch yma am y fersiwn Cymraeg.

Catch the funding bug at our new website!
Visit now to find practical help and support on sustainable funding. Useful information on various funding options, case studies, training and sources of further help – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

Welcome to Funding news! This newsletter is produced for WCVA e-members who have signed up to receive information about funding and replaces the previously successful e-Xtra. Funding news will continue to provide information on funding opportunities and much, much more.

Funding news is produced by WCVA’s Sustainable funding team. This is a new resource funded by the Big Lottery Fund that has been developed to meet the needs of organisations wishing to adopt a sustainable funding approach and are looking for funding, ranging from grants, loan finance and payroll giving through to trading, procurement or public service delivery. We aim to bring you all the latest news on funding issues affecting the third sector and signpost you to information sources, training and events.

Funding news will be sent out on a monthly basis and if you haven't already signed up, please complete the simple online form at the following link www.wcva.org.uk/emembership, where you can also subscribe to WCVA’s trustee and volunteer e-newsletters.

If you would like to contribute to a future edition of Funding news please email us at scarroll@wcva.org.uk

Inside Funding news this month:

Charitable trusts

LankellyChase Summer playschemes
The LankellyChase Foundation is inviting applications for small grants to support summer playschemes throughout the UK. Playschemes must benefit children between 5-13 years old and should preferably be local and last 4-6 weeks or take the form of special activities for young people who are particularly disadvantaged. Projects with strong volunteer support are encouraged, as well as applications from black and minority ethnic-led organisations. Support is also given for activities with children in refuges and with young carers. Preference is given to small playschemes that will benefit most from the small grants of £200 to £500. Grants will not be given for schemes with a budget of over £12,000. You should apply as soon as possible, but no later than 2 May 2008.
(Source: www.fundinginformation.org 2008)

Positive Destinations
BBC Children in Need is to launch a new £2 million programme called Positive Destinations. Three grants of £500,000 over three years will be made to support ‘innovative and effective’ projects that will deal with the needs of young people who are at risk from leaving school with poor or no qualifications. In addition to the big three grants, a further £500,000 will be spent in three smaller grants. Full details and application guidance for Positive Destinations will not be published until 1 February 2008. Applications will have to be made online and the closing date will be 30 March 2008.
(Source: www.fundinginformation.org, Jan 08)

WREN - more funding streams in 2008!
WREN Small Grants Scheme: This is a new funding stream and is expected to be launched in the next month. This fund is aimed at smaller projects and will be geared for applicants who have an eligible project and require between £2,000 and £15,000.
The total value of the project must be no more than £50,000.

WREN Main Grant Programme: Application deadlines are quarterly, funding of between £2,000 and £50,000 for eligible projects.

WRG Communities Challenge: The 2008 Challenge has been launched.
Organisations are invited to bid for between £75,000 and £250,000 for capital projects which make a real difference to their community. Deadline for applications is 30 May 2008.

Further details on all these schemes are available on the website.

The Baring Foundation and John Ellerman Foundation Joint International Development Grants Programme 2008
The 2008 application window has opened for organisations applying to the Joint International Development Grants Programme, which focuses on improving the effectiveness of NGOs and community-based organisations (CBOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa to address problems arising from the long-term forced migration and displacement of people. The scheme was reviewed earlier in 2007 and the guidelines are not likely to change significantly over the next two years. Closing date: There is a single application round for 2008. First-stage outline applications have to be in by 31 March 2008.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Foundation has launched a new funding approach. The majority of their funding will now be channelled through the Main Fund, which will be an open, less prescriptive way of working, through which they will listen to ideas. They expect to fund a wider range of work than before, although their core interests remain in the fields of culture, education, environment and social development. Click here for Main Fund Guidance.

As part of their new funding approach they are also running a number of smaller, more focused funding strands. These will be in areas where they think a more direct intervention may have a greater impact. The first three will be: biodiversity, museum and heritage collections, and new approaches to learning. The Foundation plan to launch further funding strands later in the year. Click here for Funding Strands Guidance.
(Source: Esmee Fairbairn e-bulletin, Jan 08)

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Lottery

Lottery fund likely to reduce programmes
Stephen Dunmore, the outgoing chief executive of the Big Lottery Fund, has indicated that the fund is likely to provide fewer, less specific programmes from 2009. The prediction comes as the BLF prepares to divert funding to the 2012 Olympics from next year and consults stakeholders on future schemes. Dunmore, who is stepping down at the end of this month, told Third Sector that ‘one of the questions we will be asking when we consult at the end of this year on schemes for 2009 is what the case is for having a simpler and more straightforward system of funding rather than a large number of specific programmes’.

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Government

Food Standards Agency – local initiatives grants
The Food Standards Agency, an independent Government department set up to protect the public’s health and consumer interests in relation to food, is once again inviting local authorities, and what are called ‘food liaison groups’, to bid for money to develop local projects that improve food hygiene standards and which encourage people to take up a healthy diet, especially where this relates to schools or vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. The particular priorities for 2008/09 are projects that focus on older people, projects that are based on the Food Competency Framework for Children and Young People, and the extension of existing activities to attract new audiences or to new target areas. Grants can be for up to £10,000, and will fund projects that start from mid-May 2008 and end by 31 March 2009. The closing date for applications is 29 February 2008. Application details and forms are available from here.
(Source: fundinginformation.org 2008)

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Corporate

Consumers think fair trade more effective than giving to charity
British consumers believe shopping ethically is a more effective way to relieve global poverty than donating to charity, according to a recent ICM poll. The poll of 2.000 people conducted on behalf of the Department for International Development, found that 74% of those questioned thought they could effectively benefit the developing world by buying fair trade goods. In comparison only 65% cited donating money to charity. The poll also found that 61% of people felt they had a personal responsibility to help relieve poverty, most of whom attributed this sense of duty to the influence of charities.

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European

Territorial Co-operation Programmes
Previously known as Interreg III, this Community Initiative has been mainstreamed to full Objective status in the European Commission’s proposals for post-2006 Structural Funds. The new Territorial Co-operation Programmes will consist of three strands: Cross-border,
Trans-national and Inter-regional cooperation. Wales will have an involvement in the following 2007-2013 Territorial Cooperation Programmes:

  • A cross-border co-operation programme linking the west coast of Wales with the south-east of Ireland (a successor to the current 2000-2006 Ireland/Wales INTERREG IIIA Programme) The trans-national co-operation North-West Europe Programme covering seven EU Member States, the UK (all of Wales is eligible), Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg and areas of France, Germany and the Netherlands (will succeed the current INTERREG IIIB North-West Europe Programme)
  • The trans-national co-operation Atlantic Area programme covering regions on the Atlantic coast in five EU Member States, parts of the UK (all of Wales is eligible), Ireland, Portugal, and parts of France and Spain (will succeed the current INTERREG IIIB Atlantic Space Programme)
  • An EU wide inter-regional co-operation programme concerned with interregional cooperation and networks and covering the EU27 plus Switzerland and Norway (will succeed the current INTERREG IIIC Programme)

Further resources - www.irelandwales.ie

Leonardo and Grundtvig Call for Proposals
The deadlines for the Lifelong Learning programmes are drawing nearer. Just as a reminder the deadlines of Leonardo (vocational training) projects are as follows:

Mobility projects - 8 February 2008
Partnership projects - 15 February 2008
Multilateral projects and Networks - 29 February 2008
Transfer of Innovation projects - 14 March 2008
Preparatory visits - Open all year round

You can find application details on the ‘how to apply’ page at the Leonardo website at www.leonardo.org.uk

Also, the deadlines for Grundtvig (adult learning) projects are as follows:

In-Service Training 31 January 2008, 31 March 2008, 30 June 2008, 30 September 2008
Partnership projects - 15 February 2008
Multilateral projects and Networks - 29 February 2008
Preparatory visits - Ongoing

And, you can find application details on the ‘how to apply’ page on the Grundtvig website at www.grundtvig.org.uk


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Awards

Mentor UK Champ Awards
Mentor UK is the leading drug and alcohol misuse prevention charity working with children and young people. The biennial awards scheme recognises projects in England, Scotland and Wales that can help prevent children and young people of 14 and under from misusing alcohol – both now and in their future lives. You can nominate your own project or someone else’s and activities might, for example, be as diverse as young people putting together their own websites, classroom-based work, sports schemes or mentoring projects in the community. There are three categories of awards, each worth £20,000. The categories are: schools, communities and young-people led projects. The winners and runners-up will be chosen by young people aged 14 and under. The closing date for entries is 20 April 2008.

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Sustainable Funding Cymru


Sustainable Funding Cymru offers practical help and support to voluntary and community organisations in Wales with an interest in developing a sustainable funding approach. This is to be achieved by offering a combination of specialist training, advice, support and information services.

Working in partnership with county voluntary councils (CVCs) and other umbrella bodies, the initiative will equip organisations with the skills and information to secure and maintain the resources they require in the long-term through diversifying their funding ‘mix’.

What will Sustainable Funding Cymru deliver?

  • A dedicated website (www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk) to access comprehensive information on the various sustainable funding methodologies, guidance, case studies, source of further help and other resources, tailored to Wales.
  • Participate in a modular sustainable funding training programme, directly delivered by WCVA and cascaded through the CVCs and other umbrella organisations. Providing delegates with an understanding of each methodology and how it can be implemented.
  • Access to advice and development support for around 30 organisations that have attended training courses. Be able to put into practice sustainable funding strategies for their own organisations.

The project is supported and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Find out more by contacting Sara Carroll and Nicola Llewelyn on 01570 424175/6 or scarroll@wcva.org.uk and nllewelyn@wcva.org.uk.

Catch the funding bug at our new website!
Visit now to find practical help and support on sustainable funding. Useful information on various funding options, case studies, training and sources of further help – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

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Training and events


Catch the funding bug and sign up today!
Does your organisation worry about its financial future?
Would you like to become more financially sustainable?

Sustainable Funding Cymru’s training programme seeks to provide you with practical tools and resources to assist your organisation in working towards a more sustainable future.

Courses include:

  • Earning
  • Loan finance and asset based development
  • Giving and public fundraising

Further information on dates, locations and course content can be obtained by contacting WCVA's Helpdesk on 0800 2888 329 or help@wcva.org.uk. Alternatively, please visit the Sustainable Funding Cymru website www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

Catch the funding bug in your back yard!
Sustainable Funding Cymru’s training programme is now being delivered across Wales by the Welsh county voluntary councils (CVCs).

The programme consists of seven training days which introduce organisations to the various income sources available to the sector and the approaches and skills required to adopt, manage, and maintain these sources.

Further information on dates and locations is available on the Sustainable Funding Cymru website

Welsh Regional Funding Fair
The first ever regional funding fair, a partnership between the counties of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire; is an opportunity for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to access free information and advice from national, regional and local funders.

Many funders, plus other organisations, will all be on hand to discuss funding requirements and assist groups in developing their ideas. First hand experiences of individuals and groups who have been involved in running successful projects from across the region will be represented, while workshops based on the theme of sustainability will be running throughout the day.

The event is free, and takes place:
10am - 7pm, Thursday 6th March 2008 at Nant Y Ci County Show Ground, Carmarthen
For further details, or to register your interest, please visit: www.regionalfundingfair.co.uk or call: 01269 590216

TrusteElearning
This e-learning website, sponsored by the Governance Hub, has been produced by SAVO (Suffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations) to provide trustees with easy access to a self paced training system. Check available courses for details on the modules which make up the TrusteElearning programme.

Starship Enterprise
This year's Financial Management Conference from NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project is called Managing Finances in an Enterprising Age. It will include workshops about the financial implications of working in collaboration, managing risk for new activities, socially responsible investments and lawful earnings. Speaker is Richard Gutch, Chief Executive of Futurebuilders. The conference is on 11 March in London.

Working For A Charity’s online course: Enrol Now!
New starters in the voluntary sector can now enrol online for the 2008 NCVO Working For A Charity online course, which will give them an overview of working for a charity and a boost to their career. The course, Effective Voluntary Sector Management, is aimed at people who have recently joined the voluntary sector or who are looking to make a career move into it. Volunteers and trustees can also benefit from this course, which will run from February until October 2008. For more information, visit the website.

Tax-effective Giving workshop - Swansea
Join us at the Institute of Fundraising and WCVA’s one-day training workshop in Swansea on Tuesday 12 February 2008 and find out how to increase your organisation’s bottom line through tax-effective giving.

By attending this workshop you will find out what the forthcoming change in basic rate tax will cost your organisation, and identify new and innovative ways to increase your Gift Aid claims. You may already be making the most of Gift Aid, but what about Legacies, Shares and Payroll Giving?

This one-day workshop takes place between 11am and 4pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea and the £40 fee includes lunch, refreshments and all course materials.

Click here to book, or call the Institute of Fundraising on 0845 337 3801


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Planning

Community accountancy resources
The Finance Hub has supported the development of the Community Accountancy National Network's web site, at www.communityaccounting.org. (CANN exists to help develop, promote and support community accountancy services throughout the UK, with such services helping voluntary groups with managing their finances.)

Governance Works’ Podcasts
Do you want to learn more about governance issues but are bored with the same old resources? Maybe you would like to hear about how other organisations have overcome problems and achieved success, but struggle to find the time to read case studies? Governanceworks will be recording interviews with chairs, trustees, trainers or advisers on a range of topics and uploading these as MP3 files to their website. You do not need a degree in IT to listen to these! Simply click the file to download and you can play it through your computer. Alternatively move it onto an ipod, or other MP3 player.

Two podcasts are currently available:

  • Legal Structures and Governance – a discussion with legal adviser, Charlie Catell
  • Recruiting a Chair – a discussion with Judy Seymour, Director of Northern Cultural Skills Partnership

To download please go to www.governanceworks.org.uk - and click on the resources tab.
The interviews have also been transcribed and are available in text format.

Making your SWOT sweat
Like PEST, SWOT is a much-used but often misunderstood tool with many organisations simply filling in the boxes and moving on to the more important stuff of crafting a strategy. vIn this forum post, Nicholas Johnston from RNIB gives a quick summary of how to make the most of doing a SWOT, listing five handy things to watch out for. Read on or join in!


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Giving and public fundraising

Income tax cut to hit Gift Aid levels
Charities need to start preparing now for the effect that April's income tax cuts will have on tax-efficient giving, according to the Institute of Fundraising. On 6 April the basic rate of income tax will fall from 22p in the pound to 20p. Charities can currently reclaim 28p of income tax for every pound donated by taxpayers through the Gift Aid scheme. After 6 April, however, they will be able to reclaim only 25p in the pound. ‘Charities need to communicate these changes to their donors in their fundraising materials,’ said Megan Pacey, director of policy and campaigns at the institute. ‘They will also have to calculate their Gift Aid claims at a different rate.’ Download Making giving go further – a definitive guide to tax effective giving.

Institute starts website to help volunteer fundraisers
The Institute of Fundraising is to unveil a free service that will provide fundraising advice, case studies, practical tips and events listings to volunteer fundraisers. The website, funded by a one-off grant of £100,000 from the Vodafone UK Foundation, will be launched in February. The resource will complement the existing support the institute provides for volunteer fundraisers, including its code of fundraising practice Volunteer Fundraising.

’Volunteer fundraising is vital to the sustainability of our sector, but many volunteers struggle to get started in their efforts to raise funds,. said Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of the institute. ‘This website will be a central resource, particularly for smaller charities that do not have the capacity to support their volunteer fundraisers in-house’.


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Loan finance


Lender provides record amounts
Cooperative and Community Finance provided a record £1.7 million in loans to social enterprises and cooperatives in 2007. Throughout the year, the specialist lender helped a wide range of both new and existing social enterprises, such as community radio stations, development trust and community-owned stores, support organisations and employee-owned businesses. A spokesperson for Cooperative and Community Finance said that the achievement "indicates that more and more cooperatives and social enterprises are accessing specialist lending support that's tailored to their needs".


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Trading

Feedback wanted on Social Return on Investment evaluation
The Office of the Third Sector (OTS) would like to hear from social enterprises or other third sector organisations that have carried out evaluations using the Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach. The OTS is scoping the interest in and usage of SROI as an impact measurement tool. For further information, please visit website.

Social enterprise ideas going to waste
Seven out of ten people have an unrealised social enterprise idea, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). The research found that although 80% of people think they have an idea that would have a ‘positive impact on everybody’s lives’, 72% of these people don’t start up a business due to fear of failure and worries such as lack of funding. The research was conducted in conjunction with NESTA’s Big Green Challenge, a competition to encourage people to tackle climate change with total prize money of £1m.


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Procurement and public service delivery

Government approach to service provision 'confusing'
The Government is leaving charities high and dry by pursuing the delivery of public services through charities, MPs have been told. Debra Allcock Tyler, chief executive of the Directory of Social Change, told the Public Administration Select Committee last month that the current approach was confusing. She was speaking at the committee’s final hearing into voluntary sector organisations delivering public services. ’The move to more contracts meant that service users were being forgotten, she said, because organisations were forced to satisfy the contracts rather than the needs of the people they were serving. ‘ The select committee will now consider the evidence it has heard from a variety of sources before publishing a report, which not likely to be published until at least March

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Asset based development

Community assets programme in England
The Big Lottery Fund has completed the initial assessment of applications to the £30 million Community Assets fund. The £30 million Community Assets programme aims to empower communities by encouraging the transfer of underused local authority buildings to local organisations.

The Big Lottery Fund, which is delivering Community Assets on behalf of the Office of the Third Sector, has carried out an initial assessment of all applications to the programme.
In total 220 applications were submitted, seeking grant funding to a total of just over £155 million, of which 164, totalling nearly £119 million, were complete and eligible. Successful applicants will be notified in spring 2008.

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Oddballs

Communicating with funders
Material on building relationships, working with or simply communicating with funders, produced by all six National Hubs of expertise in England, has been pulled together into one reference list. For further details visit website.

Online 'wizard' helps find Justice sector funding
Organisations in the voluntary or public sector will find it easier to search for funding for Justice-sector related projects, thanks to a new online search tool. Skills for Justice, Sector Skills Council for the Justice sector, has launched the 'funding wizard' on its website, a service which is free of charge to users for the next twelve months.

The Funding Wizard is a database that enables employers and individuals to search for funding specific to the Justice sector, for a range of activities from project start-up to workforce training and development. The database is updated on a daily basis. The database is intended to complement, not replace, ongoing dialogue with funders such as the Learning and Skills Council, DCELLS or other public funding bodies.

Further information is available from www.skillsforjustice.com

FANN fans
Development workers who support groups with funding may be interested in a new feasibility study for a Funding Advisers National Network (FANN). You can see it - and comment on the related business plan - at www.fit4funding.org.uk and www.financehub.org.uk/projects/fann/default.aspa


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WCVA Membership and Helpdesk


Full membership with WCVA
Each month, over 1,000 voluntary organisations take advantage of the information, news, funding updates and cost savings they receive as part of the benefits of full membership with WCVA.

Full membership starts at just £25 per year and includes a twice-monthly voluntary sector magazine, fortnightly members' e-briefing, and personalised grantfinder searches. Members are also entitled to discounts on computer software and hardware, telecommunications, translation services, insurance, corporate products and publicity materials.

To request a membership information pack and application form, please email help@wcva.org.uk or call the WCVA Helpdesk on 0800 2888 329.

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Newyddion Nawdd

Daliwch y byg cyllid ar ein wefan newydd!
Ymwelwch â hi’nawr i gael cymorth a chefnogaeth ymarferol am gyllid cynaliadwy. Ceir gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol am amrywiol opsiynau cyllido, astudiaethau achos, hyfforddiant a ffynellau o gymorth pellach – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk.

Croeso i Newyddion nawdd! Cynhyrchir y cylchlythyr hwn ar gyfer e-aelodau WCVA sydd wedi cofrestru i dderbyn gwybodaeth am nawdd, ac y mae’n disodli’r cylchlythyr llwyddiannus e-Xtra. Bydd Newyddion nawdd yn dal ati i roi gwybodaeth am gyfleoedd nawdd a llawer iawn mwy.

Cynhyrchir Newyddion nawdd gan dîm Cyllid cynaliadwy WCVA. Datblygwyd yr adnodd newydd, a gyllidir gan y Gronfa Loteri Fawr, er mwyn diwallu anghenion mudiadau sy’n dymuno mabwysiadu dull cynaliadwy o gyllido, ac sy’n chwilio am nawdd - yn amrywio o grantiau, benthyciadau a rhoi trwy’r gyflogres i fasnachu, caffael neu ddarparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Anelwn at roi’r newyddion diweddaraf i chi ynghylch materion nawdd sy’n effeithio ar y trydydd sector, a rhoi gwybod i chi am ffynonellau gwybodaeth, hyfforddiant a gweithgareddau.

Bydd Newyddion nawdd yn cael ei anfon bob mis, ac os hoffech ddal ati i'w dderbyn, llenwch y ffurflen syml a geir ar-lein drwy ddilyn y ddolen hon: www.wcva.org.uk/emembership. Yma, gallwch hefyd danysgrifio i e-gylchlythyron ar gyfer ymddiriedolwyr a gwirfoddolwyr WCVA.

Os hoffech gyfrannu at Newyddion nawdd yn y dyfodol, ebostiwch ni ar scarroll@wcva.org.uk

Yn Newyddion nawdd mis hwn:

Ymddiriedolaethau elusennol

Cynlluniau chwarae LankellyChase
Mae Sefydliad LankellyChase yn gwahodd ceisiadau am grantiau bach i gefnogi cynlluniau chwarae dros yr haf ledled y DU. Rhaid i’r cynlluniau chwarae fod o fudd i blant rhwng 5 a 13 oed ac yn ddelfrydol dylent bara rhwng 4 a 6 wythnos neu dylent fod ar ffurf gweithgareddau arbennig ar gyfer pobl ifanc sydd dan anfanteision penodol. Caiff prosiectau sydd â chefnogaeth gwirfoddolwyr gref eu hannog, ynghyd â cheisiadau gan fudiadau sydd wedi’u harwain gan bobl ddu a lleiafrifoedd ethnig. Cefnogir gweithgareddau hefyd gyda phlant mewn llochesi a gyda gofalwyr ifanc. Rhoddir ffafriaeth i gynlluniau chwarae bach a fydd yn elwa fwyaf o grantiau bach rhwng £200 a £500. Ni roddir grantiau i gynlluniau sydd â chyllideb dros £12,000. Dylech wneud cais cyn gynted ag sy’n bosibl, ond ddim hwyrach na 2 Mai 2008.
(Ffynhonnell: www.fundinginformation.org 2008)

Cyrchfannau Cadarnhaol
Mae Plant mewn Angen y BBC am lansio rhaglen £2 miliwn newydd o’r enw Cyrchfannau Cadarnhaol (Positive Destinations). Rhoddir tri grant o £500,000 dros dair blynedd i gefnogi prosiectau ‘arloesol ac effeithiol’ sy’n delio ag anghenion pobl ifanc sydd mewn perygl o adael ysgol gyda chymwysterau gwael neu ddim cymwysterau o gwbl. Yn ogystal â’r tri grant mawr, caiff £500,000 arall ei wario ar dri grant llai. Ni chaiff manylion llawn a chyfarwyddyd ar ymgeisio ar gyfer Cyrchfannau Cadarnhaol eu cyhoeddi tan 1 Chwefror 2008. Bydd yn rhaid ymgeisio ar-lein a bydd yn rhaid gwneud hynny cyn 30 Mawrth 2008.
(Ffynhonnell: www.fundinginformation.org, Ionawr 08)

WREN – mwy o ffrydiau cyllid yn 2008!
Cynllun Grantiau Bach WREN: Mae hon yn ffrwd cyllido newydd a disgwylir iddi gael ei lansio yn ystod y mis nesaf. Caiff y gronfa ei hanelu at brosiectau llai a bydd yn briodol ar gyfer ymgeiswyr sydd â phrosiect cymwys ac y mae angen rhwng £2,000 a £15,000 arnynt. Ni chaiff cyfanswm gwerth y prosiect fod yn fwy na £50,000.

Prif Rhaglen Grant WREN: Mae’r dyddiadau cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yn chwarterol, ac mae rhwng £2,000 a £50,000 o gyllid ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau cymwys.

Her Cymunedau WRG: Mae Her 2008 wedi cael ei lansio.
Caiff mudiadau eu gwahodd i wneud cais am rhwng £75,000 a £250,000 ar gyfer prosiectau cyfalaf sy’n gwneud gwahaniaeth go iawn i’w cymuned. Y dyddiad olaf ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yw 30 Mai 2008.

Mae rhagor o fanylion ynghylch yr holl gynlluniau hyn ar gael ar y wefan.

Rhaglen Grantiau Datblygu Rhyngwladol ar y Cyd Sefydliad Baring a Sefydliad John Ellerman 2008

Mae rownd geisiadau 2008 wedi agor i fudiadau sydd am wneud cais i’r Rhaglen Grantiau Datblygiad Rhyngwladol ar y Cyd, sy’n canolbwyntio ar wella effeithiolrwydd Cyrff Anllywodraethol a mudiadau cymunedol sydd wedi’u lleoli yn rhanbarth Is-Sahara Affrica i roi sylw i broblemau sy’n codi yn sgil ymfudo ac adleoli tymor hir gorfodol. Adolygwyd y cynllun yn gynharach yn 2007 ac nid yw’r canllawiau’n debygol o newid llawer yn ystod y ddwy flynedd nesaf. Dyddiad cau: Ceir un rownd geisiadau yn ystod 2008. Rhaid cyflwyno’r ceisiadau cam cyntaf amlinellol erbyn 31 Mawrth 2008.

Sefydliad Esmée Fairbairn
Mae’r Sefydliad wedi lansio dull newydd o gyllido. Bydd mwyafrif eu grantiau’n awr yn cael eu dosbarthu trwy’r Brif Gronfa, a fydd yn ffordd agored, llai rhagnodol o weithio, a fydd yn eu galluogi i wrando ar syniadau. Maent yn disgwyl ariannu amrediad ehangach o waith nag o’r blaen, er mai diwylliant, addysg, yr amgylchedd a datblygiad cymdeithasol fydd eu meysydd craidd o hyd. Cliciwch yma am Ganllawiau’r Brif Gronfa.

Fel rhan o’r dull newydd hwn o ariannu maent hefyd yn rhedeg nifer o ffrydiau ariannu mwy canolbwyntiedig. Bydd y rhain yn rhoi sylw i feysydd lle maent yn credu y bydd ymyriad mwy uniongyrchol yn cael mwy o effaith. Y tri cyntaf fydd: bioamrywiaeth, casgliadau amgueddfeydd a threftadaeth, ac ymagweddau newydd tuag at ddysgu. Mae’r Sefydliad yn gobeithio lansio meysydd newydd yn ddiweddarach yn y flwyddyn. Cliciwch yma am Ganllawiau’r Meysydd Cyllido.
(Ffynhonnell: e-fwletin Sefydliad Esmee, Ionawr 08)

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Y Loteri

Cronfa’r Loteri’n debygol o gwtogi ar raglenni
Dywedodd Stephen Dunmore, prif weithredwr sy’n ymadael y Gronfa Loteri Fawr, fod y gronfa’n debygol o ddarparu llai o raglenni a rhaglenni llai penodol o 2009. Daw’r broffwydoliaeth wrth i’r Gronfa baratoi i ailgyfeirio cyllid i Gemau Olympaidd 2012 o’r flwyddyn nesaf ac ymgynghori â rhanddeiliaid am gynlluniau’r dyfodol. Dywedodd Dunmore, sy’n camu i lawr ar ddiwedd y mis hwn, wrth Trydydd Sector mai ‘un peth y byddwn yn ei ofyn pan ymgynghorwn ar ddiwedd eleni am gynlluniau 2009 fydd beth yw’r achos o blaid cael system ariannu symlach a haws yn hytrach na nifer fawr o raglenni penodol’

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Y Llywodraeth

Yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd – grantiau mentrau lleol
Mae’r Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd, un o adrannau annibynnol y Llywodraeth a sefydlwyd i warchod iechyd y cyhoedd a buddiannau defnyddwyr mewn perthynas â bwyd, unwaith eto yn gwahodd awdurdodau lleol, a’r hyn a elwir yn ‘grwpiau cyswllt bwyd’, i lunio ceisiadau am arian i ddatblygu prosiectau lleol sy’n gwella safonau hylendid bwyd ac sy’n annog pobl i ddilyn deiet iach, yn enwedig pan fydd hyn yn ymwneud ag ysgolion neu grwpiau agored i niwed a difreintiedig. Mae’r blaenoriaethau penodol ar gyfer 2008/09 yn cynnwys prosiectau sy’n canolbwyntio ar bobl hyn, prosiectau sy’n seiliedig ar y Fframwaith Cymwyseddau Bwyd ar gyfer Plant a Phobl Ifanc, ac ymestyn gweithgareddau cyfredol i ddenu cynulleidfaoedd newydd neu i ardaloedd targed newydd. Gellir rhoi grantiau o hyd at £10,000, a byddant yn cyllido prosiectau sy’n dechrau o ganol mis Mai 2008 ac yn dod i ben erbyn 31 Mawrth 2009. Rhaid anfon ceisiadau cyn 29 Chwefror 2008. Mae’r ffurflenni cais a’r manylion ar gael yma.
(Ffynhonnell: fundinginformation.org 2008)

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Corfforaethol

Mae defnyddwyr yn credu bod masnach deg yn fwy effeithiol na rhoi arian i elusen
Mae defnyddwyr Prydain yn credu bod siopa’n foesegol yn ffordd fwy effeithiol o leddfu tlodi byd-eang na rhoi arian i elusen, yn ôl arolwg barn diweddar gan ICM. Canfu’r arolwg o 2.000 o bobl a gynhaliwyd ar ran yr Adran Datblygu Rhyngwladol, fod 74% o’r rheini a holwyd yn credu y gallent roi budd yn effeithiol i’r byd datblygol drwy brynu nwyddau masnach deg. O gymharu, dim ond 65% a ddywedodd rhoi arian i elusen. Canfu’r arolwg hefyd fod 61% o bobl yn teimlo bod ganddynt gyfrifoldeb personol i helpu i leddfu tlodi, ac roedd y rhan fwyaf ohonynt yn priodoli’r teimlad hwn o ddyletswydd i ddylanwad elusennau.

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Ewropeaidd

Rhaglenni Cydweithio Tiriogaethol
Mae’r Fenter Gymunedol hon, a alwyd yn Interreg III yn flaenorol, wedi cael ei phrif ffrydio i statws Amcan llawn yng nghynigion y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd ar gyfer Cronfeydd Strwythurol ôl-2006. Bydd y Rhaglenni Cydweithio Tiriogaethol newydd yn cynnwys tri llinyn, sef cydweithio Trawsffiniol, Trawsgenedlaethol a Rhyngranbarthol. Bydd Cymru’n cael ei chynnwys yn y Rhaglenni Cydweithio Tiriogaethol 2007-2013 canlynol:

  • Rhaglen gydweithio drawsffiniol yn cysylltu arfordir gorllewin Cymru â de-ddwyrain Iwerddon (olynydd i Raglen gyfredol INTERREG IIIA Cymru/Iwerddon 2000-2006).
  • Rhaglen gydweithio drawsgenedlaethol Gogledd-Orllewin Ewrop sy’n cynnwys saith o Aelod-Wladwriaethau’r UE, sef y DU (mae Cymru gyfan yn gymwys), Iwerddon, Gwlad Belg, Lwcsembwrg ac ardaloedd o Ffrainc, yr Almaen a’r Iseldiroedd (bydd yn olynydd i Raglen gyfredol Gogledd-Orllewin Ewrop INTERREG IIIB)
  • Rhaglen gydweithio drawsgenedlaethol Ardal yr Iwerydd sy’n cynnwys rhanbarthau ar arfordir yr Iwerydd ym mhump o Aelod-Wladwriaethau’r UE, sef rhannau o’r DU (mae Cymru gyfan yn gymwys), Iwerddon, Portiwgal, a rhannau o Ffrainc a Sbaen (bydd yn olynydd i Raglen gyfredol Gofod yr Iwerydd INTERREG IIIB)
  • Rhaglen gydweithio ryngranbarthol ledled yr UE sy’n ymwneud â chydweithio rhyngranbarthol a rhwydweithiau ac yn cynnwys yr EU27 yn ogystal â’r Swistir a Norwy (bydd yn olynydd i Raglen gyfredol INTERREG IIIC)

Adnoddau pellach - www.irelandwales.ie

Leonardo a Grundtvig yn Galw am Gynigion
Mae’r dyddiadau cau ar gyfer y rhaglenni Dysgu Gydol Oes yn agosáu. Er mwyn atgoffa, dyma ddyddiadau cau prosiectau (hyfforddiant galwedigaethol) Leonardo:

Prosiectau symudedd - 8 Chwefror 2008
Prosiectau partneriaeth - 15 Chwefror 2008
Prosiectau amlochrog a Rhwydweithiau - 29 Chwefror 2008
Prosiectau Trosglwyddo Arloesedd - 14 Mawrth 2008
Ymweliadau paratoadol - Ar agor drwy gydol y flwyddyn

Gallwch weld manylion ymgeisio ar y dudalen ‘sut i wneud cais’ ar wefan Leonardo ar www.leonardo.org.uk

Hefyd, dyma’r dyddiadau cau ar gyfer prosiectau (dysgu oedolion) Grundtvig:

Hyfforddiant Mewn Swydd 31 Ionawr 2008, 31 Mawrth 2008, 30 Mehefin 2008, 30 Medi 2008
Prosiectau partneriaeth - 15 Chwefror 2008
Prosiectau amlochrog a Rhwydweithiau - 29 Chwefror 2008
Ymweliadau paratoadol - Parhau

Gallwch weld manylion ymgeisio hefyd ar y dudalen ‘sut i wneud cais’ ar wefan Grundtvig ar www.grundtvig.org.uk


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Gwobrau a Dyfarniadau

Gwobrau Pencampwyr Mentor UK
Mentor UK yw’r brif elusen atal camddefnyddio cyffuriau ac alcohol sy’n gweithio gyda phlant a phobl ifanc. Mae’r cynllun gwobrau a gynhelir bob dwy flynedd yn cydnabod prosiectau yng Nghymru, Lloegr a’r Alban sy’n gallu helpu i atal plant a phobl ifanc 14 oed ac iau rhag camddefnyddio alcohol – nawr ac yn y dyfodol. Gallwch enwebu eich prosiect eich hun neu brosiect rhywun arall a gallai gweithgareddau, er enghraifft, fod mor amrywiol â phobl ifanc yn rhoi eu gwefan eu hunain at ei gilydd, gwaith yn yr ystafell ddosbarth, cynlluniau chwaraeon neu brosiectau mentora yn y gymuned. Ceir tri chategori o wobrau, pob un werth £20,000. Dyma’r categorïau: ysgolion, cymunedau a phrosiectau sydd wedi’u harwain gan bobl ifanc. Pobl ifanc 14 oed ac iau fydd yn dewis yr enillwyr. Rhaid cyflwyno’r enwebiadau cyn 20 Ebrill 2008.

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Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru

Mae Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru yn cynnig cymorth a chefnogaeth ymarferol i fudiadau gwirfoddol a chymunedol yng Nghymru sydd â diddordeb mewn datblygu ymagwedd cyllid cynaliadwy. Cyflawnir hyn drwy gynnig cyfuniad o wasanaethau hyfforddi, cynghori, cefnogi a gwybodaeth arbenigol.

Drwy weithio mewn partneriaeth â Chynghorau Gwirfoddol Sirol a chyrff ymbarél eraill, bydd y fenter yn rhoi’r sgiliau a’r wybodaeth i fudiadau sicrhau a chynnal yr adnoddau sydd eu hangen arnynt yn y tymor hir drwy arallgyfeirio eu ‘cymysgedd’ cyllid.

Beth fydd Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru yn ei gyflwyno?

  • Gwefan un pwrpas (www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk) i gael gwybodaeth gynhwysfawr am yr amrywiaeth o fethodoleg cyllid cynaliadwy, arweiniad, astudiaethau achos, ffynonellau cymorth pellach ac adnoddau eraill, yn arbennig i Gymru.
  • Cyfranogi mewn rhaglen hyfforddiant cyllid cynaliadwy modiwlaidd, a gyflwynir yn uniongyrchol gan WCVA ac a raeadrir drwy Gynghorau Gwirfoddol Sirol a mudiadau ymbarél eraill. Rhoi dealltwriaeth i gynrychiolwyr o bob methodoleg a sut y gellir ei rhoi ar waith.
  • Cynnig cyngor a chymorth datblygu i ryw 30 o fudiadau sydd wedi mynychu cyrsiau hyfforddiant. Gallu rhoi strategaethau cyllid cynaliadwy ar waith ar gyfer eu mudiadau eu hunain.

Cefnogir ac ariennir y prosiect hwn gan y Gronfa Loteri Fawr. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Sara Carroll a Nicola Llewelyn ar 01570 424175/6 neu scarroll@wcva.org.uk a nllewelyn@wcva.org.uk.

Daliwch y byg cyllid ar ein wefan newydd!
Ymwelwch â hi’nawr i gael cymorth a chefnogaeth ymarferol am gyllid cynaliadwy. Ceir gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol am amrywiol opsiynau cyllido, astudiaethau achos, hyfforddiant a ffynellau o gymorth pellach – www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

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Hyfforddiant a digwyddiadau

Daliwch y byg cyllid a chofrestrwch heddiw!
Ydy’ch mudiad yn poeni am ei ddyfodol ariannol?
Hoffech chi ddod yn fwy cynaliadwy o ran eich cyllid?

Nod rhaglen hyfforddi Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru yw rhoi i chi’r cyfryngau a’r adnoddau ymarferol sydd eu hangen arnoch i helpu eich mudiad weithio tuag at ddyfodol mwy cynaliadwy.

Mae'r cyrsiau’n cynnwys:

  • Ennill incwm
  • Cyllid benthyciadau a datblygu yn seiliedig ar asedau
  • Rhoi a chodi arian gan y cyhoedd

Ceir mwy o wybodaeth am ddyddiadau, lleoliadau a chynnwys cyrsiau trwy gysylltu â Lein Gymorth WCVA ar 0800 2888 329 neu help@wcva.org.uk. Fel arall, galwch ymweld â gwefan Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru www.sustainablefunding.cymru.org.uk


Dysgwch fwy am gyllido ar drothwy eich drws!
Mae rhaglen hyfforddiant Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru yn cael ei chyflwyno bellach ledled Cymru gan gynghorau gwirfoddol sirol (CGSau) Cymru.

Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys saith diwrnod hyfforddi sy’n cyflwyno sefydliadau i’r ffynonellau incwm amrywiol sydd ar gael i’r sector a’r ymagweddau a’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen i fabwysiadu, rheoli a chynnal y ffynonellau hyn.

Mae gwybodaeth bellach am ddyddiadau a lleoliadau ar gael ar wefan Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru.

Ffair Ariannu Ranbarthol Cymru
Mae’r ffair ariannu ranbarthol gyntaf erioed, sy’n bartneriaeth rhwng siroedd Abertawe, Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Sir Gaerfyrddin a Sir Benfro, yn gyfle i elusennau, grwpiau cymunedol a mudiadau gwirfoddol gael gwybodaeth a chyngor yn rhad ac am ddim gan gyllidwyr cenedlaethol, rhanbarthol a lleol.

Bydd llawer o gyllidwyr, yn ogystal â sefydliadau eraill, wrth law i drafod gofynion ariannu a chynorthwyo grwpiau wrth ddatblygu eu syniadau. Cynrychiolir profiadau uniongyrchol unigolion a grwpiau a fu’n rhedeg prosiectau llwyddiannus ledled y rhanbarth, tra bydd gweithdai seiliedig ar thema cynaliadwyedd ar waith drwy gydol y dydd.

Mae’r digwyddiad yn rhad ac am ddim, ac mae’n cael ei gynnal:
10am - 7pm, ddydd Iau 6 Mawrth 2008 yn Nant-y-Ci, Maes Sioe Sir Gâr, Caerfyrddin
Am fanylion pellach, neu i gofrestru eich diddordeb, ewch i: www.regionalfundingfair.co.uk neu ffoniwch: 01269 590216

TrusteElearning
Cynhyrchwyd y wefan e-ddysgu hon, a noddir gan y Ganolfan Lywodraethu, gan SAVO (Cymdeithas Mudiadau Gwirfoddol Suffolk) i sicrhau bod system hyfforddiant ar gael yn rhwydd i ymddiriedolwyr ddysgu fel y mynnant. Ewch i cyrsiau sydd ar gael am fanylion y modiwlau sy’n rhan o raglen TrusteElearning.

Mentro yw’r Nod
Enw’r Gynhadledd Rheoli Ariannol eleni gan Brosiect Cyllid Cynaliadwy NCVO yw Rheoli Cyllidau mewn Oes Fentrus. Bydd yn cynnwys gweithdai am oblygiadau ariannol cydweithio, rheoli risg ar gyfer gweithgareddau newydd, buddsoddiadau sy’n gymdeithasol gyfrifol ac enillion cyfreithlon. Y llefarydd yw Richard Gutch, Prif Weithredwr Futurebuilders. Mae’r gynhadledd ar 11 Mawrth yn Llundain.

Cwrs ar-lein Gweithio i Elusen: Ymrestrwch Heddiw!
Erbyn hyn, gall newydd-ddyfodiaid yn y sector gwirfoddol ymrestru ar-lein ar gyfer cwrs ar-lein Gweithio i Elusen NCVO 2008, a fydd yn rhoi syniad iddynt am weithio i elusen a rhoi hwb i’w gyrfa. Anelir y cwrs, Rheoli Sector Gwirfoddol Effeithiol, at bobl sydd wedi ymuno’n ddiweddar â’r sector gwirfoddol neu sy’n gobeithio symud eu gyrfa i mewn i’r sector hwn. Gall gwirfoddolwyr ac ymddiriedolwyr elwa ar y cwrs hwn hefyd, a fydd yn rhedeg o fis Chwefror hyd fis Hydref 2008. Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch i’r wefan.

Gweithdy Rhoi Treth-Effeithiol – Abertawe
Ymunwch â ni yng ngweithdy hyfforddiant undydd y Sefydliad Codi Arian a WCVA yn Abertawe ddydd Mawrth 12 Chwefror 2008 i weld sut mae cynyddu llwyddiant ariannol eich mudiad drwy roi mewn ffordd dreth-effeithiol.

Drwy fynychu’r gweithdy hwn, cewch wybod beth fydd y newid sydd yn yr arfaeth yn y gyfradd dreth sylfaenol yn ei gostio i'ch mudiad, a chael gwybod am ffyrdd newydd ac arloesol o gynyddu'ch hawliadau Cymorth Rhodd. Efallai eich bod yn manteisio i’r eithaf ar Gymorth Rhodd, ond beth am Gymynroddion, Cyfranddaliadau a Rhoi drwy'r Gyflogres?

Bydd y gweithdy undydd hwn yn cael ei gynnal rhwng 11am a 4pm yng Nghanolfan Dylan Thomas Abertawe ac mae'r ffi o £40 yn cynnwys cinio canol dydd, lluniaeth ysgafn a holl ddeunyddiau’r cwrs.

Cliciwch yma i archebu, neu ffoniwch y Sefydliad Codi Arian ar 0845 337 3801.

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Cynllunio

Adnoddau cyfrifeg cymunedol
Mae’r Ganolfan Gyllid wedi cefnogi datblygiad gwefan y Rhwydwaith Cenedlaethol Cyfrifeg Cymunedol, ar www.communityaccounting.org. (Mae CANN yn bodoli i helpu i ddatblygu, hyrwyddo a chefnogi gwasanaethau cyfrifeg cymunedol ledled y DU, gyda gwasanaethau felly’n helpu grwpiau gwirfoddol i reoli eu cyllid.)

Podlediadau Governance Works
A hoffech ddysgu mwy am faterion llywodraethu ond wedi cael llond bol ar yr un hen adnoddau? Efallai yr hoffech glywed sut y mae sefydliadau eraill wedi goresgyn problemau a llwyddo, ond yn cael trafferth dod o hyd i’r amser i ddarllen astudiaethau achos? Bydd Governanceworks yn cofnodi cyfweliadau â chadeiryddion, ymddiriedolwyr, hyfforddwyr neu gynghorwyr ar amrywiaeth o bynciau ac yn lanlwytho’r rhain yn ffeiliau MP3 i’w gwefan. Nid oes angen gradd mewn TG arnoch i wrando ar y rhain! Y cyfan sy’n rhaid ichi ei wneud yw clicio ar y ffeil i’w llwytho i lawr a gallwch ei chwarae drwy eich cyfrifiadur. Fel arall, gallwch ei roi ar iPod, neu chwaraewr MP3 arall.

Mae dau bodlediad ar gael ar hyn o bryd:

  • Strwythurau Cyfreithiol a Llywodraethu – trafodaeth â’r cynghorwr cyfreithiol, Charlie Catell
  • Recriwtio Cadeirydd – trafodaeth â Judy Seymour, Cyfarwyddwr Northern Cultural Skills Partnership

I’w llwytho i lawr, ewch i www.governanceworks.org.uk – a chlicio ar y tab adnoddau.
Mae’r cyfweliadau wedi’u trawsgrifio hefyd ac maent ar gael mewn fformat testun.

Codi chwys ar eich SWOT
Fel PEST, mae SWOT yn arf a ddefnyddir yn helaeth ond sy’n cael ei gamddeall yn aml gyda llawer o sefydliadau’n llenwi’r blychau’n gyflym a symud ymlaen i’r dasg bwysicach, sef llunio strategaeth. Yn y post fforwm hwn, mae Nicholas Johnston o RNIB yn egluro’n gyflym sut i wneud y mwyaf o wneud SWOT, gan restru pump peth defnyddiol i’w hystyried. Darllenwch ymhellach neu ymunwch!


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Rhoi a chodi arian cyhoeddus

Toriad treth incwm yn ergyd i lefelau Rhodd Cymorth
Mae angen i elusennau ddechrau paratoi yn awr am yr effaith a gaiff toriadau treth incwm mis Ebrill ar roi treth-effeithlon, yn ôl y Sefydliad Codi Arian. Ar 6 Ebrill, bydd cyfradd sylfaenol y dreth incwm yn gostwng o 22c y bunt i 20c. Ar hyn o bryd, gall elusennau adennill 28c o dreth incwm ar gyfer pob punt a roddir gan drethdalwyr drwy’r cynllun Rhodd Cymorth. Ar ôl 6 Ebrill, fodd bynnag, dim ond 25c y bunt y gallant ei adennill. ‘Mae angen i elusennau gyfathrebu’r newidiadau hyn i’w rhoddwyr yn eu deunyddiau codi arian,’ meddai Megan Pacey, cyfarwyddwr polisi ac ymgyrchoedd yn y sefydliad. ‘Bydd yn rhaid iddynt hefyd gyfrifo eu hawliadau Cymorth Rhodd ar wahanol gyfradd.’ Darlwytho Gwneud i'r rhoddion ymestyn ymhellach. Canllawiau terfynol i'r dull mwyaf treth effeithiol o gyfrannu.

Sefydliad yn dechrau gwefan i helpu codwyr arian gwirfoddol
Mae’r Sefydliad Codi Arian am ddatgelu gwasanaeth rhad ac am ddim a fydd yn rhoi cyngor am godi arian, astudiaethau achos, awgrymiadau ymarferol a rhestri digwyddiadau i godwyr arian gwirfoddol. Bydd y wefan, a ariennir gan grant untro o £100,000 gan Vodafone UK Foundation, yn cael ei lansio ym mis Chwefror. Bydd yr adnodd yn cyflenwi’r gefnogaeth bresennol y mae’r sefydliad yn ei rhoi i godwyr arian gwirfoddol, gan gynnwys ei god arfer codi arian Volunteer Fundraising.

’Mae codi arian yn wirfoddol yn hanfodol i gynaliadwyedd ein sector, ond mae llawer o wirfoddolwyr yn cael trafferth yn cychwyn ar eu hymdrechion i godi arian,’ meddai Lindsay Boswell, prif weithredwr y sefydliad. ‘Bydd y wefan hon yn adnodd canolog, yn benodol ar gyfer elusennau llai nad ydynt yn gallu cefnogi eu codwyr arian gwirfoddol yn fewnol’.


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Cyllid benthyca

Benthyciwr yn darparu symiau mwy nag erioed o’r blaen
Darparodd Cooperative and Community Finance record o £1.7 miliwn o fenthyciadau i fentrau a chydweithfeydd arbennig yn 2007. Drwy gydol y flwyddyn, bu’r benthyciwr arbenigol yn helpu ystod eang o fentrau cymdeithasol newydd a phresennol, fel gorsafoedd radio cymunedol, ymddiriedolaethau datblygu a siopau sy’n eiddo i’r gymuned, sefydliadau cefnogi a busnesau sy’n eiddo i’r gweithwyr. Dywedodd llefarydd Cooperative and Community Finance fod y cyflawniad "yn arwydd bod mwy a mwy o gydweithfeydd a mentrau cymdeithasol yn cael cymorth benthyca arbenigol sy’n cael ei deilwra i’w hanghenion".

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Masnachu

Mae angen adborth am werthusiad Enillion Cymdeithasol ar Fuddsoddiad
Hoffai Swyddfa’r Trydydd Sector (OTS) glywed gan fentrau cymdeithasol neu sefydliadau trydydd sector eraill sydd wedi cynnal gwerthusiadau gan ddefnyddio’r ymagwedd Enillion Cymdeithasol ar Fuddsoddiad. Mae’r Swyddfa’n cwmpasu’r diddordeb yn yr ymagwedd hon a’r modd y’i defnyddir i fesur effaith. Am wybodaeth bellach, ewch i’r wefan.

Syniadau mentrau cymdeithasol yn mynd i wastraff
Mae gan saith o bob deg ohonom syniad heb ei wireddu ar gyfer menter gymdeithasol, yn ôl arolwg a gynhaliwyd ar ran y Gwaddol Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Gwyddoniaeth, Technoleg a’r Celfyddydau (NESTA). Er bod 80% o bobl yn credu bod ganddynt syniad a fyddai’n cael ‘effaith gadarnhaol ar fywydau pawb’, canfu’r ymchwil nad yw 72% o’r bobl hyn yn dechrau busnes oherwydd ofn methu a phryderon fel diffyg cyllid. Cynhaliwyd y gwaith ymchwil mewn cydweithrediad â Her Werdd Fawr NESTA, sef cystadleuaeth i annog pobl i fynd i’r afael â newid hinsawdd gyda gwobr ariannol o £1m.


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Caffael a darparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus

Ymagwedd Llywodraeth at ddarparu gwasanaethau’n 'ddryslyd'
Mae’r Llywodraeth yn gadael elusennau ar y clwt drwy ystyried cyflenwi gwasanaethau cyhoeddus drwy elusennau, clywodd ASau. Dywedodd Debra Allcock Tyler, prif weithredwr y Cyfeiriadur Newid Cymdeithasol, wrth y Pwyllgor Dethol ar Weinyddu Cyhoeddus y mis diwethaf fod yr ymagwedd gyfredol yn ddryslyd. Roedd yn siarad yng ngwrandawiad olaf y pwyllgor am fudiadau sector gwirfoddol yn cyflenwi gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. ’Roedd y symudiad i fwy o gontractau’n golygu bod defnyddwyr gwasanaeth yn cael eu hanghofio,’ meddai, ‘gan fod mudiadau’n cael eu gorfodi i fodloni’r contractau yn hytrach nag anghenion y bobl yr oeddent yn eu gwasanaethu.‘ Bydd y pwyllgor dethol yn ystyried y dystiolaeth a glywodd o amrywiaeth o ffynonellau cyn cyhoeddi adroddiad yn awr, ac nid yw’n debygol y caiff ei gyhoeddi tan fis Mawrth o leiaf.

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Datblygu ar sail asedau

Rhaglen asedau cymunedol yn Lloegr
Mae’r Gronfa Loteri Fawr wedi cwblhau’r asesiad cychwynnol o geisiadau i’r gronfa Asedau Cymunedol £30 miliwn. Nod y rhaglen Asedau Cymunedol £30 miliwn yw grymuso cymunedau drwy eu hannog i drosglwyddo adeiladau awdurdod lleol segur i sefydliadau lleol.

Mae’r Gronfa Loteri Fawr, sy’n cyflwyno Asedau Cymunedol ar ran Swyddfa’r Trydydd Sector, wedi cynnal asesiad cychwynnol o’r holl geisiadau i’r rhaglen. Cyflwynwyd 220 o geisiadau i gyd, gan geisio cyllid grant i gyfanswm ychydig yn fwy na £155 miliwn, yr oedd 164 ohonynt, sef bron £119 miliwn i gyd, yn gyflawn a chymwys. Caiff ymgeiswyr wybod a ydynt wedi llwyddo yng ngwanwyn 2008

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Manion

Cyfathrebu ag arianwyr
Mae deunydd am fagu perthnasoedd, gweithio gydag ariannwyr neu ddim ond cyfathrebu ag ariannwyr, a gynhyrchwyd gan bob un o’r chwe Chanolfan arbenigedd Genedlaethol yn Lloegr, wedi’i dynnu ynghyd mewn un rhestr gyfeirio. Am fanylion pellach ewch i’r wefan.

‘Dewin’ ar-lein yn helpu i ddod o hyd i gyllid sector Cyfiawnder
Bydd yn haws i sefydliadau yn y sector gwirfoddol neu gyhoeddus chwilio am gyllid i brosiectau cysylltiedig â’r sector Cyfiawnder, oherwydd arf chwilio ar-lein newydd. Mae Sgiliau er Cyfiawnder, y Cyngor Sgiliau Sector ar gyfer y sector Cyfiawnder, wedi lansio’r 'dewin ariannu' ar ei wefan, gwasanaeth sy’n rhad ac am ddim i ddefnyddwyr am y deuddeg mis nesaf.

Mae’r Dewin Ariannu’n gronfa ddata sy’n galluogi cyflogwyr ac unigolion i chwilio am gyllid sy’n benodol i’r sector Cyfiawnder, ar gyfer amrywiaeth o weithgareddau o ddechrau prosiectau i hyfforddi a datblygu’r gweithlu. Caiff y gronfa ddata ei diweddaru bob dydd. Bwriad y gronfa ddata yw cyflenwi, nid disodli, deialog parhaus ag arianwyr fel y Cyngor Dysgu a Sgiliau, APADGOS neu gyrff cyllid cyhoeddus eraill.

Mae gwybodaeth bellach ar gael o www.skillsforjustice.com

Cefnogwyr FANN
Efallai bydd astudiaeth ddichonoldeb newydd ar gyfer Rhwydwaith Cenedlaethol y Cynghorwyr Cyllid (FANN) o ddiddordeb i weithwyr datblygu sy’n cefnogi grwpiau â chyllid. Gallwch ei gweld - a rhoi sylwadau am y cynllun busnes cysylltiedig - ar www.fit4funding.org.uk a www.financehub.org.uk/projects/fann/default.aspa



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Aelodaeth a Lein Gymorth WCVA

Bob mis, mae dros 1,000 o fudiadau gwirfoddol yn elwa ar y wybodaeth, y newyddion, y wybodaeth ariannol a’r arbedion y byddant yn eu derbyn fel rhan o'r manteision o fod yn aelodau llawn o WCVA.

Mae aelodaeth lawn yn dechrau ar gyn rhated â £25 y flwyddyn, ac mae’n cynnwys: cylchgrawn i’r sector gwirfoddol ddwywaith y mis, e-hysbys ar gyfer aelodau bob pythefnos, a chwiliadau grant personol. Mae aelodau hefyd yn gallu hawlio disgownt oddi ar y canlynol: meddalwedd a chaledwedd cyfrifiaduron, telegyfathrebu, gwasanaethau cyfieithu, yswiriant, cynhyrchion corfforaethol a deunyddiau cyhoeddusrwydd. Os carech chi gael pecyn gwybodaeth am ymaelodi, a ffurflen gais, anfonwch e-bost at help@wcva.org.uk neu ffoniwch Lein Gymorth WCVA ar 0800 2888 329.

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