WCVA Funding news May 2010 / Newyddion nawdd WCVA Mai 2010

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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.

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Inside Funding news this month:

Charitable trusts

Heritage Lottery Fund
Are you interested in your local heritage? Would you like to discuss a heritage project with a funder? Heritage Lottery Fund will be holding surgery meetings around Wales over the next few months. If you would like to book a meeting slot, please contact the HLF Wales Development Team on 029 2034 3413 or email wales@hlf.org.uk

May 13th - Cardiff (Hodge House, Guildhall Place, Cardiff CF10 1DY)
May 25th - Lampeter (CAVO office, Bryndulais, 67 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 7AB)
May 26th - Aberystwyth (Venue to be confirmed)
June 17th - Cardiff (Hodge House, Guildhall Place, Cardiff CF10 1DY)
June 24th - Llandudno (Venue to be confirmed)
July 13th - Usk (Venue to be confirmed)

The Archer Trust
The Archer Trust awards grant funding to organisations working to provide support to needy or deserving people in the UK and overseas. Applications are welcomed from small UK charities for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 would make a big difference. The Trust prefers to support organisations which make good use of volunteers and are working in areas of high unemployment and deprivation. Support for overseas projects will only be considered via UK charities which can ensure that funds are being well used. The Trustees meet twice a year to consider applications (normally in March and September) and applications can be made at any time.

Childwick Trust
The Childwick Trust provides funding to registered charities to assist people with disabilities, the promotion of health, the elderly in need and for the welfare of people involved in the horse-racing world. No minimum or maximum amount of grant is specified, although the majority of grants in the health category are typically between £2,000 and £10,000, with a small number of more sizeable amounts awarded for larger projects. The Trustees meet to consider applications twice a year, in May and December, and applications can be made at any time.

CLA charitable trust
The CLA (County and Land Association) Trust awards grant funding in support of disabled people in England and Wales. The Trust's aims are to: encourage education about the countryside for those who are disabled or disadvantaged, particularly youngsters from urban areas; provide facilities for those with disabilities to have access to recreation in the countryside; and promote education in agriculture, horticulture and conservation for those who are disabled or disadvantaged. The Trust focuses on smaller projects where the grant makes a real contribution to the success of that project. Applications should be for a specific project or item of capital equipment rather than on-going running costs. Grants rarely exceed £2,000 and the Trustees do not give grants to individuals. Applications can be made at any time.
(Source: Grantfinder Update, April 10)

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Lottery


Next step in dormant accounts fund
Co-operative Financial Services has been appointed to set up and administer the dormant bank accounts reclaim fund that will provide money for new Big Lottery grants under the government's dormant account scheme (for England and Wales). While there is still a way to go before such funding goes live, it is a significant step. See Civil Society Media news.

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Government

Launch of the 2010/11 New Ideas Social Research Fund
The Welsh Assembly Government is inviting proposals under its New Ideas Social Research Fund. The Fund aims to support small research projects that address themes which have clear relevance to the strategic objectives set out in One Wales: a progressive agenda for the government of Wales.

Individual grants of up to £10,000 are available for research projects that will provide an insight into the social problems that the Assembly Government needs to tackle. The research findings will help in shaping future policy.

A grant of up to £10,000 can be applied for, payable in two instalments - the first on submission of an interim report and the second on completion. The Welsh Assembly Government welcomes proposals that involve match funding from other sources.

Proposals should:

  • Address one or more of the following policy areas - communities; community safety; local government; equality; public services and performance; housing; children, education, lifelong learning and skills; and health;
  • Show an advanced understanding of the topic;
  • Show an ability to carry out high-quality research;
  • Show how the study will add to existing knowledge and understanding; and
  • Include a clear methodology, timetable and statement of the skills and experience of those who will do the work.

Any organisation or individual in Wales may apply. The deadline for submission of proposals is 4 June 2010.

Click here for more information


What does the 2010 Budget mean for charities?
The 2010 Budget, announced on 24 March, introduced a number of changes for charities in terms of tax relief.

These include changes to:

  • cross-border donations;
  • HMRC definition of 'charity';
  • 'fit and proper' persons tests for trustees, directors and anyone controlling charities' finances;
  • higher rate relief;
  • Gift Aid;
  • Payroll Giving;
  • Inheritance tax; and
  • charities spending funds abroad.

Further details about the changes are available in a special information briefing. Further information is also available from HMRC.

To find out more about tax relief for charities, visit the Tax-Effective Giving website.
(Source: Institute of Fundraising)

GwirVol Youth Volunteering Grants 2010-2011 ‘Opportunities’ and ‘Promotion’
Can your organisation encourage more young people to volunteer?
The Welsh Assembly Government has made £420,000 available to support projects that will bring about a step change in the number of young people volunteering and the diversity of volunteers.

The aim of the new GwirVol Youth Volunteering Grants scheme is to support the delivery and promotion of a wide range of new volunteering opportunities by third sector organisations in Wales, especially for disadvantaged young people. Separate application packs are available for ‘Opportunities’ or ‘Promotion’ grants.

Priority young people:
The grants scheme aims to prioritise opportunities with and for a diverse range of young people (aged 16 – 25), particularly:

  • Young people from disadvantaged communities: particularly Communities First areas and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
  • Young people with physical or learning disabilities
  • Young people aged 16 – 18
  • Young people not in employment, education or training
How much is available?

‘International’: project funding of up to £30,000 to encourage international volunteering opportunities for young people who don’t traditionally volunteer. The scheme supported one-year projects funding of up to £30,000, offering a structured programme of activities that would deliver high quality international volunteering experiences for up to 30 young people aged 16-25. The GwirVol International Youth Volunteering Grants scheme supported up to 80% of total project costs.

‘Opportunities’: project funding of up to £10,000 for activities to deliver a wide range of new and innovative volunteering experiences for young people aged 16-25, either with your own group or another organisation.

‘Promotion’: project funding of up to £5,000 to promote volunteering to and for young people aged 16-25 – for instance, through promotional events, websites, exhibitions or visits.

You must be able to give a clear description of how you will approach and attract young people; particularly those that are disadvantaged or excluded; how you will measure success and how you will spend the money.

All projects must be completed and accounted for by 31 March 2012. Any funding not spent by that date must be repaid.

When can you apply?
All complete applications, with all supporting documents, must be received by
16 June 2010 at the latest.

No late applications will be considered
Applicants are asked to email a copy of the final version of your application to GwirVol@wcva.org.uk in addition to sending a signed hard as this will help us to process you application as quickly and efficiently as possible. The signed hard copy must be received by the WCVA Cardiff Bay Office by 16 June 2010.

For more information or an application please visit www.gwirvol.org/en/grants/

Environment Wales grant scheme
Environment Wales is a partnership of organisations in the voluntary sector, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. Its aim is to contribute to sustainable development by supporting and encouraging voluntary action to protect and improve the environment.

Environment Wales currently has the following five grant streams designed to aid projects in each step of their development.

Start-up Grants
Helping to cover the costs involved with establishing new voluntary or community groups. These may include the hiring of venues, facilities and equipment, purchase of small items of equipment and hand tools, protective clothing, publicity and printing costs, training, insurance and affiliation. Up to £1,000 may be applied for.

Pre-Project Grants
Helping to cover the costs of specialist help; contractor hire, feasibility studies, ecological surveys, business plans and community appraisals where studies are carried out by third parties. The maximum grant available through this strand is £4,000.

Project Grants
Helping to fund project materials and equipment. Applications can be made at any time of the year, but funds are usually fully allocated by the end of the year. To apply for project grant funding, applicants must first be registered with Environment Wales.

Management Grants
This fund supports new posts in organisations. These posts are not part of an organisation's core activities. Grants now range from £1,000 to £12,000 (previously £10,000). Applications need to be received by 31 October for awards starting on 1 April the following year. Funding can be provided for up to a maximum of six years.

Training Support Grants
Grants are available for the costs of courses and conferences (which are organised by third parties) for staff and volunteers in registered organisations. Travel expenses, subsistence and course fees are covered. Training Support Grants are only available to projects and groups that are registered with Environment Wales. Training Support Grants can be up to a maximum of £400.

Community and not-for-profit voluntary groups carrying out work that demonstrates practical environmental improvement and sustainable development in Wales are eligible to apply.

Applications may be made at any time.
(Source: Grantfinder Update, April 10)

Maintenance Matters! grant scheme for listed places of worship in Wales
Responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of places of worship lies with individual denominations. However, as in the previous two years Cadw can assist with this task through its Maintenance Matters! grant scheme – previously called the Spring Clean grant scheme – which offers assistance for the maintenance of listed places of worship in Wales. Grant of a maximum of £500 per building is available for a range of minor repairs, which are necessary to keep places of worship in good order. Applications are accepted from 1 April 2010 for a period of six months, or until the budget is exhausted, whichever is the sooner. The budget for 2010-11 is £120,000. Grants must be claimed by 31 December 2010. Further details are available from www.maintenancematterswales.org or the historic buildings grants team on 01443 336000.

Third sector fund to inspire sustainable living
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is providing seed funding for third sector organisations to put in place projects that will encourage and enable individuals and communities to adopt more sustainable behaviours in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Non-governmental, non-commercial, value-driven organisations that principally reinvest any financial surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives are eligible to apply.

Projects should use the seed corn funding to start delivery and build their capacity to put in place activities that should be operational in the run up to the London 2012 Games and beyond. The closing date for initial applications is 21 May 2010. Further details are available here.(Source: Grantfinder Update, April 10)

The Wood Energy Business Scheme 2
The Forestry Commission's Wood Energy Business Scheme 2 (WEBS2), a £17 million pound capital grant scheme, is open to applications from micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including social enterprises. The scheme aims to promote sustainable business growth and new business opportunities in relation to future environmental challenges and opportunities, assisting them to; invest in clean, renewable wood fuel heating; increase energy efficiency through general advice giving; enable high quality equipment and fuel supply chains to be developed; build skills and experience in the installation and maintenance of wood fuel heat and power technology; develop new products eg new heating boilers or energy supply services. There are three types of projects eligible for grant support, these are: wood fuel heating scheme; small scale electricity generation using wood; and fuel supply businesses. Applications can be submitted at any time up to the 31 December 2012.
(Source: Grants Online, April 10)

Young entrants support scheme
The Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) aims to encourage and support new entrants to farming in Wales, which is a One Wales commitment of the Welsh Assembly Government. The assistance package includes the following key elements: a one-off direct aid grant up to a maximum of £15,000; access to a dedicated Young Entrants’ Business Enabler service; access to funded mentoring services from established farmers. The maximum amount of grant aid available will be 50 per cent of an agreed £30,000 investment, ie a £15,000 maximum grant. There will also be a 100 per cent subsidised access to a mentoring service by established farmers. The grant can be used towards capital or revenue investment for expenses incurred when young entrants are setting-up as head of holding for the first time. Applications may be submitted at any time.
(Source: Grantfinder Update, April 10)

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Corporate


Santander Foundation
The Santander Foundation unites the charitable donations previously made in the UK by Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley savings business and has over £3 million to donate to local charities throughout the UK.

The re-launched Santander Foundation will focus upon funding charitable projects in line with Santander Group’s global priorities of education and training; and financial capability. The maximum donation for charities anywhere in the UK will rise 150% to £10,000 with an average grant of around £4,500. For the first time, grants for revenue items (such as salaries or running costs) in addition to capital items (such as equipment and training materials) will be made available. By opening up the scope of the funding in this way, it allows a greater number of charities to benefit and use the funding effectively to make a difference in their local community.

There are no deadlines, no application forms and the Foundation does not need a copy of your annual report and accounts. Charities wanting to find out more about the Foundation can visit www.santanderfoundation.org.uk

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European

New WEFO guidance on Procurement
The Welsh European Funding Office has issued revised guidance on Sponsorship, Partnership and Procurement for use with Convergence funded project. The guidance offers advice to prospective sponsors, match funders and interested stakeholders so that they have clear guidance on the three subject areas. A full copy of the revised guidance can be obtained here.

New versions of the Strategic Frameworks are now available
Under the 2007–2013 European Funding programmes, a total of 20 thematic and spatially-driven Strategic Frameworks have been developed, in partnership, to help to shape and balance programme delivery . The Strategic Frameworks focus on the types of interventions that will best deliver on the Priorities and Themes of the Operational Programmes.

The frameworks have recently undergone a review, which have taken into account changes in the economic climate. The amended Strategic Frameworks can now be accessed here.

European Integration Fund
The objective of this programme is to support newly-arrived third-country nationals to integrate into the UK. Up to £6.4 million is available to support projects commencing on, or shortly after, 1 July 2010. The minimum grant amount that can be applied for per year is £40,000, and costs are usually covered at a rate of 50 per cent (although a higher proportion up to 75 per cent may be available in specific circumstances).

The two activities specifically targeted under this Call are as follows:

  • Setting up programmes and activities aimed at introducing newly-arrived third-country nationals to the United Kingdom and enabling them to acquire basic knowledge about the UK’s language, history, institutions, socio-economic features, cultural life and the fundamental norms and values, complementing existing programmes and activities.
  • Preparing third-country nationals for their integration into the United Kingdom in a better way by supporting pre-travel measures which enable them to acquire knowledge and skills necessary for their integration, such as vocational training, information packages, comprehensive civic orientation courses and language tuition in the country of origin.

Eligible applicants include NGOs, charities, academic institutions, central and local government, intergovernmental organisations, limited companies and any partnership made up of these organisations.

All proposals and projects should be targeted at newly-arrived third-country nationals who have been legally resident in the UK for less than five years or third-country nationals who are on the territory of a third country and who have been granted a visa in a category which may lead to settlement in the UK.

The application deadline is 4 June 2010.

Leonardo (vocational education)
Two further 2010 Calls for Proposals were launched on 31 March 2010:

  • Award of grants to support national projects for the development of a national approach to improve the quality assurance of vocational education and training (VET) systems by promoting and developing the use of the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework in vocational education and training. Grants of between EUR 50,000 and EUR 200,000 are on offer.
  • Award of grants to support national projects to test and develop the credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET). Grants of between EUR 50,000 and EUR 300,000 are on offer.

The deadline under both calls is 16 July 2010. Link to guidelines:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call10/prior_en.pdf
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2010/call_ecvet_en.php

Structural Funds programme update
As at 5 April 162 projects have been approved, with a total investment of over £2.4bn (EU funds of over £1.2bn) across Wales, and expenditure of nearly £220m. Some £710m (29 per cent) is being invested in business, over £1.1bn (45 per cent) in people and over £595m (25 per cent) for community regeneration, the environment and transport.

Organisations in Wales are engaging in 52 Territorial Co-operation projects worth over £73m ERDF.

News from the Programme Monitoring Committee (PMC)
The All Wales PMC met on 26 March 2010. The Committee received an up-date on the implementation of all programmes, including progress against programme level outputs. Information was provided on the new Delivery and Compliance Group, of which WCVA is a member, which has been established to advise and assist WEFO in its fulfillment of its regulatory requirement. Updates were also given on evaluation activities that have been commissioned by WEFO and the future of Structural Funds post-2013. Read more.

Round 4 open – Ireland-Wales Programme
The fourth call for proposals under the Ireland-Wales Programme is now open for applications under all priorities and themes.

The closing date for receipt of applications is: Priority 2: 11 June 2010 at 17:00

Further details, including an application pack for Round 4, are now available here. Any enquiries can be made to Ireland_wales@seregassembly.ie or your local Development Officer.

ESF Convergence Priority 4 Match Fund
Making the Connections Match Funding Grant has been created. All projects applying for Structural Funds support under ESF Convergence Priority 4 will be eligible to apply. Applications from other ESF Convergence priorities, or projects applying under the ESF Competitiveness programme are not eligible.

This limited match funding pot will provide a maximum of £1m support in any one financial year. The level of match funding available to each project applicant is a maximum of 25 per cent towards their total eligible project costs. Read more.

Prince’s Trust Business Programme launched
The Prince’s Trust Cymru Business Programme will receive a £1.3million EU boost to help budding entrepreneurs across Wales get started. Geared towards unemployed 18-30 year olds, the funding will enable 2,000 young people to develop key business skills such as marketing, business planning and budgeting. Over five years, 600 young people will go on to set up in business. Those who decide that self employment is not for them will be supported into work, education or training. Read more.

Expression of Interest – Severn Valley Built Heritage Fund
Powys County Council’s Built Heritage Section wishes to invite Expressions of Interest from owners of commercial and business properties within the Severn Valley in Powys to apply for assistance under the Severn Valley Built Heritage Fund. This fund aims to assist proposals that will enhance and upgrade the external fabric of business and commercial properties of heritage interest within the scheme’s boundary.

Funding is available for up to 70 per cent of the total cost of eligible works to successful applicants. The maximum amount of funding available will depend on the number of applications received and the type of work proposed. In addition the offer of funding is at the sole discretion of Powys County Council.

The Severn Valley Built Heritage Fund has an overall budget of approximately £1.3million (including public funding from ERDF & Powys County Council and private sector funding) which will be available until all funds have been allocated or until the closing date for submitting applications is announced during 2013.

This is a speculative notice informing interested parties of the above programme and seeking expressions of interest, however further progress of this project will be subject to final approval by WEFO of the ERDF funding.

Click here for more information

Provision of Training to the Workways Project in Pembrokeshire
Deadline: 17:00 on 14.05.10

Expressions of interest are invited from suitable qualified and experienced organisations to tender for inclusion on the framework for the delivery of services to raise aspirations, improve participation rates in education, training and employment.

The Workways project is a regional project part funded by the European Social Fund as part of the 2007-2013 Convergence Programme. Pembrokeshire County Council acts in the capacity of Joint Sponsors for the project.

We are looking for providers with a proven track record of working with people from 16-65 yrs of age, providing flexible courses through Tasters, Day release and five day courses.

This Framework is for a period of 3 years with a possible extension.

Training in arrange of areas to include some of the following:

  • Health & Safety
  • Food Safety
  • CSCS & CCNSG Cards
  • SIA
  • Retail, Leisure and Tourism
  • Business Administration
  • Information Technology and office skills
  • Basic Engineering Skills

Applicants wishing to express interest in this opportunity should log onto http://appswales.alito.co.uk and register via the Bulletin Board. PQQ document will need to be downloaded electronically, completed and uploaded back onto the Alito website as instructed.

Click here for more information


ICT Remote Working Consultants
Deadline date: 14.05.10

Description of the Request For Quote from Chwarae Teg for the Agile Nation Project:

1. Remote Working Implementation Support
Eligible SMEs requiring technical support to implement the recommendations of the Remote Working ICT Review will be offered ICT consultancy to implement changes in line with plan agreed between Chwarae Teg ICT Project Manager and SME (to be agreed with ICT Consultant before work is undertaken), ensuring that remote working becomes a sustainable reality for the identified individuals.

2. Training and Ongoing Support
Where required the ICT Consultant will provide training for relevant individuals regards use of remote working systems. Further telephone and, were needed, on site support will be provided to ensure remote working systems function as defined.

Successful contractors will be expected to adhere to a service level agreement which will be finalised upon appointment.

Click here for more information

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Awards


Volunteer of the Year Awards
Adults, young people and groups who give up hours of their free time to help others will receive recognition in the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Awards run by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and supported by CCLA Investment Management Ltd.

In 2009, more than 200 nominations were received for the five categories, which have been chosen to reflect the range of volunteering opportunities available in Wales. As well as recognition of individuals, young people (under 25 years), and groups, the scheme also rewards ‘green’ volunteers and trustees.

There will be up to three winners in each category, with 15 national winners presented with their awards at a ceremony in Cardiff Castle on 10 June, and all nominees awarded commendation certificates at a local ceremony or by post.


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Sustainable Funding Cymru

Looking for funding?
Visit www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk – home of the Wales funding portal – a new one-stop shop for funding advice and opportunities.

The funding portal provides access to a searchable database of UK funding opportunities, advice and support on raising funds and tips on how to diversify funding.

The funding portal is a brand new resource for third sector organisations in Wales, jointly developed by WCVA and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Sign up today to Funding news, our free monthly electronic newsletter.

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Training and events

Charity Law Conference 2010 Cardiff City Stadium on 20 May
The programme for WCVA’s annual Wales Charity Law Conference has now been finalised. Uncertainty hangs in the air. Public sector spending cuts are anticipated and yet their timing and extent are unknown. There’s plenty of anxiety, lots of rumour, and probably not enough fact about dealing with the funding and regulatory challenges ahead:

  • What are the legal remedies open to third sector organisations subject to an unfair, disproportionate or unexpected cut in funding? Ruth Henke QC will speak on Hard law for hard times
  • Collaboration with similar organisations may reduce costs - but how is it done effectively? Choosing to collaborate: helping charities succeed, Linda Ashby, Charity Commission
  • What are the legal and financial risks associated with procured services? And what are the TUPE consequences? Procurement: an update and implications for the third sector, Ceri Delemore, Geldards
  • Charities looking to diversify their income streams can trade legally - but is it necessary to set up a trading arm - and if so how? Giselle Davies, Geldards will speak on Governance: trading and the public benefit test

The 2010 Wales Charity Law Conference will help you take stock, examine risk and anticipate change. It will also offer:

  • An employment law update
  • Practical guidance on managing risk and insolvency
  • Breakout sessions on data protection, trustee payments and improving governance
  • An introduction to the Charity Tribunal and Fundraising Standards Board

The Wales Charity Law Conference will be held at Cardiff City Stadium on 20 May 2010. The Trustee Conference will be held in Wrexham on 11 November 2010. A booking form for the Wales Charity Law Conference is available for download in PDF format from the WCVA website. For further information please contact Kate Gobir, Media, Marketing and Events Organiser, WCVA, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF10 5FH, tel 029 2043 1724, fax 029 2043 1901, email eventsadmin@wcva.org.uk.

Don’t miss the funding bug and sign up today!
Limited spaces remain on the following Sustainable Funding Cymru training courses which are intended to provide voluntary and community organisations with the tools and resources required to achieve financial sustainability:

Making assets work

  • 26 May 2010 – Llanrwst
  • 7 June 2010 – Swansea

Trading

  • 8 June 2010 – Llanelli
  • 15 June 2010 – Ruthin

How to tender

  • 29 & 30 June 2010 – Carmarthen

To find out more or book a place visit www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk/events. Alternatively contact the WCVA Helpdesk on 0800 2888 329 or help@wcva.org.uk

Sustainable Funding Cymru is being supported by the Big Lottery Fund. We are therefore able to offer this training at a subsidised rate for voluntary and community organisations operating in Wales.


This training is also being delivered across Wales by the local county voluntary councils (CVCs), for further details please visit www.coursesforcommunities.org.uk.

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Planning

The future of charity membership
The latest title in NCVO's Future Focus series asks 'What will membership be like in 5 years time?'. It looks at six "drivers": Changing sources of identity, Changing attitudes to money and consumerism, Increasing availability of (no cost) information, The rise of the social web, Changing expectations of participation and The commodification of membership. See here for series ordering information or download (pdf, 3.21MB).

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Giving and public fundraising

Charities Aid Foundation seeks to simplify Gift Aid through technology
The Charities Aid Foundation has commissioned new research into how technology can be used to simplify the Gift Aid system and help charities to recover more tax relief on donations.

The study, to be carried out by independent think tank ResPublica, will examine how the Gift Aid system can be modernised and set out practical suggestions.

It will also consider how charities can recover more Gift Aid. CAF estimates that unclaimed relief stands at £750m a year. The findings of the research will be released in the summer.
(Source: Third Sector)

Charity websites do not make best use of technology, says report
Charity websites are poor campaigning tools and often fail to use the most effective web technologies, according to a new report.

Communications consultancy Precedent carried out an assessment of websites operated by 60 charities with annual incomes ranging from about £100,000 to more than £10m. It found the sites often lacked basic information about the charity and appeared to have little overall strategy.

The report says many websites are difficult to navigate, do not make best use of web technology and are not effective at asking for donations.

They are also inconsistent in their overall message, do not engage specific types of user and do not make important information such as annual reports and staff directories available, it says.

"It would appear that while charity sites are capable of meeting the basic demands of web build, they are failing to develop websites with the strategic impetus to campaign," the report says. "This failure, as social and technical trends continue to change, can only hurt charities in the long run."
(Source: Third Sector Online)

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Loan finance


Venturesome wants to lend more of major donors' cash
Venturesome, the social lending arm of the Charities Aid Foundation, is hoping to increase dramatically the proportion of money held in major donors' giving accounts that is available for social finance purposes.

CAF trusts accept large Gift-Aided donations from individuals for distribution to charities in due course. The trusts hold about £550m from about 2,500 donors. Venturesome wants to increase the proportion of this money that is channeled into social investments and will approach trust holders to ask if their money could be made available for loans.

John Kingston, director of Venturesome, said CAF trust holders had already invested about £2.5m through Venturesome - about 20 per cent of the organisation's total funds. But he said he thought more trust holders would be willing to provide support.
(Source: Third Sector Online)

New rules for credit unions a step closer
The Treasury is asking Parliament to approve an order that would allow credit unions to offer new services. The credit union legislative reform order, which the Government has been consulting on since 2008, would enable credit unions to provide services to community groups, social enterprises and companies, and would reform the ‘common bond' that governs membership to allow unions to recruit more members.

They would also be able to offer a fixed rate of interest, instead of a dividend, on members' savings. Abcul, the umbrella body for credit unions, said it expected the order to become law this summer. "This has been eagerly anticipated by the credit union sector for a long time and it's good to know that we're nearly there," said Mark Lyonette, chief executive of Abcul.

"All the political parties are supportive of the proposals, and this means we are likely to see the changes come into effect by 1 August this year – which is really exciting for credit unions."
(Source: Third Sector Online)

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Trading

Launch of the Gorsedd of Dragons Competition for 2010
The Gorsedd of Dragons Competition is based on the popular television series, Dragons' Den. It invites entrepreneurs to put forward business propositions to a panel of Welsh 'dragons' in a battle for investment and professional business advice.

The aim of the competition is to support new business ideas (start-ups) and existing new businesses that have a chance of succeeding and demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the people of Wales during a difficult economic climate.

Prize money of up to £5,000 is available to be allocated as the judges see fit. Competition winners may use the prize money to help establish and develop their business. Professional business advice will also be provided to help turn ideas into reality.

The competition is open to Welsh speakers who wish to live and work in Wales. Any sort of business idea, invention, product or service is eligible. Entries may come from individuals, partnerships or groups of people - but there must be one named contact person.

Entries may be from new businesses established during the last five years or from those that have yet to be established. The closing date for entries to the 2010 competition is 2 July 2010.
(Source: GRANTfinder update)

Online network for community shops
The Plunkett Foundation has officially launched its online Community Shops Network. It enables people involved in setting up and running community-owned shops to communicate with each other, share ideas and experience across the UK, and there's already plenty of material available.

Church raises £50,000 for community projects by renting its car park spaces
All Saints Church in Islington, London, has raised over £50,000 for its local community projects over the past two years by renting its private car park spaces through online marketplace Parkatmyhouse.

The money raised by the church, located near St Pancras station, has been used to benefit local residents, parents and homeless people.

Founded in 2006, Parkatmyhouse aims to connect home and business owners who would like to earn money from renting their space with drivers in need of a cost-effective and convenient place to park. Members use the instant online facility to book a property-owner's driveway, garage or car park space on a one-off or regular, short-term or long-term basis.

Anthony Eskinazi founded Parkatmyhouse in 2006. He said: "Along with home and business owners, places of worship are finding that they can raise funds by renting their parking spaces through our site."

Click here for more information
(Source: UK Fundraising)

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Procurement and public service delivery

Well informed: Research on Improving Communications
"By understanding how commissioners use results information and what drives their satisfaction with it, charities can improve their funding applications and their reporting.

By understanding the challenges charities face in this area and what other commissioners ask for and use, commissioners can make appropriate demands for results information and improve their own use of it."

Read the findings of NPC's research, their conclusions and recommendations in their report Well-informed.


Guides on public sector (health) commissioning
ACEVO, the charity chief executives body, has published a number of guides on public sector commissioning:

  • 'Getting Round The Table' aims to help you organise roundtable meetings with public sector commissioners, based on their experience of running a number of such events around the country
  • As part of the In Better Health programme, guides to 'The NHS Standard Contract for Community Services', 'The NHS Standard Contract for Mental Health and Learning Disability Services' and 'The Care Quality Commission'. More information here.

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Asset based development


Charity Bank to pilot a 'PFI' for sector's building works
Social lender Charity Bank is piloting a scheme to finance community projects that is similar to the private finance initiative used in many major public sector building contracts. The lender is aiming to create a "public community partnership" in which a local authority or primary care trust signs a 25 or 30-year lease on a new community project, which allows the lender to provide finance to construct it.

Malcolm Hayday, chief executive of Charity Bank, said the model could be used to fund a variety of projects. "For example, a community group would like to construct a village hall, which by itself might only just be financially viable," he said. "But if it also constructs a doctor's surgery alongside, which a public body agrees to lease, that transforms the financial viability of the project."
(Source: Third Sector Online)

Accounting for Heritage Assets
The new Financial Reporting Standard 30: Heritage Assets comes into effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1st April 2010. Heritage assets are "those tangible assets with historical, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture". While the FRS does not apply to unincorporated charities preparing receipts and payments accounts, the Charity Commission recommends that in this case the scale and nature of any significant heritage assets held and the public's access to them should be explained in the annual report.

The SORP Information sheet 3 is now available here.

The background page is available here.

Office of the Third Sector launches programme to help communities buy pubs
A £3.3m support programme to help communities buy their local pubs has been launched by the Office of the Third Sector.

The programme, expected to support 50 communities through the process of taking pubs into community ownership, is being administered by the Plunkett Foundation, a charity that supports the development of social enterprise in rural communities.

The fund will provide communities with grants, which will be match-funded by loans from social lender Co-operative and Community Finance.

The foundation has already run a scheme to help local communities buy village shops threatened with closure.

"Community ownership can secure the future of pubs, just as it is doing for village shops, through harnessing the creativity and energy of a whole community," said Peter Couchman, chief executive of the Plunkett Foundation.
(Source: Third Sector Online)

ADP Projects CIC
ADP Projects Community Interest Company provides design and project management services, aiming to assist organisations to create practical and sustainable projects, which will both inspire and motivate people to use and enjoy them.

They work with voluntary and community organisations, exploring ways in which high quality design standards can be delivered specifically to capital projects within the third sector in the most cost effective manner. Their intention is that with an improved experience, the visitor will want to stay longer and return, thereby generating income and helping towards sustainability.

For more information, including case study examples of ADP Projects’ work with voluntary organisations, please contact Alex Macpherson at ADP Projects CIC, on 0116 253 3446 or alex@adp-projects.com

www.adp-projects.com


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Oddballs


ClickonWales.org
A new online news magazine has been launched by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. ClickonWales contains daily analysis and commentary on the Welsh economy, politics, culture and wider public policy questions. The site will draw on the wide range of experts that currently contribute to the IWA’s highly regarded print magazine Agenda.

Although Agenda will continue to be published, web users will find two newly designed and seamlessly integrated sites: clickonwales.org – the news analysis magazine – and iwa.org.uk – the IWA’s new corporate site which gives details of all the IWA’s events and research activities. Large parts of these sites will be freely accessible to all, but both parts will also facilitate online purchase of IWA publications, with large discounts available to IWA members.

The IWA has also agreed a partnership arrangement with the Welsh language online site Golwg360.com run by the publishers of the Welsh language magazine Golwg. Golwg360.com will carry Welsh language translations of clickonWales material on its site, with direct links between the two.

For more information contact Kirsty Davies, Deputy Director, IWA, tel 029 2066 0820, email kirstydavies@iwa.org.uk.

KnowHow NonProfit
KnowHow NonProfit is a fresh new website built solely for people working in not-for-profit organisations. Completely free and easy to use, it is packed with practical information and resources covering all kinds of topics from finding funding to strategy planning.

KnowHow NonProfit presents In the Chair – a series of governance podcasts exploring how nonprofit and charity chairs are helping their organisations and fellow board members deal with times of crisis and change. Find out more.

Co-operative angle on older social care
Co-operativesUK has a new guide 'Self-managed Care - a Co-operative Approach' which looks at co-operative approaches to the personalisation agenda and the challenges older people and their families are facing. Social Enterprise news item or download report (pdf, 271KB).

Accruals accounts pack for small non company charities
The Charity Commission has produced a new "accruals accounts pack for small non company charities" to help Treasurers and Trustees of smaller charities prepare their accounts. It consists of a pro-forma layout (pdf or Excel) with accompanying completion notes. Unfortunately this was published just before the Commission website was completely redesigned - this appears to be the replacement page in the new site.

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WCVA Membership and Helpdesk


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 £30 per year and includes a twice-monthly third 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

Cronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri
Oes gennych ddiddordeb yn eich treftadaeth lleol? A hoffech drafod prosiect treftadaeth gyda cyllidwr? Bydd Cronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri yn cynnal cyfarfodydd o amgylch Cymru dros y misoedd nesaf. Os hoffech fwcio slot cyfarfod, yna cysylltwch â Thîm Datblygu CDL Cymru ar 029 2034 3413 neu drwy e-bost cymru@hlf.org.uk

Mai 13 - Caerdydd (Tŷ Hodge, Plas y Neuadd, Caerdydd, CF10 1DY)
Mai 25 - Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Swyddfa CAVO, Bryndulais, 67 Stryd y Bont, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, SA48 7AB)
Mai 26 - Aberystwyth (Lleoliad i'w gadarnhau)
Mehefin 17 - Caerdydd (Tŷ Hodge, Plas y Neuadd, Caerdydd, CF10 1DY)
Mehefin 24 - Llandudno (Lleoliad i'w gadarnhau)
Gorffennaf 13 - Brynbuga (Lleoliad i'w gadarnhau)

Ymddiriedolaeth Archer
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Archer yn rhoi cyllid grant i fudiadau sy’n gweithio er mwyn helpu pobl anghenus neu bobl sy’n haeddu cymorth yn y DU a thramor. Croesewir ceisiadau gan elusennau bach y DU y byddai grant rhwng £250 a £3,000 yn gwneud gwahaniaeth mawr iddynt. Mae’n well gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth gefnogi mudiadau sy’n defnyddio llawer o wirfoddolwyr ac sy’n gweithio mewn ardaloedd lle mae lefel diweithdra ac amddifadedd yn uchel. Dim ond drwy elusennau’r DU y gellir ystyried rhoi cefnogaeth i brosiectau tramor fel y gallant sicrhau bod y cyllid yn cael ei ddefnyddio’n briodol. Mae’r Ymddiriedolwyr yn cwrdd ddwywaith y flwyddyn i ystyried ceisiadau (ym mis Mawrth a mis Medi fel arfer) a gellir gwneud ceisiadau unrhyw adeg.

Ymddiriedolaeth Childwick
Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Childwick yn darparu cyllid i elusennau cofrestredig ar gyfer helpu pobl a chanddynt anableddau, hyrwyddo iechyd, helpu hen bobl anghenus ac ar gyfer lles pobl sy’n gysylltiedig â’r byd rasio ceffylau. Mae'r grantiau sydd ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau yn y categorïau canlynol: iechyd; y byd rasio; cymunedau Iddewig. Nid oes isafswm nac uchafswm grant wedi’i bennu, er bod y rhan fwyaf o grantiau yn y categori iechyd rhwng £2,000 a £10,000 fel arfer, gyda nifer fach o symiau mwy sylweddol i’w dyrannu ar gyfer prosiectau mwy. Mae’r Ymddiriedolwyr yn cwrdd ddwywaith y flwyddyn i ystyried ceisiadau ym mis Mai a mis Rhagfyr fel arfer, a gellir gwneud ceisiadau unrhyw adeg.

Ymddiriedolaeth elusennol CLA
Mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth CLA (Cymdeithas Siroedd a Thiroedd) yn dyrannu cyllid grant i helpu pobl anabl yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Nodau’r Ymddiriedolaeth yw: annog darparu addysg am gefn gwlad i’r bobl hynny sy’n anabl neu dan anfantais, yn enwedig plant ifanc o ardaloedd trefol; darparu cyfleusterau ar gyfer y rheini a chanddynt anableddau i gael mynediad at gyfleusterau hamdden yng nghefn gwlad; a hyrwyddo addysg mewn amaethyddiaeth, garddwriaeth a chadwraeth ar gyfer y rheini sy’n anabl neu dan anfantais. Mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth yn canolbwyntio ar brosiectau llai lle mae’r grant yn gwneud gwir gyfraniad i lwyddiant y prosiect hwnnw. Dylid cyflwyno ceisiadau ar gyfer prosiect neu eitem benodol o gyfarpar cyfalaf yn hytrach na chostau rhedeg parhaus. Anaml iawn y dyrennir grantiau dros £2,000 ac nid yw’r Ymddiriedolwyr yn rhoi grantiau i unigolion. Gellir gwneud cais unrhyw adeg.
(Ffynhonnell: Grantfinder Update, Ebrill 10)

Yn ôl i’r brig

Y Loteri

Cam nesaf y gronfa cyfrifon segur
Mae Co-operative Financial Services wedi’u penodi i sefydlu a gweinyddu’r gronfa i adennill arian o gyfrifon banc segur a fydd yn darparu arian ar gyfer grantiau newydd y Gronfa Loteri Fawr o dan gynllun cyfrifon segur y llywodraeth (ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr). Er bod tipyn o waith i’w wneud eto cyn y bydd yr arian yn cael ei ddosbarthu, mae hwn yn gam pwysig ymlaen. Gweler Civil Society Media.

Yn ôl i’r brig

Y Llywodraeth

Lansio Cronfa Ymchwil Gymdeithasol Syniadau Newydd 2010/11
Mae Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn gwahodd cynigion o dan ei Chronfa Ymchwil Gymdeithasol Syniadau Newydd. Nod y gronfa yw cynorthwyo prosiectau ymchwil bach sy’n mynd i’r afael â themâu sydd yn amlwg yn berthnasol i’r amcanion strategol a amlinellwyd yn Cymru’n Un: agenda flaengar ar gyfer llywodraethu Cymru.

Mae grantiau unigol gwerth hyd at £10,000 ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau ymchwil a fydd yn rhoi sylw i’r problemau cymdeithasol y mae angen i Lywodraeth y Cynulliad fynd i’r afael â hwy. Bydd canfyddiadau’r ymchwil yn helpu i ffurfio polisïau’r dyfodol.

Mae’n bosibl gwneud cais am grant hyd at £10,000, a fydd yn cael ei dalu mewn dau randaliad – y cyntaf ar ôl cyflwyno’r adroddiad interim, a’r ail ar ôl cwblhau’r prosiect. Bydd Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn croesawu cynigion sy’n cynnwys nawdd cyfatebol o ffynonellau eraill.

Dylai’r cynigion:

  • rhoi sylw i un neu ragor o’r meysydd polisi canlynol - cymunedau; diogelwch y gymuned; llywodraeth leol; cydraddoldeb; gwasanaethau cyhoeddus a pherfformiad; tai; plant, addysg, dysgu gydol oes a sgiliau; ac iechyd;
  • dangos dealltwriaeth drylwyr o’r pwnc;
  • dangos y gallu i ymgymryd â gwaith ymchwil o safon uchel;
  • dangos sut y bydd yr astudiaeth yn ychwanegu at yr wybodaeth a’r ddealltwriaeth sydd ar gael eisoes;
  • cynnwys methodoleg eglur, amserlen a datganiad ar sgiliau a phrofiad y sawl fydd yn ymgymryd â’r gwaith.

Gall unrhyw sefydliad neu unigolyn yng Nghymru wneud cais. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno cynigion yw 4 Mehefin 2010.

Cliciwch yma o gwybodaeth pellach.


Beth mae Cyllideb 2010 yn ei olygu i elusennau?
Mae Cyllideb 2010, a gyhoeddwyd ar 24 Mawrth, wedi cyflwyno nifer o newidiadau a fydd yn effeithio ar elusennau o safbwynt gostyngiad yn y dreth.

Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys newidiadau i:

  • roddion ar draws ffiniau;
  • diffiniad Cyllid a Thollau Ei Mawrhydi o ‘elusen';
  • profion pobl 'addas a phriodol’ ar gyfer ymddiriedolwyr, cyfarwyddwyr ac unrhyw un sy’n rheoli cyllid elusennau;
  • gostyngiad yng nghyfradd uwch y dreth;
  • Cymorth Rhodd;
  • Rhoi drwy’r Gyflogres;
  • Treth etifeddu; ac
  • Elusennau’n gwario’u harian dramor.

Ceir rhagor o fanylion am y newidiadau mewn brîff gwybodaeth arbennig. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael hefyd gan Gyllid a Thollau Ei Mawrhydi.

Os hoffech wybod mwy am y gostyngiad yn y dreth i elusennau, ewch i’r wefan Rhoi Treth Effeithiol.
(Ffynhonnell: Y Sefydliad Codi Arian)

GwirVol Grantiau Gwirfoddoli Ymhlith Pobl Ifanc 2010-2011 ‘Cyfleoedd’ a ‘Hyrwyddo’
All eich mudiad annog mwy o bobl ifanc i wirfoddoli?
Mae Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru wedi darparu £420,000 trwy WCVA i gefnogi prosiectau a fydd yn ysgogi newid sylweddol yn nifer y bobl ifanc sy'n gwirfoddoli, ac amrywiaeth gwirfoddolwyr ifanc.

Nod cynllun newydd Grantiau Gwirfoddoli ymhlith Pobl Ifanc – GwirVol, yw cefnogi’r gwaith o ddarparu a hyrwyddo ystod eang o gyfleoedd gwirfoddoli newydd gan fudiadau trydydd sector yng Nghymru, yn enwedig i bobl ifanc dan anfantais. Mae pecynnau ymgeisio ar wahân ar gael ar gyfer grantiau ‘Cyfleoedd’ neu ‘Hyrwyddo’.

Pobl ifanc sy’n cael blaenoriaeth:
Mae’r cynllun grant yn ceisio rhoi blaenoriaeth i gyfleoedd gydag ystod eang o bobl ifanc (16 – 25 oed), ac ar eu cyfer, yn enwedig:

  • Pobl ifanc o gymunedau difreintiedig: yn benodol o ardaloedd Cymunedau yn Gyntaf a chymunedau pobl Ddu, Asiaidd a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig
  • Pobl ifanc a chanddynt anableddau corfforol neu anableddau dysgu
  • Pobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 18 oed
  • Pobl ifanc nad ydynt yn derbyn addysg, hyfforddiant neu mewn cyflogaeth

Faint oedd ar gael?

‘Rhyngwladol’: cyllid prosiect hyd at £30,000 i annog cyfleoedd gwirfoddoli rhyngwladol i bobl ifanc nad ydynt yn gwirfoddoli fel arfer. Roedd y cynllun yn cefnogi prosiectau blwyddyn o hyd gan gyfrannu hyd at £30,000, i gynnig rhaglen strwythuredig o weithgareddau a fyddai’n cynnig profiadau gwirfoddoli rhyngwladol o safon uchel i hyd at 30 o bobl ifanc 16-25 oed. Yr oedd Grantiau Rhyngwladol Gwirfoddoli Ieuenctid GwirVol yn cynnig hyd at 80% o gyfanswm costau’r prosiect.

‘Cyfleoedd’: cyllid prosiect hyd at £10,000 ar gyfer gweithgareddau i ddarparu amrywiaeth eang o brofiadau gwirfoddoli newydd ac arloesol i bobl ifanc 16-25 oed, un ai gyda’u grŵp eu hunain neu fudiad arall.

‘Hyrwyddo’: cyllid prosiect hyd at £5,000 i hyrwyddo gwirfoddoli i ac ar gyfer pobl ifanc 16-25 oed – drwy ddigwyddiadau, gwefannau, arddangosfeydd neu ymweliadau hyrwyddo, er enghraifft.

Rhaid i chi allu rhoi disgrifiad clir o sut y byddwch yn tynnu sylw pobl ifanc ac yn eu denu; yn enwedig y rheini sydd dan anfantais neu wedi'u heithrio; sut y byddwch yn mesur llwyddiant a sut y byddwch yn gwario’r arian. Rhaid cwblhau’r holl brosiectau a rhoi cyfrif amdanynt erbyn 31 Mawrth 2012. Rhaid ad-dalu unrhyw nawdd sydd heb ei wario erbyn y dyddiad hwnnw.

Pryd gallwch wneud cais?
Rhaid i bob cais cyflawn ar gyfer y rownd hon, gyda phob dogfen ategol, ddod i law erbyn 16 Mehefin 2010 fan hwyraf.

Ni ystyrir ceisiadau hwyr
Gofynnir i’r ymgeiswyr anfon copi o fersiwn derfynol eich cais dros e-bost at GwirVol@wcva.org.uk os gwelwch yn dda, yn ogystal ag anfon copi caled wedi’i lofnodi, gan y bydd hyn yn ein cynorthwyo i brosesu eich cais cyn gynted ac mor effeithlon â phosibl. Rhaid i Swyddfa WCVA ym Mae Caerdydd dderbyn y copi caled wedi’i lofnodi erbyn 16 Mehefin 2010.

Am fwy of wybodaeth neu ffurflen cais ewch i www.gwirvol.org/cy/grantiau/

Cynllun Grantiau Amgylchedd Cymru
Mae Amgylchedd Cymru yn bartneriaeth o fudiadau yn y sector gwirfoddol, a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru. Ei nod yw cyfrannu at ddatblygu cynaliadwy drwy gefnogi ac annog gweithredu gwirfoddol i warchod ac i wella’r amgylchedd.

Ar hyn o bryd, mae gan Amgylchedd Cymru y pum ffrwd grant canlynol sydd wedi’u cynllunio i helpu prosiectau ym mhob cam o’u datblygiad.

Grantiau Cychwynnol
Mae’r rhain yn helpu i dalu am y costau sy’n gysylltiedig â sefydlu grwpiau gwirfoddol neu gymunedol newydd. Gall y rhain gynnwys llogi lleoliadau, cyfleusterau a chyfarpar, prynu eitemau bach o gyfarpar ac offer llaw, dillad gwarchodol, costau cyhoeddusrwydd ac argraffu, hyfforddiant, yswiriant ac aelodaeth. Gellir ymgeisio am grantiau o hyd at £1,000.

Grantiau Cyn-Prosiect
Helpu i dalu am gostau cymorth arbenigol; hurio contractwyr, astudiaethau dichonoldeb, arolygon ecolegol, cynlluniau busnes ac arfarnu cymunedol pan gyflawnir astudiaethau gan drydydd partïon. Y grant uchaf fydd ar gael drwy’r ffrwd hon yw £4,000.

Grantiau Prosiect
Helpu i ariannu deunyddiau a chyfarpar prosiect. Gellir ymgeisio unrhyw adeg o’r flwyddyn, ond fel arfer caiff cyllid ei ddyrannu’n llwyr erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn. I wneud cais am gyllid grant y prosiect, rhaid i ymgeiswyr gofrestru gydag Amgylchedd Cymru i ddechrau.

Grantiau Rheoli
Mae’r cyllid hwn yn cefnogi swyddi newydd gyda mudiadau. Nid yw’r swyddi hyn yn rhan o weithgareddau craidd y mudiad. Mae’r grantiau’n amrywio rhwng £1,000 a £12,000 (£10,000 cyn hyn). Mae’n rhaid derbyn ceisiadau erbyn 31 Hydref ar gyfer dyraniadau sy’n dechrau ar 1 Ebrill y flwyddyn ganlynol. Gellir darparu nawdd am hyd at chwe blynedd.

Grantiau Cefnogi Hyfforddiant
Mae grantiau ar gael tuag at gostau cyrsiau a chynadleddau (sy’n cael eu trefnu gan drydydd partïon) ar gyfer staff a gwirfoddolwyr mewn mudiadau cofrestredig. Caiff costau teithio, cynhaliaeth a ffioedd cyrsiau hefyd eu cynnwys yn rhan o hyn. Dim ond i brosiectau a grwpiau sydd wedi cofrestru gydag Amgylchedd Cymru y mae Grantiau Cefnogi Hyfforddiant ar gael. Gellir cael Grantiau Cefnogi Hyfforddiant o hyd at uchafswm o £400.

Mae grwpiau gwirfoddol cymunedol a dielw sy’n cyflawni gwaith sy’n dangos gwelliant amgylcheddol ymarferol a datblygiad cynaliadwy yng Nghymru yn gymwys i wneud cais.

Gellir gwneud cais unrhyw adeg.
(Ffynhonnell: Grantfinder Update, Ebrill 10)

Cynllun grant Mae Cynnal a Chadw Cymru yn Bwysig! ar gael ar gyfer mannau addoli rhestredig yng Nghymru
Enwadau unigol sy’n gyfrifol am gynnal a chadw mannau addoli. Fodd bynnag, fel sydd wedi digwydd yn y ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf, gall Cadw helpu gyda’r dasg hon drwy’r cynllun grant Mae Cynnal a Chadw yn bwysig! - a elwid gynt yn gynllun grant Glanhau Gwanwynol - sy’n cynnig cymorth ar gyfer cynnal a chadw mannau addoli rhestredig yng Nghymru. Mae uchafswm grant o hyd at £500 ar gael i bob adeilad ar gyfer amrywiaeth o waith atgyweirio syml, sy’n angenrheidiol er mwyn cadw mannau addoli mewn cyflwr da. Derbynnir ceisiadau o 1 Ebrill 2010 ymlaen am gyfnod o chwe mis, neu nes bydd y gyllideb wedi dod i ben, pa bynnag un a fydd yn digwydd gyntaf. Mae’r gyllideb ar gyfer 2010-11 yn £120,000. Rhaid hawlio grantiau erbyn 31 Rhagfyr 2010. Gellir cael rhagor o fanylion yn www.cynnalachadwcymru.org neu drwy ffonio’r tîm grantiau adeiladau hanesyddol ar 01443 336000.

Cronfa’r trydydd sector yn ysbrydoli byw’n gynaliadwy
Mae Adran yr Amgylchedd, Bwyd a Materion Gwledig (DEFRA) yn darparu cyllid sbarduno er mwyn i fudiadau’r trydydd sector roi prosiectau ar waith a fydd yn annog ac yn galluogi unigolion a chymunedau i feithrin ymddygiad mwy cynaliadwy yn y cyfnod sy’n arwain at Gemau Olympaidd a Gemau Paraolympaidd 2012. Mae mudiadau nad ydynt yn rhai llywodraethol na masnachol, ac sy’n cael eu llywio gan werth yn ail-fuddsoddi unrhyw wargedion ariannol er mwyn datblygu amcanion cymdeithasol, amgylcheddol neu ddiwylliannol ymhellach yn gymwys i wneud cais.

Dylai prosiectau ddefnyddio cyllid sbarduno i ddechrau cyflawni a datblygu eu gallu i roi gweithgareddau ar waith a ddylai fod yn weithredol yn y cyfnod cyn Gemau Llundain 2012 a thu hwnt. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yw 21 Mai 2010. Gellir cael rhagor o fanylion yma. (Ffynhonnell: Grantfinder Update, Ebrill 10)

Cynllun Busnes Ynni Coed 2
Mae Cynllun Busnes Ynni Coed 2 y Comisiwn Coedwigaeth, cynllun grant cyfalaf gwerth £17 miliwn, yn derbyn ceisiadau gan fentrau meicro, bach a chanolig, gan gynnwys mentrau cymdeithasol. Nod y cynllun yw hyrwyddo twf busnes cynaliadwy a chyfleoedd busnes newydd yng nghyswllt heriau a chyfleoedd amgylcheddol y dyfodol, a’u cynorthwyo i wneud y canlynol; buddsoddi mewn tanwydd coed glân, adnewyddadwy; cynyddu effeithlonrwydd ynni drwy roi cyngor cyffredinol; galluogi datblygu offer a chadwyni cyflenwi tanwydd o safon uchel; meithrin sgiliau a phrofiad wrth osod a chynnal a chadw technoleg gwres a phŵer tanwydd coed; datblygu cynhyrchion newydd e.e. boeleri gwresogi neu wasanaethau cyflenwi ynni newydd. Ceir tri math o brosiectau sy’n gymwys i gael cymorth grant, maent fel a ganlyn: cynllun gwresogi tanwydd coed; cynhyrchu trydan ar raddfa fach gan ddefnyddio coed; a busnesau sy’n cyflenwi tanwydd. Gellir cyflwyno ceisiadau unrhyw adeg hyd at 31 Rhagfyr 2012.
(Ffynhonnell: Grants Online, Ebrill 10)

Cynllun cymorth i newydd-ddyfodiaid
Nod y Cynllun Cymorth i Newydd-ddyfodiaid yw annog a chefnogi newydd-ddyfodiaid i ffermio yng Nghymru, sy’n un o ymrwymiadau Cymru’n Un Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru. Mae’r pecyn cymorth yn cynnwys y prif elfennau canlynol: un grant cymorth uniongyrchol gwerth hyd at £15,000; mynediad i wasanaeth ymrwymedig Ysgogydd Busnes Newydd-ddyfodiaid; mynediad i wasanaethau mentora a gyllidir gan ffermwyr profiadol. Bydd uchafswm y cymorth grant sydd ar gael yn 50 y cant o fuddsoddiad £30,000 y cytunwyd arno, hy uchafswm grant o £15,000. Hefyd, bydd mynediad â chymhorthdal 100 y cant i wasanaeth mentora gan ffermwyr profiadol. Gellir defnyddio’r grant tuag at fuddsoddiad cyfalaf neu refeniw ar gyfer y treuliau a delir pan fydd newydd-ddyfodiaid yn sefydlu eu hunain fel pennaeth daliad am y tro cyntaf. Gellir cyflwyno cais unrhyw adeg.
(Ffynhonnell: Grantfinder Update, Ebrill 10)

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Corfforaethol

Sefydliad Santander
Mae Sefydliad Santander yn cyfuno’r rhoddion elusennol a wnaethpwyd yn y gorffennol yn y DU gan Abbey, Alliance & Leicester a busnes cynilo Bradford & Bingley ac mae ganddo dros £3 miliwn i’w ddosbarthu i elusennau ledled y DU.

Bydd Sefydliad Santander ar ei newydd wedd yn canolbwyntio ar gyllido prosiectau elusennol yn seiliedig ar flaenoriaethau byd-eang Grŵp Santander, sef addysg a hyfforddiant a medrau ariannol. Bydd uchafswm y rhoddion a roddir i elusennau yn y DU yn codi 150% i £10,000 gyda’r grant cyfartalog oddeutu £4,500. Am y tro cyntaf, bydd grantiau ar gael ar gyfer eitemau refeniw (fel cyflogau neu gostau cynnal) yn ogystal ag eitemau cyfalaf (fel offer a deunyddiau hyfforddi). Drwy ehangu cwmpas y cyllid a roddir, bydd yn galluogi mwy o elusennau i elwa ac i ddefnyddio’r arian yn effeithiol i wneud gwahaniaeth yn eu cymunedau.

Nid oes dyddiadau cau na ffurflenni cais ac nid oes angen copi o’ch adroddiad na’ch cyfrifon blynyddol ar y Sefydliad. Gall elusennau a hoffai wybod mwy am y Sefydliad fynd i www.santanderfoundation.org.uk

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Ewropeaidd

Cyfarwyddyd newydd gan Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru ynghylch Caffael
Mae Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru wedi cyflwyno cyfarwyddyd diwygiedig ynghylch Nawdd, Partneriaeth, a Chaffael, i'w ddefnyddio ar gyfer prosiectau a gyllidir gan arian Cydgyfeirio. Mae'r cyfarwyddyd yn cynnig cyngor i ddarpar noddwyr, cyllidwyr cyfatebol, a rhanddeiliaid sydd â diddordeb, fel bod ganddynt ddealltwriaeth glir o'r tri maes.

Gellir gweld copi o'r cyfarwyddyd diwygiedig yn llawn drwy'r ddolen gyswllt yma.

Fersiynau newydd o'r Fframweithiau Strategol ar gael bellach
O dan raglenni Cyllid Ewropeaidd 2007-2013, mae cyfanswm o 20 o Fframweithiau Strategol thematig a ysgogir yn ofodol wedi cael eu datblygu ar y cyd er mwyn helpu i lunio a chloriannu'r modd y gweithredir y rhaglen. Mae'r Fframweithiau Strategol yn canolbwyntio ar y mathau o ymyriadau fydd orau o ran blaenoriaethau a themau'r Rhaglenni Gweithredol. Yn ddiweddar mae'r fframweithiau wedi bod yn destun adolygiad, lle rhoddwyd ystyriaeth i'r newidiadau yn y sefyllfa economaidd. Gellir cyrchu'r Fframweithiau Strategol diwygiedig drwy fynd i'r wefan yma.

Cronfa Integreiddio Ewrop
Nod y rhaglen hon yw rhoi cefnogaeth i ddinasyddion o’r trydydd gwledydd sydd newydd gyrraedd y DU i integreiddio yno. Mae hyd at £6.4 miliwn ar gael i gefnogi prosiectau sy’n dechrau ar 1 Gorffennaf 2010 neu’n fuan ar ôl hynny. Gellir gwneud cais am isafswm grant o £40,000 y flwyddyn, a fel arfer bydd costau’n cael eu cynnwys ar gyfradd o 50 y cant (er y gellir cael cyfran uwch i hyd at 75 y cant mewn rhai amgylchiadau penodol).

Mae’r ddau weithgaredd a dargedir yn benodol dan yr Alwad hon fel a ganlyn:

  • Datblygu rhaglenni a gweithgareddau sydd wedi’u hanelu at gyflwyno dinasyddion o’r trydydd gwledydd sydd newydd gyrraedd y Deyrnas Unedig, a’u galluogi i gael gwybodaeth sylfaenol am iaith, hanes, sefydliadau, nodweddion cymdeithasol economaidd, bywyd diwylliannol a normau a gwerthoedd sylfaenol y DU, gan gyfrannu at raglenni a gweithgareddau presennol.
  • Paratoi dinasyddion y trydydd gwledydd ar gyfer integreiddio yn well yn y Deyrnas Unedig drwy gefnogi mesurau cyn teithio sy’n eu galluogi i gael yr wybodaeth a’r sgiliau angenrheidiol ar gyfer integreiddio, megis hyfforddiant galwedigaethol, pecynnau gwybodaeth, cyrsiau cyfeiriadu dinesig cynhwysfawr a hyfforddiant iaith yn eu mamwlad.

Mae ymgeiswyr cymwys yn cynnwys cyrff anllywodraethol, elusennau, sefydliadau academaidd, llywodraeth ganolog a llywodraeth leol, mudiadau rhynglywodraethol, cwmnïau cyfyngedig ac unrhyw bartneriaeth sy’n ffurfio’r mudiadau hyn.

Dylid targedu pob cynnig a phrosiect at ddinasyddion sydd newydd gyrraedd y DU o un o’r trydydd gwledydd ac sydd wedi bod yn preswylio’n gyfreithiol yn y DU am lai na phum mlynedd neu ddinasyddion y trydydd gwledydd sydd ar diriogaeth un o’r trydydd gwledydd ac sydd wedi cael fisa mewn categori a allai arwain at ymsefydlu yn y DU.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yw 4 Mehefin 2010.

Leonardo (addysg alwedigaethol)
Lansiwyd dwy Alwad am Gynigion 2010 arall ar 31 Mawrth 2010:

  • Dyrannu grantiau i gefnogi prosiectau cenedlaethol ar gyfer datblygu dull cenedlaethol er mwyn gwella sicrwydd ansawdd systemau addysg a hyfforddiant galwedigaethol drwy hyrwyddo a datblygu defnyddio’r Fframwaith Cyfeirio Sicrhau Ansawdd Ewropeaidd mewn addysg a hyfforddiant galwedigaethol. Mae grantiau rhwng 50,000 Ewro a 200,000 Ewro ar gael.
  • Dyrannu grantiau i gefnogi prosiectau cenedlaethol ac i brofi a datblygu’r system credyd ar gyfer addysg a hyfforddiant galwedigaethol. Mae grantiau rhwng 50,000 Ewro a 300,000 Ewro ar gael.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer y ddwy alwad yw 16 Gorffennaf 2010. Dyma ddolenni i’r canllawiau:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call10/prior_en.pdf
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2010/call_ecvet_en.php

Diweddariad ar raglen y Cronfeydd Strwythurol
Hyd at 5 Ebrill roedd 162 o brosiectau wedi’u cymeradwyo, gyda buddsoddiad o dros £2.4bn at ei gilydd (dros £1.2bn o arian UE) ledled Cymru, a gwariant o bron £220m. Mae oddeutu £710m (29 y cant) yn cael ei fuddsoddi mewn busnes, dros £1.1bn (45 y cant) mewn pobl a dros £595m (25 y cant) ar gyfer adfywio cymunedau, yr amgylchedd a thrafnidiaeth.

Mae mudiadau yng Nghymru yn gysylltiedig â 52 o brosiectau Cydweithredu Tiriogaethol gwerth dros £73m ERDF.

Newyddion gan y Pwyllgor Monitro Rhaglenni (PMC)
Cyfarfu PMC Cymru gyfan ar 26 Mawrth 2010. Cafodd y Pwyllgor ddiweddariad ar weithredu’r holl raglenni, gan gynnwys y cynnydd yn erbyn allbynnau lefel rhaglenni. Darparwyd gwybodaeth am y Grŵp Cyflenwi a Chydymffurfio newydd, y mae WCVA yn aelod ohono, grŵp a sefydlwyd i gynghori a chynorthwyo WEFO i gyflawni ei ofynion rheoleiddio. Rhoddwyd diweddariadau hefyd ar weithgareddau gwerthuso a gomisiynwyd gan WEFO ac ar ddyfodol y Cronfeydd Strwythurol ar ôl 2013. Darllenwch ragor.

Rownd 4 agored - Rhaglen Iwerddon-Cymru
Mae’r bedwaredd alwad am gynigion dan y Rhaglen Cymru-Iwerddon ar agor yn awr ar gyfer ceisiadau dan bob blaenoriaeth a thema.

Dyma’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau: Blaenoriaeth 2: 11 Mehefin 2010 am 17:00

Mae mwy o fanylion, gan gynnwys pecyn ymgeisio ar gyfer Rownd 4, ar gael yma. Gellir anfon unrhyw ymholiadau at Ireland_wales@seregassembly.ie neu at eich Swyddog Datblygu lleol.

Pot arian cyfatebol – Blaenoriaeth 4 Cydgyfeirio ESF
Mae Grant Arian Cyfatebol Creu’r Cysylltiadau newydd wedi cael ei greu. Bydd pob prosiect sy’n gwneud cais am gymorth Cronfeydd Strwythurol o dan Flaenoriaeth 4 Cydgyfeirio ESF yn gymwys i ymgeisio. Ni fydd ceisiadau o flaenoriaethau Cydgyfeirio eraill, na phrosiectau sy’n ymgeisio o dan Raglen Gystadleurwydd ESF yn gymwys.

Bydd y pot arian cyfatebol cyfyngedig hwn yn darparu uchafswm o £1 miliwn mewn cymorth mewn unrhyw un flwyddyn ariannol. Y lefel o arian cyfatebol sydd ar gael i bob ymgeisydd am brosiect fydd uchafswm o 25% tuag at gyfanswm eu costau prosiect cymwys. Darllenwch ragor.

Rhaglen Fusnes Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog wedi’i lansio
Bydd Rhaglen Fusnes Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog yn derbyn hwb £1.3 miliwn Ewropeaidd i helpu entrepreneuriaid ifainc ledled Cymru i dorri’u dannedd. Gyda golwg ar bobl ddi-waith rhwng 18 a 30, bydd yr arian yn helpu 2,000 o bobl ifanc i ddatblygu sgiliau busnes allweddol megis marchnata, cynllunio busnes a chyllid. Bydd pobl sy’n penderfynu peidio â bod yn hunan gyflogedig yn derbyn cymorth i gael gwaith, addysg a hyfforddi. Darllenwch ragor.

Datganiad o Ddiddordeb – Cronfa Treftadaeth Adeiledig Dyffryn Hafren
Mae Adran Treftadaeth Adeiledig Cyngor Sir Powys eisiau gwahodd Datganiadau o Ddiddordeb oddi wrth berchnogion adeiladau busnes a masnachol yn Nyffryn Hafren ym Mhowys i ymgeisio am gymorth dan Gronfa Treftadaeth Adeiledig Dyffryn Hafren. Nod y gronfa hon yw cynorthwyo cynigion a fydd yn gwella ac yn uwchraddio adeiladwaith allanol adeiladau busnes a masnachol sydd o ddiddordeb treftadaeth o fewn ffiniau’r cynllun.

Mae nawdd ar gael ar gyfer hyd at 70 y cant o gyfanswm cost gwaith sy’n gymwys i ymgeiswyr llwyddiannus. Bydd uchafswm yr arian sydd ar gael yn dibynnu ar nifer y ceisiadau a ddaw i law a’r math o waith y bwriedir ei gyflawni. Yn ogystal, mae unrhyw arian yn cael ei gynnig ar ddisgresiwn llwyr Cyngor Sir Powys.

Mae gan Gronfa Treftadaeth Adeiledig Dyffryn Hafren gyllideb gyffredinol o oddeutu £1.3 miliwn (gan gynnwys arian cyhoeddus oddi wrth ERDF a Chyngor Sir Powys ac arian o’r sector preifat) a fydd ar gael nes bydd yr holl arian wedi’i ddyrannu neu nes cyhoeddir y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau yn ystod 2013.

Hysbysiad tybiannol yw hwn i hysbysu partïon sydd â diddordeb o’r rhaglen uchod ac i geisio datganiadau o ddiddordeb, er hynny bydd unrhyw gynnydd pellach gyda’r prosiect hwn yn amodol ar iddo gael cymeradwyaeth derfynol gan WEFO ar gyfer arian ERDF.

Mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yma.

Darparu Hyfforddiant i'r Prosiect Workways yn Sir Benfro
Dyddiad cau: 17:00 ar 14.05.10

Gwahoddir datganiadau o ddiddordeb oddi wrth fudiadau sy’n meddu ar gymwysterau a phrofiad addas i dendro i gael eu cynnwys ar y fframwaith ar gyfer cyflenwi gwasanaethau i gynyddu dyheadau, gwella cyfraddau cyfranogaeth mewn addysg, hyfforddiant a chyflogaeth.

Mae’r prosiect Workways yn brosiect rhanbarthol a ariennir yn rhannol gan Gronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop fel rhan o Raglen Gydgyfeirio 2007-2013. Mae Cyngor Sir Penfro yn gweithredu fel Cyd Noddwyr i’r prosiect.

Rydym yn chwilio am ddarparwyr sydd â llwyddiant blaenorol yn gweithio gyda phobl rhwng 16 a 65 mlwydd oed, gan ddarparu cyrsiau hyblyg drwy gyrsiau Rhagflas, Rhyddhad Undydd a chyrsiau pum niwrnod.

Am gyfnod o 3 blynedd y mae’r Fframwaith hwn gydag estyniad posib.

Hyfforddiant mewn amrywiol feysydd i gynnwys rhai o’r canlynol:

  • Iechyd a diogelwch
  • Diogelwch bwyd
  • Cardiau CSCS a CCNSG
  • SIA
  • Adwerthu, Hamdden a Thwristiaeth
  • Gweinyddiaeth Fusnes
  • Technoleg gwybodaeth a sgiliau swyddfa
  • Sgiliau Peirianneg Sylfaenol

Dylai ymgeiswyr sy’n dymuno datgan diddordeb yn y cyfle hwn fewngofnodi i http://appswales.alito.co.uk a chofrestru drwy’r Bwrdd Bwletin. Bydd angen llwytho’r ddogfen PQQ i lawr yn electronig, ei chwblhau a’i llwytho’n ôl i fyny ar wefan Alito gan ddilyn y cyfarwyddiadau.

Mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yma.

Ymgynghorwyr Gweithio o Bell TGCh
Dyddiad cau: 14.05.10

Disgrifiad o’r Cais am Ddyfynbris gan Chwarae Teg ar gyfer y Prosiect Cenedl Ystwyth:

1. Cefnogaeth i Weithredu Gweithio o Bell
Bydd BBaChau cymwys sydd eisiau cymorth technegol i weithredu argymhellion yr Adolygiad o TGCh ar gyfer Gweithio o Bell yn cael cynnig gwasanaeth ymgynghori TGCh i weithredu’r newidiadau yn unol â’r cynllun y cytunir arno rhwng Rheolwr Prosiect TGCh Chwarae Teg a’r BBaCh (dylid cytuno ar y cynllun gyda’r Ymgynghorydd TGCh cyn cyflawni’r gwaith), gan sicrhau bod gweithio o bell yn dod yn realiti cynaliadwy ar gyfer yr unigolion dan sylw.

2. Hyfforddiant a Chefnogaeth Barhaus
Pryd bynnag y bo hynny’n ofynnol, bydd yr Ymgynghorydd TGCh yn darparu hyfforddiant i’r unigolion perthnasol ynghylch defnyddio systemau gweithio o bell. Darperir cymorth pellach dros y ffôn ac, os oes angen, ar y safle, i sicrhau bod y systemau gweithio o bell yn gweithredu fel y’u diffinnir.

Disgwylir i’r contractwyr llwyddiannus lynu wrth gytundeb lefel gwasanaeth a gaiff ei gwblhau ar ôl penodi.

Mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yma

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Gwobrau a Dyfarniadau

Gwobrau Gwirfoddolwr y Flwyddyn
Bydd oedolion, pobl ifanc a grwpiau sy’n rhoi oriau o’u hamser rhydd i helpu pobl eraill yn cael cydnabyddiaeth yng Ngwobrau Gwirfoddolwr y Flwyddyn 2010 a gynhelir gan Gyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (WCVA) ac a gefnogir gan CCLA Investment Management Ltd.

Yn 2009, cafwyd dros 200 o enwebiadau ar gyfer y pum categori, sydd wedi’u dewis er mwyn adlewyrchu’r amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd gwirfoddoli sydd ar gael yng Nghymru. Yn ogystal â chydnabod unigolion, pobl ifanc (dan 25 oed) a grwpiau, mae'r cynllun hefyd yn gwobrwyo gwirfoddolwyr ac ymddiriedolwyr 'gwyrdd'.

Ceir hyd at dri enillydd ymhob categori, sy’n arwain at 15 enillydd cenedlaethol, a bydd yr enillwyr yn cael eu gwobrau mewn seremoni yng Nghastell Caerdydd ar 10 Mehefin, a bydd pawb a enwebir yn derbyn tystysgrifau clod mewn seremoni leol neu drwy’r post.

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Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru

Edrych am Gyllid?
Ymwelwch â www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk - cartref Porth Cyllid Cymru - sef siop un stop am gyfleoedd a chyngor ar gyllid.

Mae’r porth cyllid yn agor y drws i gronfa ddata y gellir ei chwilio am gyfleoedd cyllid yn y DU, cyngor a chymorth ar godi arian a tipiau ar sut i amrywio eich ffynonellau o gyllid.

Mae’r porth cyllid yn adnodd ar-lein newydd sbon i sefydliadau trydydd sector yng Nghymru, a ddatblygwyd ar y cyd gan WCVA a Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru.

Cofrestrwch heddiw i dderbyn Newyddion Nawdd, ein cylchythyr electronig misol sydd yn rhad ac am ddim.

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Hyfforddiant a digwyddiadau

Cynhadledd Cyfraith Elusen Cymru 2010 Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd, Caerdydd, 20 Mai
Mae’r rhaglen ar gyfer Cynhadledd Cyfraith Elusen Flynyddol Cymru WCVA wedi’i chyhoeddi. Mae ansicrwydd o’n cwmpas ym mhobman. Mae pawb yn disgwyl toriadau yng ngwariant y sector cyhoeddus ond eto does dim manylion yn cael eu datgelu am eu hamseriad na’u difrifoldeb. Mae llawer o boeni, llawer o sibrydion, ond dim digon o ffeithiau ar sut i ddelio â’r heriau cyllido a rheoleiddio sydd o’n blaenau:

  • Pa atebion cyfreithiol sydd ar gael i fudiadau trydydd sector a fydd yn profi toriadau annheg, anghymesur neu annisgwyl yn eu cyllid? Testun cyflwyniad Ruth Henke QC fydd Cyfraith galed ar gyfer dyddiau caled
  • Gall cydweithredu â mudiadau tebyg leihau costau - ond sut mae gwneud hynny’n effeithiol? Dewis cydweithredu: cynorthwyo elusennau i lwyddo, Linda Ashby, Y Comisiwn Elusennau
  • Beth yw’r risgiau cyfreithiol ac ariannol sydd ynghlwm wrth wasanaethau wedi’u caffael? A beth yw’r canlyniadau TUPE? Caffael: diweddariad a goblygiadau i’r trydydd sector, Ceri Delemore, Geldards
  • Gall elusennau sy’n awyddus i amrywio eu ffrydiau incwm fasnachu’n gyfreithlon - ond a oes yn rhaid iddynt sefydlu cangen fasnachu - ac os oes, sut? Bydd Giselle Davies, Geldards yn annerch ar Lywodraethu: masnachu a’r prawf buddiant cyhoeddus

Bydd Cynhadledd Cyfraith Elusen Flynyddol Cymru 2010 yn eich helpu i feddwl, i ystyried y risgiau a rhagweld newidiadau. Bydd hefyd yn cynnig:

  • Diweddariad ar gyfraith cyflogaeth
  • Arweiniad ymarferol ar reoli risg ac ansolfedd
  • Sesiynau grwp ar ddiogelu data, taliadau i ymddiriedolwyr a gwella llywodraethu
  • Cyflwyniad i’r Bwrdd Tribiwnlys Elusennau a’r Bwrdd Safonau Codi Arian.

Bydd Cynhadledd Cyfraith Elusen Cymru yn cael ei chynnal yn Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd ar 20 Mai 2010. Cynhelir Cynhadledd yr Ymddiriedolwyr yn Wrecsam ar 11 Tachwedd 2010. Mae ffurflen archebu lle ar gyfer y Gynhadledd Cyfraith Elusen ar gael i ddarlwytho fel pdf o wefan WCVA. Am ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Kate Gobir, Trefnydd y Cyfryngau, Marchnata a Digwyddiadau, WCVA, Ty Baltig, Sgwâr Mount Stuart, Caerdydd CF10 5FH, ffôn 029 2043 1724, ffacs 029 2043 1901, e-bost eventsadmin@wcva.org.uk

Peidiwch â cholli’r byg cyllid. Cofrestrwch heddiw!
Llefydd prin sydd ar ôl ar y cyrsiau canlynol gan Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru sydd yn roi’r adnoddau a’r offer sydd eu hangen ar fudiadau gwirfoddol a chymunedol er mwyn cyflawni cynaliadwyedd ariannol:

Gwneud i asedau weithio

  • 26 Mai 2010 – Llanrwst
  • 7 Mehefin 2010 – Abertawe

Masnachu

  • 8 Mehefin 2010 – Llanelli
  • 15 Mehefin 2010 – Rhuthun

Sut i dendro

  • 29 & 30 Mehefin 2010 – Caerfyrddin

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth neu i archebu lle, ewch i www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk/events . Gallwch hefyd cysylltu â Lein Gymorth WCVA ar 0800 2888 329 neu help@wcva.org.uk.

Mae Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru yn derbyn cymorth gan y Gronfa Loteri Fawr. Yr ydym felly’n gallu cynnig yr hyfforddiant hwn am y pris gostyngol i fudiadau gwirfoddol a chymunedol sy’n gweithio yng Nghymru.

Mae’r hyfforddiant hwn hefyd yn cael ei ddarparu gan y cynghorau gwirfoddol sirol lleol drwy Gymru - i gael rhagor o wybodaeth ewch i www.cyrsiauigymunedau.org.uk.

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Cynllunio

Dyfodol aelodaeth elusennau
Mae rhifyn diweddaraf yng nghyfres Future Focus NCVO yn gofyn sut beth fydd aelodaeth mewn 5 mlynedd? Mae’n edrych ar chwe "gyrrydd": Newid ffynonellau hunaniaeth, Newid agweddau tuag at arian a phrynwriaeth, Rhwydd i gael gafael ar wybodaeth (ddi-dâl), Twf y we gymdeithasol, Newid disgwyliadau cyfranogi ac Aelodaeth fel nwyddau. Rhoddir gwybodaeth ar archebu’r gyfres yma neu gellir eu llwytho i lawr (pdf, 3.21MB).

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Rhoi a chodi arian cyhoeddus


Sefydliad Cymorth yr Elusennau am weld Cymorth Rhodd yn cael ei symleiddio drwy dechnoleg
Mae Sefydliad Cymorth yr Elusennau wedi comisiynu ymchwil newydd i’r modd y gellid defnyddio technoleg i symleiddio’r system Cymorth Rhodd a helpu elusennau i adennill mwy o arian oddi ar y dreth ar roddion.

Bydd yr astudiaeth, a gaiff ei chynnal gan y sefydliad ymchwil annibynnol ResPublica, yn edrych sut y gellir moderneiddio’r system Cymorth Rhodd, yn ogystal â chynnig awgrymiadau ymarferol.

Bydd hefyd yn edrych sut y gall elusennau adennill mwy o Gymorth Rhodd. Mae’r Sefydliad yn amcangyfrif bod ad-daliadau treth heb eu hawlio’n werth £750 miliwn y flwyddyn. Bydd canfyddiadau’r ymchwil yn cael eu cyhoeddi yn ystod yr haf.
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector)

Nid yw gwefannau elusennau yn gwneud y defnydd gorau o dechnoleg, yn ôl adroddiad
Mae gwefannau elusennau’n gyfryngau ymgyrchu aneffeithiol a chan amlaf nid ydynt yn gwneud y defnydd mwyaf effeithiol o dechnolegau’r we, yn ôl adroddiad newydd.

Cynhaliodd yr ymgynghorwyr cyfathrebu Precedent asesiad o wefannau sy’n cael eu rhedeg gan 60 o elusennau ag incwm blynyddol sy’n amrywio rhwng £100,000 a £10m a mwy. Canfu nad yw’r safleoedd yn aml yn cynnwys gwybodaeth sylfaenol am yr elusen ac ymddengys nad oes ganddynt lawer o strategaeth.

Dywed yr adroddiad ei bod yn anodd gwelywio drwy lawer o’r gwefannau, nad ydynt yn gwneud y defnydd gorau o dechnoleg y we ac nad ydynt yn effeithiol wrth ofyn am roddion.

Maent hefyd yn anghyson o ran y neges a gyflëir ganddynt, nid ydynt yn cysylltu â mathau penodol o ddefnyddiwr ac nid ydynt yn darparu gwybodaeth bwysig fel adroddiadau blynyddol a chyfeiriaduron staff, yn ôl yr adroddiad.

"Er bod safleoedd elusennau’n gallu cyflawni’r gofynion sylfaenol o ran adeiladu gwefannau, mae’n ymddangos nad ydynt yn llwyddo i greu gwefannau sydd â’r gallu i roi hwb strategol i’w hymgyrchoedd," medd yr adroddiad. "Bydd y methiant hwn, wrth i dueddiadau cymdeithasol a thechnegol ddal i newid, yn siŵr i fod yn niweidiol i elusennau yn y pen draw."
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector Online)

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Cyllid benthyca


Venturesome yn awyddus i fenthyca mwy o arian rhoddwyr mawr
Mae Venturesome, cangen benthyciadau cymdeithasol Sefydliad Cymorth yr Elusennau (CAF), yn gobeithio gweld cynnydd sylweddol yng nghyfran yr arian a gedwir yng nghyfrifon rhoi’r rhoddwyr mawr sydd ar gael i ddibenion cyllid cymdeithasol.

Mae ymddiriedolaethau CAF yn derbyn rhoddion Cymorth Rhodd mawr gan unigolion i’w dosbarthu i elusennau ymhen amser. Mae gan yr ymddiriedolaethau tua £550m a roddwyd gan oddeutu 2,500 o roddwyr. Mae Venturesome am weld cynnydd yng nghyfran yr arian hwn sy’n cael ei roi mewn buddsoddiadau cymdeithasol, a bydd yn cysylltu â deiliaid yr ymddiriedolaethau i ofyn a ellir defnyddio’u harian ar gyfer benthyciadau.

Dywedodd John Kingston, cyfarwyddwr Venturesome, fod deiliaid ymddiriedolaethau CAF eisoes wedi buddsoddi tua £2.5m drwy Venturesome - tuag 20 y cant o gyfanswm cyllid y sefydliad. Ond dywedodd ei fod o’r farn y byddai mwy o ddeiliaid ymddiriedolaethau’n barod i helpu.
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector Online)

Rheolau newydd ar gyfer undebau credyd gam yn nes
Mae’r Trysorlys yn gofyn i’r Senedd gymeradwyo gorchymyn a fyddai’n caniatáu i undebau credyd gynnig gwasanaethau newydd.

Bydd gorchymyn diwygio deddfwriaethol undebau credyd, mater y mae’r Llywodraeth wedi bod yn ymgynghori arno ers 2008, yn galluogi undebau credyd i ddarparu gwasanaethau i grwpiau cymunedol, mentrau cymdeithasol a chwmnïau, a fyddai’n diwygio’r ‘bond cyffredin’ sy’n llywodraethu aelodaeth i ganiatáu undebau i recriwtio mwy o aelodau.

Byddent hefyd yn gallu cynnig cyfradd llog sefydlog, yn hytrach na difidend, ar gynilion yr aelodau.

Dywedodd Abcul, corff ymbarél yr undebau credyd, ei fod yn disgwyl y bydd y gorchymyn cael ei wneud yn ddeddf yn ystod yr haf.

"Mae sector yr undebau credyd wedi bod yn aros yn eiddgar am hyn ers amser hir ac mae’n braf gwybod ein bod bron â chyrraedd y nod," meddai Mark Lyonette, prif weithredwr Abcul.

"Mae’r holl bleidiau gwleidyddol yn cefnogi’r cynigion, ac mae hyn yn golygu ein bod yn debygol o weld y newidiadau’n dod i rym erbyn 1 Awst eleni – sy’n gam cyffrous iawn i undebau credyd."
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector Online)

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Masnachu

Lansio Cystadleuaeth Gorsedd y Dreigiau 2010
Mae Cystadleuaeth Gorsedd y Dreigiau’n seiliedig ar y gyfres deledu boblogaidd, Dragons' Den. Mae’n gwahodd entrepreneuriaid i gyflwyno syniadau i banel o ‘ddreigiau’ Cymreig mewn brwydr am fuddsoddiad a chyngor busnes proffesiynol.

Nod y gystadleuaeth yw rhoi hwb i syniadau ar gyfer busnesau newydd a busnesau newydd sydd wedi’u sefydlu eisoes sydd â siawns o lwyddo a dangos ysbryd entrepreneuraidd pobl Cymru mewn cyfnod economaidd anodd.

Mae hyd at £5,000 ar gael fel gwobrau a fydd yn cael ei ddosbarthu yn ôl disgresiwn y beirniaid. Gall yr enillwyr ddefnyddio’r arian i’w helpu i sefydlu a datblygu eu busnes. Bydd cyngor busnes proffesiynol hefyd ar gael i helpu i wireddu’r syniadau.

Mae’r gystadleuaeth yn agored i siaradwyr Cymraeg sy’n byw ac yn gweithio yng Nghymru. Mae unrhyw fath o fusnes, syniad, dyfais, cynnyrch neu wasanaeth yn gymwys. Gall unigolion, partneriaethau neu grwpiau o bobl gystadlu – ond rhaid enwebu un unigolyn fel y person cyswllt.

Gall yr enwebiadau gael eu gwneud gan fusnesau newydd a sefydlwyd yn ystod y pum mlynedd diwethaf neu gan rai nad ydynt wedi sefydlu’u busnes eto. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn enwau ar gyfer cystadleuaeth 2010 yw 2 Gorffennaf 2010.
(Ffynhonnell: Diweddariad Chwilgrant)

Rhwydwaith ar-lein ar gyfer siopau cymunedol
Mae Sefydliad Plunkett wedi lansio’u Rwydwaith Siopau Cymunedol ar-lein yn swyddogol. Mae’n galluogi pobl sy’n gysylltiedig â sefydlu a rhedeg siopau cymunedol i gysylltu â’i gilydd, i rannu syniadau a phrofiadau ar draws y DU, ac mae digonedd o ddeunydd ar gael yno eisoes.

Eglwys yn codi £50,000 ar gyfer prosiectau cymunedol drwy rentu gofod parcio
Mae Eglwys All Saints yn Islington, Llundain, wedi codi dros £50,000 ar gyfer ei phrosiectau cymunedol lleol yn ystod y ddwy flynedd diwethaf drwy rentu ei gofod parcio preifat drwy’r wefan fasnachu Parkatmyhouse.

Mae’r arian a godwyd gan yr eglwys, sy’n agos at orsaf St Pancras, wedi’i ddefnyddio er budd preswylwyr, rhieni a phobl ddigartref lleol.

Nod Parkatmyhouse, a sefydlwyd yn 2006, yw cysylltu perchnogion cartrefi a busnesau a hoffai ennill arian drwy rentu gofod parcio i yrwyr ceir sy’n chwilio am le cost effeithiol a chyfleus i barcio. Gall aelodau ddefnyddio’r cyfleuster ar-lein i archebu lle parcio wrth fynedfa, yn y garej neu ofod parcio cartref neu fusnes unwaith yn unig neu’n rheolaidd, dros y tymor byr neu dymor hir.

Sefydlwyd Parkatmyhouse gan Anthony Eskinazi yn 2006. Meddai : "Yn ogystal â chartrefi a busnesau, mae addoldai’n gweld bod modd iddynt godi arian drwy rentu eu gofod parcio drwy’n gwefan." Cliciwch yma am wybodaeth pellach.
(Ffynhonnell: UK Fundraising)

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Caffael a darparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus

Ymchwil NPC ar wella cyfathrebu
"Drwy ddeall sut mae comisiynwyr yn defnyddio gwybodaeth canlyniadau a’r hyn sy’n sail i’w bodlonrwydd, gall elusennau wella eu ceisiadau am nawdd a’u trefniadau adrodd.

Drwy ddeall yr heriau sy’n wynebu elusennau yn y maes hwn a’r hyn y mae comisiynwyr eraill yn gofyn amdano ac yn ei ddefnyddio, gall comisiynwyr wneud ceisiadau priodol am wybodaeth canlyniadau a gwella’r defnydd a wnânt ohoni."

Darllenwch ganfyddiadau ymchwil NPC, eu casgliadau a’u hargymhellion yn eu hadroddiad Well-informed


Canllawiau ar gomisiynu yn y sector cyhoeddus (iechyd)
Mae ACEVO, corff prif weithredwyr elusennau, wedi cyhoeddi nifer o ganllawiau ar gomisiynu yn y sector cyhoeddus:

  • 'Getting Round The Table': nod hwn yw’ch helpu i drefnu cyfarfodydd o amgylch bwrdd â chomisiynwyr o’r sector cyhoeddus, yn seiliedig ar eu profiad o redeg nifer o ddigwyddiadau o’r fath ar hyd a lled y wlad.
  • Fel rhan o’r rhaglen In Better Health programme, canllawiau i 'The NHS Standard Contract for Community Services', 'The NHS Standard Contract for Mental Health and Learning Disability Services' a 'The Care Quality Commission'. Gwybodaeth pellach yma.

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Datblygu ar sail asedau


Charity Bank i dreialu 'Menter Cyllid Preifat' ar gyfer gwaith adeiladu’r sector
Mae’r benthycwyr cymdeithasol Charity Bank yn treialu cynllun i ariannu prosiectau cymunedol sy’n debyg i’r cynlluniau menter cyllid preifat a ddefnyddir mewn llawer o brosiectau adeiladu mawr yn y sector cyhoeddus. Mae’r banc yn gobeithio creu "partneriaeth gyhoeddus gymunedol" lle mae awdurdod lleol neu ymddiriedolaeth gofal sylfaenol yn llofnodi prydles 25 neu 30 mlynedd gyda phrosiect cymunedol newydd, sy’n caniatáu i’r benthyciwr gynnig y cyllid i’w adeiladu.

Dywedodd Malcolm Hayday, prif weithredwr Charity Bank, y gellid defnyddio’r model i gyllido amrywiaeth o brosiectau. "Er enghraifft, mae grŵp cymunedol yn awyddus i adeiladu neuadd bentref, ond efallai mai cael a chael fyddai hi i wneud y prosiect yn ymarferol yn ariannol ar ei ben ei hun," meddai. "Ond os yw hefyd yn adeiladu meddygfa wrth ochr y neuadd, a bod corff cyhoeddus yn cytuno i’w phrydlesu, mae hynny’n gwneud y prosiect yn llawer mwy ymarferol."
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector Online)


Cyfrifyddu ar gyfer Asedau Treftadaeth
Mae Safon Adrodd Ariannol 30: Asedau Treftadaeth yn dod i rym ar gyfer y cyfnodau cyfrifyddu sy’n dechrau ar neu ar ôl 1 Ebrill 2010. Asedau treftadaeth yw’r "asedau diriaethol hynny sydd â nodweddion hanesyddol, artistig, gwyddonol, technolegol, geoffisegol neu amgylcheddol sy’n cael eu cadw a’u cynnal yn bennaf am eu cyfraniad at wybodaeth a diwylliant". Er nad yw’r Safon yn weithredol yn achos elusennau anghorfforedig sy’n paratoi cyfrifon derbyniadau a thaliadau, mae’r Comisiwn yn argymell y dylai graddfa a natur unrhyw asedau treftadaeth sylweddol a gedwir a mynediad y cyhoedd atynt gael eu hegluro yn yr adroddiad blynyddol yn yr achos hwn.

Mae taflen wybodaeth 3 SORP ar gael yn awr.

Mae’r dudalen gefndir yma.

Swyddfa’r Trydydd Sector yn lansio rhaglen i gynorthwyo cymunedau i brynu tafarnau
Mae rhaglen gymorth gwerth £3.3m i gynorthwyo cymunedau i brynu eu tafarnau lleol wedi ei lansio gan Swyddfa’r Trydydd Sector.

Mae disgwyl i’r rhaglen, sy’n cael ei gweinyddu gan Sefydliad Plunkett , elusen sy’n cynorthwyo datblygiad mentrau cymdeithasol mewn cymunedau gwledig, gynorthwyo 50 o gymunedau drwy’r broses o ddod â thafarnau i feddiant y gymuned.

Bydd y gronfa’n darparu grantiau, gyda nawdd cyfatebol ar ffurf benthyciadau gan y benthycwyr cymdeithasol Co-operative and Community Finance.

Mae’r sefydliad eisoes yn rhedeg cynllun sy’n helpu cymunedau lleol i brynu siopau pentref sydd mewn perygl o gau.

"Gall perchnogaeth gymunedol ddiogelu dyfodol tafarnau, fel sy’n digwydd yn achos siopau pentref, drwy sianelu creadigrwydd ac ynni cymuned gyfan," meddai Peter Couchman, prif weithredwr Sefydliad Plunkett.
(Ffynhonnell: Third Sector Online)

Cwmni Buddiannau Cymunedol ADP Projects
Mae Cwmni Buddiannau Cymunedol ADP Projects yn darparu gwasanaethau dylunio a rheoli prosiectau, gyda’r nod o gynorthwyo mudiadau i ddatblygu prosiectau ymarferol a chynaliadwy, a fydd yn ysbrydoli ac yn symbylu pobl i’w defnyddio a’u mwynhau.

Mae’n gweithio â mudiadau gwirfoddol a chymunedol, i edrych ar ffyrdd o ddefnyddio’r safonau dylunio uchaf mewn prosiectau cyfalaf yn y trydydd sector yn benodol yn y ffordd fwyaf cost effeithiol bosibl. Eu gobaith yw y bydd gwella profiad yr ymwelydd yn eu hannog i dreulio mwy o amser ac i ddychwelyd, a thrwy hynny gynhyrchu mwy o incwm a chyfrannu tuag at gynaliadwyedd.

Am ragor o wybodaeth, gan gynnwys astudiaethau achos o waith ADP Projects gyda mudiadau gwirfoddol, cysylltwch ag Alex Macpherson yn ADP Projects CIC, ar 0116 253 3446 neu alex@adp-projects.com

www.adp-projects.com


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Manion

ClickonWales.org
Mae’r Sefydliad Materion Cymreig wedi lansio cylchgrawn newyddion ar-lein newydd. Mae ClickonWales yn cynnwys sylwebaeth a dadansoddiadau dyddiol ar economi, gwleidyddiaeth a diwylliant Cymru yn ogystal â chwestiynau'n ymwneud â pholisïau cyhoeddus ehangach. Bydd y safle yn manteisio ar wybodaeth yr amrywiaeth eang o arbenigwyr sydd ar hyn o bryd yn cyfrannu at gylchgrawn print uchel ei barch y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig, Agenda. Er y bydd Agenda yn parhau i gael ei gyhoeddi, bydd y rheini sy’n defnyddio’r we yn gallu defnyddio dau safle wedi’u dylunio o’r newydd ac wedi’u hintegreiddio: clickonwales.org – y cylchgrawn sy’n darparu dadansoddiadau o’r newyddion – ac iwa.org.uk – safle corfforaethol newydd y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig, sy’n rhoi manylion holl ddigwyddiadau a gweithgareddau ymchwil y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig. Bydd rhannau helaeth o’r safleoedd hyn ar gael i bawb, ond bydd y ddwy ran hefyd yn hwyluso’r cyfleoedd i brynu cyhoeddiadau’r Sefydliad Materion Cymreig ar-lein, gyda gostyngiadau mawr ar gael i aelodau’r Sefydliad Materion Cymreig.

Mae’r Sefydliad Materion Cymreig hefyd wedi cytuno ar drefniant partneriaeth â Golwg360.com, sy’n cael ei redeg gan gyhoeddwyr y cylchgrawn Cymraeg Golwg. Ar Golwg360.com, ceir cyfieithiad Cymraeg o’r deunyddiau sydd ar clickonWales, a cheir cyswllt uniongyrchol rhwng y ddau safle.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Kirsty Davies, Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr, Y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig, ffôn 029 2066 0820, e-bost kirstydavies@iwa.org.uk.

KnowHow NonProfit
Mae KnowHow NonProfit (www.knowhownonprofit.org) yn wefan newydd ffres sy’n benodol ar gyfer pobl sy’n gweithio mewn mudiadau di-elw. Yn rhad ac am ddim ac yn hawdd ei defnyddio, mae’n llawn adnoddau a gwybodaeth ymarferol sy’n rhoi sylw i bob math o destunau o ddod o hyd i gyllid i gynllunio strategaethau.

Mae KnowHow NonProfit yn cyflwyno Yn y Gadair – cyfres o bodlediadau sy’n edrych ar sut mae cadeiryddion elusennau a chadeiryddion mudiadau di-elw yn cynorthwyo’u mudiadau a’u cyd-aelodau ar y bwrdd i ddelio ag argyfyngau a newidiadau. Dewch i wrando!

Ymagwedd gydweithredol tuag at ofal cymdeithasol i bobl hŷn
Mae Co-operatives UK wedi cyhoeddi canllaw newydd 'Self-managed Care - a Co-operative Approach' sy’n edrych ar ymagweddau cydweithredol tuag at yr agenda bersonoli a’r heriau sy’n wynebu pobl hŷn a’u teuluoedd.

Eitem newyddion Mentrau Cymdeithasol, neu llwythwch yr adroddiad i lawr (pdf, 271KB).

Pecyn cyfrifon cronnus ar gyfer elusennau nad ydynt yn gwmnïau
Mae’r Comisiwn Elusennau wedi cynhyrchu pecyn cyfrifon cronnus ar gyfer elusennau nad ydynt yn gwmnïau i gynorthwyo Trysoryddion ac Ymddiriedolwyr elusennau bach i baratoi eu cyfrifon. Mae’n cynnwys pro-fforma enghreifftiol (pdf neu Excel) gyda nodiadau cwblhau cysylltiedig. Yn anffodus, cafodd y pecyn ei gyhoeddi’n fuan cyn i wefan y Comisiwn gael ei hail ddylunio’n gyfan gwbl – ymddengys mai dyma’r ddolen newydd at y dudalen

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 cyn rhated â £30 y flwyddyn, ac mae’n cynnwys: cylchgrawn i’r trydydd sector ddwywaith y mis, e-hysbys ar gyfer aelodau bob pythefnos, a chwiliadau grant personol. Mae aelodau hefyd yn gallu hawlio disgownt oddi ar hyfforddiant a chynadleddau WCVA, ac oddiar gynhyrchion a gwasanaethau a ddarperir gan ein partneriaid cynlluniau affinedd, yn cynnwys 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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