Month: May 2023

Consultation on new knife legislation proposals – Ymgynghoriad ar ddeddfwriaeth cyllyll

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The government is taking action at all levels to prevent crime and make our streets safer, but we know there is more to do to protect the public and end serious violence.

There is an opportunity to comment on upcoming knife legislation changes that are being proposed. You can find the proposals in the attached document, which can also be found here.

Responses can be submitted online or can be sent by email to machetes-knives-consultation@homeoffice.gov.uk by 6th June 2023.

For more information on the Consultation, follow this link.

Wales Violence Prevention Unit

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Fersiwn Cymraeg;

Annwyl Gydweithiwr,

Mae’r llywodraeth yn cymryd camau ar bob lefel i atal troseddu a gwneud ein strydoedd yn fwy diogel, ond gwyddom fod mwy o waith i’w wneud i ddiogelu’r cyhoedd a rhoi diwedd ar felltith trais difrifol.

Mae cyfle i wneud sylwadau ar y newidiadau arfaethedig i ddeddfwriaeth cyllyll. Gallwch ddod o hyd i’r cynigion yn y ddogfen atodedig, sydd hefyd i’w gweld yma.

Gellir cyflwyno ymatebion ar-lein neu eu hanfon drwy e-bost at machetes-knives-consultation@homeoffice.gov.uk erbyn 6 Mehefin 2023.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am yr Ymgynghoriad, dilynwch y ddolen hon.

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Youth Voice Network for Wales tender –  Tendr Rhwydwaith Llais Ieuenctid Cymru

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 Youth Voice Network for Wales tender – CCM:0548246

The Electoral Commission is the independent public body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.

We also use our expertise to make and advocate for changes to our democracy, aiming to improve fairness, transparency and efficiency.

Our education work aims to promote greater consistency in political literacy education, increase knowledge and understanding of democracy and politics amongst young people, and increase educators’ confidence and understanding of democracy. Over the last year, we have developed a network of young people who actively inform our work and create resources for young people that are engaging and fit for purpose. The first phase of our youth voice work came to end in March 2023, and over the next three years we aim to grow the impact and reach of our Youth Voice Network. The aim of this work is to ensure young people receive quality and impartial information which explains how to vote, what they are voting for, and how they can engage in democracy with confidence.

We will shortly be going out to tender for this project and are hoping for several strong applications from youth organisations across Wales. If your organisation would be interested in applying, please get in touch and I’d be happy to have a quick chat before the tender goes live to provide some further detail about the project and what we’re looking for.

Fersiwn Cymraeg;

Mae’r Comisiwn Etholiadol yn corff cyhoeddus annibynnol sy’n goruchwylio etholiadau ac yn rheoleiddio cyllid gwleidyddol yn y DU. Rydym yn gweithio i hyrwyddo hyder y cyhoedd yn y broses ddemocrataidd a sicrhau ei huniondeb.

Rydym hefyd yn defnyddio ein harbenigedd i wneud ac eirioli dros newidiadau i’n democratiaeth, gyda’r nod o wella tegwch, tryloywder ac effeithlonrwydd.

Nod ein gwaith addysg yw hyrwyddo mwy o gysondeb mewn addysg llythrennedd gwleidyddol, cynyddu gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o ddemocratiaeth a gwleidyddiaeth ymhlith pobl ifanc, a chynyddu hyder a dealltwriaeth addysgwyr o ddemocratiaeth.

Dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, rydym wedi datblygu rhwydwaith o bobl ifanc sy’n llywio ein gwaith yn weithredol ac yn creu adnoddau ar gyfer pobl ifanc sy’n ymgysylltu ac yn addas i’r diben. Daeth cam cyntaf ein gwaith llais ieuenctid i ben ym mis Mawrth 2023, a dros y tair blynedd nesaf ein nod yw cynyddu effaith a chyrhaeddiad ein Rhwydwaith Llais Ieuenctid. Nod y gwaith hwn yw sicrhau bod pobl ifanc yn derbyn gwybodaeth o ansawdd a diduedd sy’n esbonio sut i bleidleisio, yr hyn y maent yn pleidleisio drosto, a sut y gallant ymgysylltu â democratiaeth yn hyderus.

Byddwn yn mynd allan i dendro ar gyfer y prosiect hwn cyn bo hir ac yn gobeithio am sawl cais cryf gan sefydliadau ieuenctid ledled Cymru. Os oes gan eich sefydliad ddiddordeb mewn gwneud cais, cysylltwch â ni a byddwn yn hapus i gael sgwrs gyflym cyn i’r tendr fynd yn fyw i roi rhagor o fanylion am y prosiect a’r hyn rydym yn chwilio amdano.

A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?– ymchwiliad newydd | Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? – new inquiry.

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Annwyl gyfeillion,
Mae’r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg yn cynnal ymchwiliad i fynediad plant a phobl ifanc anabl at ofal plant ac addysg ac i ba raddau mae darparwyr gofal plant, ysgolion ac awdurdodau lleol yn cyflawni eu dyletswyddau o dan Ddeddf Cydraddoldeb 2010.
Hoffem ddeall sut mae gan blant a phobl ifanc sy’n niwroamrywiol, sydd ag anableddau corfforol, synhwyraidd neu ddysgu, yn gallu manteisio ar bob agwedd ar addysg a gofal plant.

Yn benodol:

  1. I ba raddau y mae plant a dysgwyr yn gallu cael mynediad at bob rhan o ddarpariaeth gofal plant ac addysg ar hyn o bryd, gan gynnwys sut y caiff y cwricwlwm ei addysgu, yn ogystal â gweithgareddau allgyrsiol.
  2. I ba raddau y mae plant a phobl ifanc wedi’u heithrio o agweddau penodol ar addysg neu ofal plant oherwydd eu hanabledd neu niwrowahaniaeth.
  3. I ba raddau y mae teuluoedd a phlant yn teimlo bod gwahaniaethu uniongyrchol, gwahaniaethu anuniongyrchol neu wahaniaethu yn seiliedig ar anabledd wedi effeithio arnynt.
  4. Effaith unrhyw ddiffyg mynediad neu fynediad cyfyngedig ar iechyd meddwl a llesiant plentyn neu berson ifanc, yn ogystal ag ar ganlyniadau addysgol.
  5. Y rhwystrau sy’n atal ysgolion a darparwyr gofal plant rhag cynnig darpariaeth hygyrch.
  6. I ba raddau yr ymgynghorir â phlant anabl a phlant niwrowahanol a’u teuluoedd o ran y dewisiadau addysg neu ofal plant sydd ar gael iddynt, ac i ba raddau y maent yn cael eu hysbysu ynghylch y dewisiadau hynny.
  7. A yw rhieni plant anabl a phlant niwrowahanol, a’r plant eu hunain, yn cael gwybodaeth a chymorth effeithiol gan awdurdodau lleol ac ysgolion.
  8. A oes gan blant anabl a phlant niwrowahanol, a rhieni’r plant hyn, yr un lefel o ddewis â phlant a rhieni eraill, a pha faterion sy’n effeithio ar y dewis sydd ar gael o ran ysgol neu ofal plant.
  9. I ba raddau y mae’r ddarpariaeth ar gyfer plant sydd â gwahanol fathau o anableddau yn ddigonol.

Sut i rannu eich sylwadau
Mae’r Pwyllgor wedi lansio ymgynghoriad. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am sut i gyflwyno sylwadau ar gael ar y dudalen ymgynghori.

Rydym am sicrhau ein bod mor gynhwysol a hygyrch â phosibl. Rydym yn agored i’ch syniadau ynghylch sut yr hoffech rannu eich sylwadau â ni. Mae croeso ichi gysylltu â ni ac yna gallwn gael sgwrs am y ffordd orau ichi gymryd rhan.
Rydym hefyd am glywed gennych os ydych yn teimlo ein bod wedi creu unrhyw rwystrau diofal sy’n eich atal rhag cymryd rhan.

Rydym am wneud yn siŵr ein bod mor gynhwysol a hygyrch â phosibl, ac os nad yw hyn yn digwydd, rydym am glywed sut y gallwn newid ein trefniadau.

Dear colleagues,

The Children, Young People and Education Committee is conducting an inquiry into childcare and education access for disabled children and young people and the extent to which childcare providers, schools and local authorities meet their duties under the Equality Act 2010.
We would like to understand how children and young people who are neurodivergent, have physical, sensory or learning disabilities are able to access all aspects of education and childcare.
In particular:

  1. The extent to which children and learners are currently able to access all parts of childcare and education provision, including the way in which the curriculum is taught and extra-curricular activities.
  2. The extent to which children and young people have been excluded from aspects of education or childcare due to their disability or neurodivergence.
  3. The extent to which families and children feel that they have been affected by direct, indirect or discrimination arising from disability.
  4. The impact of any lack of or limited access on a child or young person’s mental health and well-being and educational outcomes.
  5. The barriers for schools and childcare providers in offering accessible provision
  6. How well disabled and neurodivergent children and their families are consulted or informed of the choices in education or childcare available to them.
  7. Whether parents of disabled and neurodivergent children and the children themselves receive effective information and support from local authorities and schools
  8. Whether disabled and neurodivergent children and parents of disabled and neurodivergent children have the same level of choice as other children and parents and what issues affect choice or school or childcare.
  9. The extent to which there is adequate provision for children with different types of disabilities.

How to share your views
The Committee has launched a consultation, further information on how to submit is available on the consultation page.

We want to make sure that we are being as inclusive and accessible as possible. We are open to your ideas about how you would like to share your views with us. Please contact us and we can have a chat about the best way for you to get involved.
We also want to hear from you if you feel we have created any inadvertent barriers to you being involved.

We want to make sure we are being as inclusive and accessible as possible, and if this isn’t happening, we want to hear how we can change this.

CWVYS and the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Office host free Welsh language sessions – Mae CWVYS a Swyddfa Comisiynydd y Gymraeg yn cynnal sesiynau Cymraeg am ddim.

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Join us for a free, online Teams session on 20 June delivered by the team at the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Office in collaboration with CWVYS. There will be two sessions, one in Welsh from 10:30am-12:00pm and the other in English from 2:00pm-3:30pm.

Please specify which session you would like to attend in your cover note when expressing interest via email. We kindly ask you to email us expressing your interest to participate, and we will keep your details safe before sending them to the Commissioner’s Office. The deadline for expressions of interest is 16th June. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn more about the Welsh language!

Please e-mail manon@cwvys.org.uk to register your interest!

Cymraeg;

Ymunwch â ni am sesiwn Timau ar-lein rhad ac am ddim ar 20 Mehefin a gyflwynir gan y tîm yn Swyddfa Comisiynydd y Gymraeg mewn cydweithrediad â CWVYS. Bydd dwy sesiwn, un yn Gymraeg o 10:30yb-12:00yp a’r llall yn Saesneg o 2:00yp-3:30yp. Nodwch pa sesiwn yr hoffech ei mynychu yn eich nodyn clawr wrth fynegi diddordeb trwy e-bost.

Gofynnwn yn garedig i chi anfon e-bost atom yn mynegi eich diddordeb i gymryd rhan, a byddwn yn cadw eich manylion yn ddiogel cyn eu hanfon i Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer datganiadau o ddiddordeb yw 16ed o Mehefin. Peidiwch â cholli’r cyfle gwych hwn i ddysgu mwy am y Gymraeg!

Plis e-bostiwch manon@cwvys.org.uk er mwyn dangos diddordeb.

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The Youth Work Leadership & Management Programme – Y Rhaglen Arweinyddiaeth a Rheolaeth Ar Gyfer Gwaith Ieuenctid

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The Youth Work Leadership & Management Programme

This is a programme of leadership and management based on a previously successful model but which has now been co-designed with representatives from the youth work sector and contextualized to bring it up to date and to suit the needs of the current youth work leaders and managers in Wales.

It will take you on a journey of learning about yourself as a leader in the provision of services for young people.

The programme is supported by CWVYS, ETS Wales, the WLGA, the Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group, TAG Cymru and funded by the Welsh Government. This programme is endorsed by the National Academy for Educational Leadership (NAEL).

Y Rhaglen Arweinyddiaeth a Rheolaeth Ar Gyfer Gwaith Ieuenctid

Raglen arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth yw hon ar fodel a fu’n llwyddiannus yn flaenorol, syda bellach wedi’i chyd-ddylunio gyda chrynrychiolwyr o’r sector gwaith ieuenctid a’i chyd-destunoli i’w gwneud yn gyfredol ac i weddu i anghenion arweinwyr a rheolwyr gwaith ieuenctid cyfredol yng Nghymru.

Bydd yn mynd a chi ar daith ddysgu amdanoch chi eich hun fel arweinydd yn narparieath gwasanaethau i bobl Ifanc.

Cydlynir y rhaglen gan CWVYS, ETS Cymru a gyda chefnogaeth CLILC, Grwp Prif Swyddogion Ieuenctid Cymru, TAG Cymru as fe’i hariennir gan yr Academi Genedlaethol ar gyfer Arweinyddiaeth Addysgol Cymru (NAEL) a Llywodraeth Cymru.

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Victoria English Wellbeing Sessions – May 9th & 18th

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Over the next month Victoria English Wellbeing will be holding two individual Teams meetings to discuss both the Mental Health/Cost Living Crisis and Understanding Adolescent Brain Providing a trauma Informed Environment. . If you’d like to participate in any of these sessions, please follow the link below.

9th May –  Mental Health & Cost Living Crisis & Building Youth Worker Wellbeing

In this session we will analyse how the cost of living crisis and the pandemic has impacted youth work and look at ways that we can build professionals wellbeing.

10-12pm

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18th May – Understanding Adolescent Brain Providing a Trauma Informed Environment

The pandemic has further exacerbated poor mental health amongst young people in this session we will analyse how the adolescent brain works , the mental health struggles young people may face and how to provide a trauma informed environment.

10-12pm

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