A bold and practical roadmap for political parties to support the meaningful participation, representation and influence of disabled people in political life across Wales.
Introducing the Access to Politics Charter – Disability Wales
Canllaw beiddgar ac ymarferol i bleidiau gwleidyddol gefnogi cyfranogiad, cynrychiolaeth a dylanwad ystyrlon pobl anabl mewn bywyd gwleidyddol ledled Cymru.
Cyflwyno Siarter Mynediad at Wleidyddiaeth – Disability Wales
https://www.cwvys.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Senedd-election-resources-Adnoddau-etholiad-y-Senedd-2026-2.pdf Dyma atodi llythyr anfonwyd gan y Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol at Lywodraeth Cymru ynghylch Gwella mynediad at gymorth i ofalwyr di-dâl . Mae’r llythyr yn cynnwys manylion am brofiadau bywyd gofalwyr di-dâl yng Nghymru. Rydym hefyd yn cynnwys linc i’r llythyr sydd ar ein gwefan: Llythyr gan Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol at y Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithas.pdf O ganlyniad, mae’r Pwyllgor yn codi ei bryderon gyda Llywodraeth Cymru ac yn gofyn am ymateb ganddi. Byddwn yn rhannu’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf â chi pan fydd ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru yn ein cyrraedd. Swyddog Ymgysylltu â Dinasyddion, Senedd Cymru | https://www.cwvys.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-12-12-Exceptions-Order-Review-Update-for-Stakeholders.pdf Please find attached a letter that has been sent to the Welsh Government by the Health and Social Care Committee, regarding Improving access to support for unpaid carers. The letter includes details of the lived experiences of unpaid carers in Wales. We also include a link to the letter which is on our website: Letter from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Children and Socia.pdf As a result, the Committee are raising their immediate concerns with Welsh Government and requesting a response from them. We will keep you updated once we receive a response from the Welsh Government. Citizen Engagement Officer, Welsh Parliament |
The National Body for Youth Work Delivery Board provides advice and guidance on establishing a new national body for youth work
https://www.gov.wales/national-body-youth-work-delivery-board
Mae Bwrdd Cyflawni’r Corff Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Gwaith Ieuenctid yn darparu cyngor ac arweiniad ar sefydlu corff cenedlaethol newydd ar gyfer gwaith ieuenctid
https://www.llyw.cymru/y-corff-cenedlaethol-ar-gyfer-gwaith-ieuenctid-bwrdd-cyflawni
Dewch i ddweud eich dweud ar ddyfodol Consortiwm Hawliau Dynol Cymru.
Rydym ni’n gwahodd unrhyw fudiad o’r sector gwirfoddol, y sector cymunedol neu gymdeithas ddinesig yng Nghymru i ddigwyddiad ymgysylltu am ddim i edrych ar eich barnau, dymuniadau a’ch blaenoriaethau ar gyfer Consortiwm Hawliau Dynol Cymru.
Cafodd Consortiwm Hawliau Dynol Cymru ei lansio yn Ebrill 2025. Nawr, rydym ni eisiau clywed gennych chi am:
Mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad ymgysylltu wyneb yn wyneb.
Mae hefyd digwyddiad ymgysylltu ar-lein.
Bydd eich barnau yn helpu i lywio dyfodol Consortiwm Hawliau Dynol Cymru.
Rydym ni’n cynnal digwyddiadau ymgysylltu 1 ½ – 2 awr o hyd ym:
Rhowch wybod i ni am eich gofynion iaith, mynediad a dietegol.
Bydd lluniaeth ysgafn yn cael ei ddarparu.
Gallwn ad-dalu costau teithio cyfranogwyr. Cysylltwch â ni os hoffech hawlio costau teithio, mynediad, gofal plant neu dreuliau eraill: ehicks@wcva.cymru
Rydym yn bwriadu cynnal mwy o ddigwyddiadau fel hyn yn y dyfodol ac mae gennym arolwg ar-lein y gallwch chi ei gwblhau os na allwch ddod i un o’r digwyddiadau hyn. Cliciwch yma am yr arolwg ar-lein: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PJNY7KV (Cymraeg) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9LGT678 (Saesneg)
Os na allwch ddod i’r digwyddiadau hyn neu os hoffech sgwrs un-i-un, anfonwch e-bost at ehicks@wcva.cymru
Have your say on the future of the Human Rights Consortium Cymru.
We invite any voluntary sector, community, or civil society organisation in Wales to a free engagement event exploring your views, wishes, and priorities for a Human Rights Consortium Cymru.
The Human Rights Consortium Cymru was launched in April 2025. Now we want to hear from you on:
This is an in-person engagement event.
There is also an online engagement event.
Your views will help shape the future of the Human Rights Consortium Cymru.
We are holding 1 ½ – 2 hour engagement events in:
Please let us know your language, access, and dietary requirements.
Light refreshments provided.
We can reimburse participant travel expenses. Please contact us if you wish to claim travel, access, childcare, or other expenses: ehicks@wcva.cymru
We plan to deliver more events like this in future and have an online survey you can fill in if you cannot make one of these events. Click here for the online survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9LGT678 (English)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PJNY7KV (Welsh)
If you cannot make the events or would like a one-to-one conversation, please email ehicks@wcva.cymru
Heddiw rydym yn rhannu’r Crynodeb o’r Ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad ar eithriadau cofrestru gofal plant a’r Cynllun Cymeradwyo Gwirfoddol arfaethedig, ynghyd â’r camau nesaf.
Diolch am eich cyfraniadau i lunio Gorchymyn Eithriadau Gwarchod Plant a Gofal Dydd (Dirymu a Darpariaethau Trosiannol) (Cymru) 2026 (“Gorchymyn 2026”) a datblygu Cynllun Cymeradwyo Gwirfoddol.
Mae’r newidiadau i’r eithriadau wedi’u nodi yng Ngorchymyn 2026 sydd wedi’i osod heddiw. Rhagwelir y bydd Gorchymyn 2026 yn cael ei wneud ar 1 Ebrill 2026, yn dod i rym ar 1 Ebrill 2027 ac yn cael ei orfodi’n llawn erbyn 1 Ebrill 2028 ar ôl cyfnod pontio blwyddyn.
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu cyhoeddi canllawiau i gefnogi dealltwriaeth o Orchymyn 2026 cyn iddo ddod i rym.
Ar gyfer y Cynllun Cymeradwyo Gwirfoddol, cam nesaf y gwaith fydd mireinio manylion y cynllun gan ystyried yr ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad. Byddwn yn gweithio tuag at ddyddiad gweithredu o Ebrill 2027.
Byddwn yn parhau â’n dull cydweithredol gyda rhanddeiliaid wrth i’r gwaith symud i’r camau nesaf.
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Today we are sharing the Summary of Responses to the consultation on childcare registration exceptions and the proposed Voluntary Approval Scheme, along with our next steps.
Thank you for your contributions shaping the Child Minding and Day Care Exceptions (Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2026 (“the 2026 Order”) and the development of a Voluntary Approval Scheme.
The changes to the exceptions are set out in the 2026 Order which has been laid today. It is anticipated that the 2026 Order will be made on 1 April 2026, come into force on 1 April 2027 and fully enforceable by 1 April 2028 following a one‑year transitional period.
The Welsh Government intends to publish guidance to support understanding of the 2026 Order before it comes into force.
For the Voluntary Approval Scheme, the next stage of work will be to refine the details of the scheme taking account of the responses to the consultation. We will be working towards an implementation date of April 2027.
We will continue our collaborative approach with stakeholders as the work moves into the next stages.
Heddiw, mae Ofcom yn cyhoeddi’r Datganiad a’r canllawiau terfynol ar gyfer uwch-gŵynion Diogelwch Ar-lein.
Mae Deddf Diogelwch Ar-lein 2023 yn caniatáu i sefydliadau cymwys sy’n cynrychioli defnyddwyr gwasanaethau ar-lein a reoleiddir neu’r cyhoedd, godi ‘uwch-gŵyn’ gydag Ofcom. Dechreuodd y drefn uwch-gŵynion ar 1 Ionawr 2026.
Mae’r Datganiad a’r canllawiau terfynol ar gyfer uwch-gŵynion yn ystyried yr adborth a gafwyd trwy ein proses ymgynghori a ddaeth i ben ddechrau Tachwedd 2025.
Mae’r dudalen we uwch-gŵynion yn nodi’r gofynion cymhwysedd a derbynioldeb allweddol, ac yn cynnwys dolenni i’r canllawiau uwch-gŵynion terfynol a chanllaw syml i uwch-gŵynion diogelwch ar-lein. Mae hefyd yn cynnwys y ffurflen mynegi diddordeb ar-lein er mwyn i sefydliadau roi gwybod i Ofcom eu bod yn ystyried cyflwyno uwch-gŵyn.
Dylai uwch-gŵynion ymwneud â nodweddion gwasanaethau sy’n cael eu rheoleiddio gan Ofcom, neu ymddygiad y sefydliadau sy’n eu rhedeg, sy’n cyflwyno risg sylweddol o achosi niwed sylweddol i ddefnyddwyr, gan effeithio’n sylweddol ar hawl defnyddwyr i ryddid mynegiant neu, fel arall, yn cael effaith andwyol sylweddol ar ddefnyddwyr y gwasanaethau neu aelodau o’r cyhoedd. Fel y nodir yn y canllawiau terfynol, mae ein camau gweithredu a’n penderfyniadau rheoleiddio yn cael eu llywio gan ddata, cudd-wybodaeth a mewnwelediadau o ystod eang o ffynonellau. Mae uwch-gŵynion yn rhan bwysig o’r darlun hwn trwy ganiatáu i sefydliadau sy’n cynrychioli defnyddwyr dynnu sylw Ofcom at faterion sydd, yn eu barn nhw, yn achosi niwed sylweddol.
Mae swyddogion Ofcom ar gael i ateb cwestiynau am uwch-gŵynion neu gynghori ar ffyrdd eraill o ymgysylltu. Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau am y canllawiau terfynol, anfonwch ymateb i’r e-bost hwn, neu gallwch gysylltu ag aelod o’r tîm uwch-gŵynion drwy’r ffurflen mynegi diddordeb ar-lein.
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Today Ofcom are publishing the Statement and the final guidance for Online Safety super-complaints.
The Online Safety Act 2023 allows eligible organisations representing users of regulated online services or the public, to raise a ‘super-complaint’ with Ofcom. The super-complaints regime commenced on 1 January 2026.
The Statement and the final guidance for super-complaints take into account the feedback received through our consultation process which closed at the start of November 2025.
The super-complaints webpage sets out the key eligibility and admissibility requirements, and links to the final super-complaint guidance and a simple guide to online safety super-complaints. It also includes the online expression of interest form for organisations to notify Ofcom that they are considering submitting a super-complaint.
Super-complaints should be about features of services that are regulated by Ofcom, or the behaviour of the organisations that run them, that presents a material risk of causing significant harm to users, significantly adversely affecting users’ right to free expression or otherwise having a significant adverse impact on users of the services or members of the public. As set out in the final guidance, our regulatory actions and decisions are informed by data, intelligence and insights from a wide range of sources. Super‑complaints form an important part of this picture by allowing organisations that represent users to bring issues they think are causing significant harm to Ofcom’s attention.
Ofcom colleagues are available to answer questions about super-complaints or advise on other engagement avenues. If you have any questions about the final guidance, please reply to this email or you can reach out to a member of the super-complaints team via the online expression of interest form.
Mae’n wythnos elusennau Cymru yr wythnos hon, amser i roi sylw penodol at waith arbennig elusennau, mudiadau gwirfoddol, grwpiau cymunedol a gwirfoddolwyr yng Nghymru a dathlu a chlodfori’r effaith gadarnahol a cheir ar ein cymunedau.
Oes ydych am hyrwyddo gwaith da eich sefydliad gwirfoddol neu elusen yn eich ardal chi, anfonwch neges ar ein cyfrif instagram @cwvys_cymru
It’s Welsh charities week this week, a time to pay particular attention to the special work of charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and volunteers in Wales and to celebrate and praise the positive impact they have on our communities.
If you would like to promote the good work of a voluntary organisation or charity in your area, send a message on our instagram account @cwvys_cymru
LEF | Political activity and campaigning: guidance for charities
Ahead of the Local Elections in England, Senedd elections in Wales and Scottish Parliament election in May 2026, charities should continue to be confident engaging in political activity.
We’ve published a new guide to help charities campaign in the run-up to an election.
Ydych chi wedi ystyried neud cais ar gyfer GWOBRAU INTO FILM eleni? Dyddiad Cau : 12pm : 23 Chwefror. 11 categori – gan gynnwys rhai ar gyfer pobl ifanc sy’n serennu yn y maes a sefydliadau ac unigolion sy’n cefnogi pobl ifanc i ddatblygu eu sgiliau ffilm. Ewch amdani heddi : https://www.intofilm.org/into-film-awards
Have you considered entering the INTO FILM AWARDS or encouraged your young people to do so. There are 11 categories – with an opportunity to submit youth-made films, for young people to be acknowledge for their hard work and dedication to filmmaking and the screen industries, and for those individuals and groups who support young people to make films. Any films developed for Every Child a Filmmaker, for Film of the Month or within your school/colleges can be submitted.
Apply Now : https://www.intofilm.org/into-film-awards
Closing date : 23 February 12PM
| Gwahoddiad i ‘ddathliad y Marc Ansawdd ar gyfer Gwaith Ieuenctid yng Nghymru’. Digwyddiad anffurfiol ar gyfer sefydliadau gwaith ieuenctid sydd am ddysgu mwy am y Marc Ansawdd a sut gall gefnogi eu gwaith. Mae’r sesiwn yn addas ar gyfer: rhai sy’n newydd i’r Marc Ansawdd ac am gael cyflwyniad clir rheiny sy’n gwybod am y Marc Ansawdd ond fyddai’n croesawu mwy o wybodaeth a chyfarwyddyd deiliaid ac aseswyr presennol sydd hefyd â diddordeb yn cynyddu i’r lefel nesaf a rhannu eu profiadau unrhyw un sydd am glywed gan sefydliadau a phobl sydd eisoes wedi bod drwy’r broses. Bydd y digwyddiad yn cynnwys: trosolwg byr o’r Marc Ansawdd a’i fuddion canllawiau ymarferol ar sut i gymryd rhan gwersi a ddysgwyd a myfyriadau gan sefydliadau ac aseswyr amser ar gyfer cwestiynau, rhwydweithio, a dathlu gwaith ieuenctid gwych Manylion y digwyddiad · Lleoliad: Canolfan OpTIC, Parc Busnes Llanelwy, Ffordd William Morgan, Llanelwy LL17 0JD · Dyddiad: 24 Chwefror 2026 · Amser: Cinio rhwydweithio ar gael o 13:00, digwyddiad yn dechrau am 14:00 nes 16:00 · Darperir lluniaeth Iaith a hygyrchedd Bydd cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael. Pan fyddwch yn ateb, rhowch wybod beth yw eich dewis iaith. Os hoffech ddod, ymatebwch (gydag unrhyw anghenion dietegol neu hygyrchedd) erbyn 9 Chwefror 2026. Croeso i chi rannu’r gwahoddiad yma gyda chydweithwyr allai fod â diddordeb. Gobeithio y gallwch ymuno. | An invitation to ‘A Celebration of the Quality Mark for Youth Work in Wales’. An informal event for youth work organisations who want to learn more about the Quality Mark and how it can support their work. This session is designed for: those who are new to the Quality Mark and want a clear introduction those who are aware of the Quality Mark but would welcome more information and guidance current holders and assessors who are interested in progressing to the next level and sharing their experience anyone who would like to hear directly from organisations and professionals who have already been through the process. The event will include: a short overview of what the Quality Mark is and its benefits practical guidance on how to get involved shared learning and reflections from organisations and assessors time for questions, networking and celebrating amazing youth work Event details · Location: The OpTIC Centre, St Asaph Business Park, Ffordd William Morgan, Saint Asaph LL17 0JD Date: 24 February 2026 Time: Networking Lunch available from 1pm, event start 2-4pm · Refreshments provided Language and accessibility Simultaneous Welsh/English translation will be available. When you RSVP, please let us know your language preference. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP (along with any dietary or accessibility requirements) by 9 February 2026. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested. We hope you can join. |
| Some of the key findings of the report include: More than one in five people in the UK, around 14.2 million, were living in poverty. Britain’s poorest are getting poorer: 6.8 million people are now living in very deep poverty, almost half of everyone in poverty, the highest level on record. Poverty has hardened, not eased: the average person in poverty now lives 29% below the poverty line, compared with 23% in the mid-1990s.Child poverty has climbed again: 4.5 million children are in poverty, rising for the third year in a row. Hunger is spreading fast: 1.1 million more people in poverty cannot afford enough food than two years ago bringing the total to 3.5 million, while 2.8 million more people overall are now food insecure bringing the total to 7.5 million. Work doesn’t guarantee security: around two-thirds of working-age adults in poverty, 5.4 million people, live in households where someone is in work. New JRF analysis shows that, under central Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) projections, the headline poverty rate will remain broadly unchanged (21.3% to 21.1%) between 2026 and 2029.Current policies will see little progress towards meeting the government’s manifesto commitment to end the mass dependence on food banks. The full UK Poverty 2026 report can be found using the button below. |
| The lives behind the numbers — unacceptably tough, and getting harderWith a foreward from our Grassroots Poverty Action Group (GPAG), this report speaks to some of the policies that would lift hundreds of thousands of children, disabled people and other families out of poverty. It can be done, and it has been done before. The alternative is a reality that feels harder to thrive in. |