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Cyhoeddwyd y Strategaeth iechyd meddwl a llesiant meddyliol 10 mlynedd newydd ar 30 Ebrill. Mae’r strategaeth a’r Cynllun Cyflawni 3 blynedd ar gael mewn gwahanol fformatau ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru (Strategaeth iechyd meddwl a llesiant meddyliol: strategaeth a chynllun cyflawni | LLYW.CYMRU)

Diolch am eich cyfraniad.

The new 10-year Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy was published on 30 April. The strategy and the 3-year Delivery Plan are available in various formats on the Welsh Government website (https://www.gov.wales/mental-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-strategy-and-delivery-plan).

Thank you for your input.

Click on the link below;

Third Sector Scheme: code of practice for funding the third sector [HTML] | GOV.WALES

Cliciwch ar y ddolen isod;

https://www.llyw.cymru/cynllun-y-trydydd-sector-cod-ymarfer-ar-gyfer-ariannur-trydydd-sector

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Youth work strategy implementation board meeting: 20 March 2025 [HTML] | GOV.WALES

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Cyfarfod bwrdd gweithredu strategaeth gwaith ieuenctid: 20 Mawrth 2025 [HTML] | LLYW.CYMRU

We would like to inform you that the call for applications for the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) 2026–2027 is now open.

The Advisory Council is a key body within the Council of Europe, contributing to youth policy and supporting meaningful youth participation.

🗓️ Application deadline: 18 May 2025 at 18:00 CEST

The eligibility criteria can be found under the above link. 

Galwad am Geisiadau ar gyfer y Cyngor Ymgynghorol ar Ieuenctid (CCJ) 2026 – 2027.

Hoffem roi gwybod i chi fod yr alwad am geisiadau ar gyfer y Cyngor Ymgynghorol ar Ieuenctid (CCJ) 2026–2027, bellach ar agor.  call for applications for the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) 2026–2027

Mae’r Cyngor Ymgynghorol yn gorff allweddol o fewn Cyngor Ewrop, sy’n cyfrannu at bolisi ieuenctid ac yn cefnogi cyfranogiad ystyrlon ieuenctid.

🗓️ Dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau: 18 Mai 2025 am 18:00 CEST

Mae’r meini prawf cymhwysedd i’w gweld o dan y ddolen uchod. 

Mae’r Cynllun Strategol newydd bellach wedi ei gyhoeddi. Cynllun sy’n amlinellu’r blaenoriaethau am y pum mlynedd nesaf a gallwch ei ddarllen yn llawn drwy ddilyn y ddolen hon. Mae’r cylchlythyr diweddaraf hefyd wedi ei gyhoeddi sydd yn cynnwys y newyddion diweddaraf a gallwch ddarllen am y ddatblygiadau pellach drwy ddilyn y ddolen hon. Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau neu am drafod ymhellach mae croeso i chi gysylltu; 0345 6033 221  comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru *************************   The new Strategic Plan has been published. This outlines their priorities for the next five years and you can read it in full by following this link. The  latest newsletter has also been published which contains information about their latest developments and you can read that by clicking on this link.   If you have any questions or want to discuss further, please feel free to get in touch. 0345 6033 221  welshlanguagecommissioner.cymru

Consultation on draft Guidance: A safer life online for women and girls – Ofcom

Ofcom are consulting on draft guidance, which sets out nine areas where technology firms should do more to improve women and girls’ online safety by taking responsibility, designing their services to prevent harm and supporting their users.

The Online Safety Act 2023 makes platforms – including social media, gaming services, dating apps, discussion forums and search services – legally responsible for protecting people in the UK from illegal content and content harmful to children, including harms that disproportionately affect women and girls.

Ofcom has already published final Codes and risk assessment guidance on how we expect platforms to tackle illegal content, and they’ll shortly publish the final Codes and guidance on the protection of children. Once these duties come into force, Ofcom’s role will be to hold tech companies to account, using the full force of their enforcement powers where necessary.

But Ofcom is also required to produce guidance setting out how providers can take action against harmful content and activity that disproportionately affects women and girls, in recognition of the unique risks they face.

The draft Guidance identifies a total of nine areas where technology firms should do more to improve women and girls’ online safety by taking responsibility, designing their services to prevent harm and supporting their users.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/a-safer-life-online-for-women-and-girls/

The Rt Hon Alun Michael OBE JP OStJ PC FRSA has agreed to take on the role of CWVYS President with immediate effect.

Alun has a long career of public service, he served as Deputy Home Secretary and in 1997 he introduced Community Safety Partnerships, Youth Offending Teams and the Youth Justice Board.
He was Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales (later known as First Minister) and Leader of Welsh Labour from 1999 to 2000.
Most recently he served as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2024.

Throughout his career he has been an advocate for children and young people, and is on record as a longtime supporter of votes for 16 year-olds, and even at one time suggesting that 14 year-olds should vote and be introduced to the democratic system while still supported in education to do so.

Since retiring from public office Alun has become an Ambassador for Action for Children and is a passionate supporter of their work to tackle child criminal exploitation.

We welcome the knowledge and dedication that Alun will bring to his role as our new President, croeso cynnes i ti Alun!

A week on from the Youth Work Conference and we’d like your feedback!

Those of you who were able to attend last Thurasday’s National Youth Work Conference in Cardiff, while it’s still fresh-ish in your minds, would you mind taking a few minutes to share your thoughts and impressions?

Please follow this link tinyurl.com/adbrth to a short survey to tell the team what worked, what didn’t so much, and everything in between!

Thank you to everyone who came!

Taith is an international learning exchange programme established to create life-changing opportunities for people in Wales to learn, study and volunteer all over the world.

They embed an international approach into every level of our education system. Taith is for people in every part of Wales, and in every type of education setting. The sectors eligible for funding are:

• Schools
• Youth
• Adult Education
• Further Education and Vocational Education and Training
• Higher Education (covering Education and Research)

CWVYS members WCIA have been given funding from the Taith programme to support new applicants, and those who have previously been unsuccessful, to apply for Taith Pathway 1 funding for an international project.

If you would like to know more, please contact Michi via michaelarohmann@wcia.org.uk

You can find out more about Pathway 1 here; https://www.taith.wales/funding-page/pathway-1/support/

Pathway 1 is open for applications until the 27th of March 2025. 

Q&A support session for Pathway 1 2025
On the 5 March at 12.00 – 13.00 Taith will be hosting a webinar which will be a great opportunity for you to bring forward any questions you have to the Taith team about Pathway 1 projects Register to attend *HERE*

 

This year Taith are launching a small grants scheme that promises a simpler process and is aimed at those who have not applied before;
https://www.taith.wales/news/taith-is-launching-a-small-grants-scheme/

Organisations can apply for up to £60,000 within this new scheme. For those wishing to apply for more than £60,000 (up to the maximum available per sector) they can do so via the Large Grant scheme.

 Organisations can apply for only one option in each funding call.  

The Small Grants scheme has a shorter and simpler application form.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact enquiries@taith.wales or michaelarohmann@wcia.org.uk