Bore 'ma mi es draw i Lanberis i Gyfarfod Blynyddol a Ffair Gyllidwyr Mantell Gwynedd, corff ymbarel sydd yn cynrychioli mudiadau cumunedol a gwirfoddol (Y Trydedd Sector) ar draws Gwynedd.
Yno cefais gyfarfod a chynrychiolwyr o sawl mudiad gwirfoddol ar draws y Sir ac mewn rhai achosion codywd pryder gwirioneddol am y ffordd gwarthus mae "Arweinydd" y Cyngor, Arweinydd Portffolio Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a phennaeth un gwasanaeth penodol wedi bihafio yn ddiweddar tuag at y sector.
Be oedd wrth wraidd hyn medda chi?
Mae'n ymddangos fod y Cyngor heb unrhyw drafodaethau gyda rhai o brif fudiadau'r Sir yn mynd i dorri ei cyllidebau yn llwyr neu mewn achosion eraill canran helaeth o'r cyllidebau. Bydd hyn yn golygu na fydd y sector yn gallu cynnig gwasanaethau a chefnogaeth i rhai o'n pobl mwyaf anghenus a difreintiedig ni.
Golyga hynny, bydd rhagor o bwysau yn mynd ar adnoddau prin y Cyngor gan fod y sector yn cynnig gwerth anhygoel am arain yn ogystal a safon arbennig iawn o gefnogaeth heb fyddin o swyddogion a biwrocratiaeth di-angen yn agos i'r holl beth.
Yn ol sawl sgwrs ges i, doedd gan ru'n o'r unigolion dwi wedi cyfeirio atynt uchod, y cwrteisi i drafod y mater gyda chynrychiolwyr y mudiadau yma, gafodd wybod y newyddion fod y torriadau yma ar fin digwydd drwy hap!
Mae hyn yn mynd yn gwbwl groes i'r ateb(Gweler Item 5, tud.2 ac ymlaen i tud.3) rhoddodd "Arweinydd" y Cyngor i mi pan ofynais gwestiwn iddo yn ddiweddar ar llawr y Cyngor ynglyn a'r ffordd mae'r Cyngor yn cydweithio gyda mudiadau gwirfoddol.
Fel arfer, geiriau gwag oedd ei ateb gan fod yr hyn sydd yn digwydd go iawn yn gwbwl groes i'r hyn y dywedodd o...Peidiwch a cymryd fy ngair i ar y mater yma, holwch rhai o beneithiaid prif fudiadau gwirfoddol y Sir.
This morning I went to Llanberis for Mantell Gwynedd's AGM and Funder's Fair (Mantell) is the umberella body that represents the voluntary and community groups (Third Sector) accross Gwynedd.
Whilst I was there I had the opportunity to meet with a number of representatives from various voluntary groups from across the County, some of who raised some serious issues with me regarding the disgraceful way that the Council "Leader", The Social Services Portfolio Leader and one specific head of service have behaved recently towards the third sector.
What's made people so angry you ask?
It appears that without any dialouge or formal notification that the Council is going to either cut its entire budget allocation or a significant percentage of it to a number of key third sector partner organisations.
This will undoubtedly mean in some cases that these organisations will not be able to deliver their services and support to some of the most vulnerable and socially excluded people within Gwynedd. This responsibility will therefore fall back on limited Council resources which is crazy given the fact that the third sector offers excellent value for money, a high standard of service without an army of officers and needles buraucracy anywhere near to it.
In almost all the conversations that I had, not one of the individuals I have reffered to had the decency to contact the organisations who are being effected to explain what was happening and to discuss the impact of such drastic measures on the organisations and more importantly on the service users. In each case, they became aware of what is being proposed through a third party!
This goes completely against the answer that the Council "Leader" gave to me on the floor of the Council when I asked him about the Coucil's relationship with the Third Sector.
As usual, his reply (see Item 5, bottom page 2, cont. page 3)has been proved to be nothing more than empty words and meaningless platitudes as what is really happening at the moment is so far removed from the rosey picture he tried to paint.....Please don't take my word for this, ask some of the heads of the County's largest voluntary sector organisations.
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