Ser y Byd/Burns

National Youth Work Excellence Awards

Two Carmarthenshire Youth Support Service youth work projects have taken part in the finals of the National Youth Work Excellence Awards.

They are “Ser y Byd” Netball Project, a collaboration between Heol Goffa School and Coleshill Day Centre, Llanelli, and the Burns/YSS Project, an eight-week community project providing opportunities for young people to engage in community farm activities.

Ser y Byd was nominated for its role in working with young people who have physical and/or learning disabilities, promoting fitness, team work, self-esteem, independent living skills and a healthy lifestyle. The netball club is unique in Wales.

The project runs on Friday mornings in Llanelli Leisure Centre during term time and school holidays. A number of the participants attend Heol Goffa School which is located in Llanelli, the rest are adults from Coleshill Centre. It has proved so popular that it has had to be split into two groups of 10 taking part on alternative weeks

The Burns/YSS Project, which first ran last autumn, is a volunteering and personal development project for young people not in education, employment or training as a result of personal difficulties.

It is a partnership project between Carmarthenshire Youth Support Service and local employer Burns Pet Food and Nutrition. Burns has local factories, a farm to grow produce, and a community shop and cafe which sells produce from the farm.

It has enabled young people aged 16-25 to go to the farm in small groups to undertake a range of tasks that employees of the farm would do as part of their working role including collecting chickens eggs from the chicken huts and quality checking and stamping them for sale, building bird boxes, and feeding and looking after animals including cows, alpaca and sheep.

Carmarthenshire County Council executive board member for education and children’s services Cllr Glynog Davies said: “Though the projects did not win awards, it was a fantastic opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellent youth work within Carmarthenshire.

“Ser y Byd has done so much to develop the confidence and fitness of the young people taking part and to help them make friends, while the Burns/YSS project has provided valuable work experience and training to help them to develop the confidence and skills to progress into further learning or employment.”

 Gwobrau Rhagoriaeth Gwaith Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol

Mae dau o brosiectau gwaith ieuenctid Gwasanaeth Cymorth Ieuenctid Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi cymryd rhan yn rownd derfynol y Gwobrau Rhagoriaeth Gwaith Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol.

Y prosiectau yw Prosiect Pêl-rwyd ‘Sêr y Byd’, sy’n cael ei gynnal ar y cyd rhwng Ysgol Heol Goffa a Chanolfan Ddydd Coleshill, Llanelli, a Phrosiect Burns/Gwasanaeth Cymorth Ieuenctid, sef prosiect cymunedol wyth wythnos i roi cyfleoedd i bobl ifanc gymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau fferm gymunedol.

Enwebwyd Sêr y Byd am ei rôl yn gweithio gyda phobl ifanc sydd ag anableddau corfforol a/neu anableddau dysgu, gan hyrwyddo ffitrwydd, gwaith tîm, hunan-barch, sgiliau byw’n annibynnol a ffordd iach o fyw. Mae’r clwb pêl-rwyd yn unigryw yng Nghymru.

Mae’r prosiect yn cael ei gynnal ar foreau Gwener yng Nghanolfan Hamdden  Llanelli, a hynny yn ystod y tymor ysgol ac adeg gwyliau. Mae nifer o’r cyfranogwyr yn mynychu Ysgol Heol Goffa yn Llanelli, ac oedolion o Ganolfan Coleshill yw’r gweddill. Mae’r prosiect mor boblogaidd bu’n rhaid ei rannu’n ddau grŵp o 10, sy’n cymryd rhan am yn ail wythnos.

Mae prosiect Burns/Gwasanaeth Cymorth Ieuenctid, a gafodd ei gynnal am y tro cyntaf hydref diwethaf, yn brosiect gwirfoddoli a datblygiad personol i bobl ifanc nad ydynt mewn addysg, cyflogaeth neu hyfforddiant o ganlyniad i anawsterau personol.

Mae’n brosiect partneriaeth rhwng Gwasanaeth Cymorth Ieuenctid Sir Gaerfyrddin a’r cyflogwr lleol, Burns Pet Food and Nutrition. Mae gan Burns ffatrïoedd yn lleol, fferm i dyfu cynnyrch, a siop gymunedol a chaffi sy’n gwerthu cynnyrch o’r fferm.

Mae wedi galluogi pobl ifanc 16-25 oed i fynd i’r fferm mewn grwpiau bach i gyflawni amrywiaeth o dasgau y byddai gweithwyr fferm yn eu gwneud fel rhan o’u gwaith, gan gynnwys casglu wyau ieir o gytiau ieir, gwirio eu bod o’r ansawdd iawn a’u stampio i’w gwerthu, adeiladu blychau adar, a bwydo a gofalu am anifeiliaid yn cynnwys gwartheg, alpaca a defaid.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Glynog Davies, yr Aelod o’r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros Addysg a Gwasanaethau Plant yng Nghyngor Sir Caerfyrddin: “Er nad oedd y prosiectau wedi ennill gwobrau, roedd yn gyfle gwych i gydnabod a dathlu gwaith ieuenctid rhagorol yn Sir Gaerfyrddin.

“Mae Sêr y Byd wedi gwneud cymaint i ddatblygu hyder a ffitrwydd y bobl ifanc sy’n cymryd rhan a’u helpu i wneud ffrindiau, tra bo Prosiect Burns/Gwasanaeth Cymorth Ieuenctid wedi rhoi profiad gwaith a hyfforddiant gwerthfawr i’w helpu i fagu hyder a meithrin sgiliau er mwyn camu ymlaen i ddysgu pellach neu gyflogaeth.”