FARMING CONNECT’S WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE FORUM 2017 /Datganiad i’r Wasg/Press Notice: Fforwm Merched mewn Amaeth Cyswllt Ffermio 2017

FARMING CONNECT’S WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE FORUM 2017

INSPIRING, MOTIVATING, EMPOWERING

Farming Connect has selected two of Wales’ most iconic attractions to
stage this year’s highly anticipated Women in Agriculture Forums,
which are now an acknowledged highlight of the year for many women
working within the industry in Wales.

Building on the success of previous Women in Agriculture events,
which each year attract capacity audiences, this year’s double billing
will be held at:

PORTMEIRION, PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, LL48 6ER – TUESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2017

CARDIGAN CASTLE, CARDIGAN SA43 1JA- THURSDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2017

Both events will run from 10am to 4pm. This year’s speaker line-up
will be headed by Ceredigion farmer’s daughter Fflur Sheppard. Fflur
was recently headhunted by one of the UK’s leading communications
companies and personally spearheaded a major retailer’s hugely
successful campaign to rebuild trust in the brand and its employee
relationships. Fflur will be joined by Nuffield scholar and farmer
Holly Beckett who has helped grow her family’s fourth generation
Midlands farm to include a farm shop, restaurant, cookery school and
conference facilities; as well as representatives from two Welsh
police forces who will talk about agricultural cybercrime.

Eirwen Williams, director of rural programmes with Menter a Busnes,
which delivers Farming Connect on behalf of the Welsh Government and
is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and
the Welsh Government, said that the aim of the events is to encourage
women to drive forward change and innovation within farming
particularly as businesses face the uncertainties of Brexit.

“Women play a key role in many farm businesses and rural enterprises
in Wales and there has never been a more important time to make sure
their voices are heard,” said Mrs. Williams.

The forums will bring women together and offer them an opportunity to
network and create new contacts within the Welsh agricultural
industry. Attendees will also participate in three facilitated
workshops.

Workshop topics include:

Managing staff – facilitated by Corinna Lloyd Jones, head of human
resources, Menter a Busnes

Grow your people, grow your business – facilitated by Nuffield
Scholar and farmer Holly Beckett

Tackling cybercrime in farming – Paul Callard, Dyfed Powys Police
and Nicholas Hawe, North Wales Police

Booking is essential for both these events. Please call Sian Tandy on

01970 631404 or e-mail sian.tandy@menterabusnes.co.uk [10] or to
reserve your place online visit
www.wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/women-in-agriculture/ [11]

RSVP BY 12.09.17

FFORWM MERCHED MEWN AMAETH CYSWLLT FFERMIO 2017

YSBRYDOLI, YSGOGI, GALLUOGI

Mae Cyswllt Ffermio wedi dewis dau o leoliadau mwyaf eiconig Cymru er
mwyn cynnal Fforymau Merched mewn Amaeth eleni, sy’n cael eu cydnabod
bellach fel un o uchafbwyntiau’r flwyddyn i nifer o ferched sy’n
gweithio yn y diwydiant yng Nghymru.

Gan adeiladu ar lwyddiant digwyddiadau Merched mewn Amaeth blaenorol,
sy’n denu cynulleidfaoedd llawn bob blwyddyn, cynhelir y digwyddiadau
eleni yn y lleoliadau canlynol:

PORTMEIRION, PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, LL48 6ER – DYDD MAWRTH, 19 MEDI 2017

CASTELL ABERTEIFI, ABERTEIFI SA43 1JA – DYDD IAU 21 MEDI 2017

Bydd y ddau ddigwyddiad yn cymryd lle rhwng 10yb a 4yp Y brif
siaradwraig eleni fydd y ferch fferm o Geredigion, Fflur Sheppard.
Cafodd Fflur ei dewis yn bersonol i weithio i un o gwmnau cyfathrebu
mwyaf blaenllaw’r DU yn ddiweddar, a bu’n gyfrifol am arwain ymgyrch
lwyddiannus gan un o’r prif adwerthwyr i ail adeiladu ffydd yn y brand
a’i berthynas ‘i weithwyr. Yn ymuno Fflur yn y digwyddiadau bydd yr
ysgolhaig Nuffield a’r ffermwr Holly Beckett, sydd wedi cynorthwyo i
adeiladu’r fferm deuluol pedwaredd genhedlaeth yng Nghanolbarth Cymru
i gynnwys siop fferm, bwyty, ysgol goginio a chyfleusterau cynadledda;
yn ogystal chynrychiolwyr o ddau o luoedd Heddlu Cymru a fydd yn
trafod troseddau seiber ar ffermydd.

Dywedodd Eirwen Williams, cyfarwyddwr rhaglenni gwledig gyda Menter a
Busnes, sy’n darparu Cyswllt Ffermio ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru, a
ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’r Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer
Datblygu Gwledig, mai nod y digwyddiad yw annog merched i arwain newid
ac arloesedd o fewn amaethyddiaeth, yn enwedig wrth i fusnesau wynebu
ansicrwydd Brexit.

“Mae merched yn chwarae rl flaenllaw mewn nifer o fusnesau fferm a
mentrau gwledig yng Nghymru ac mae’n bwysicach nag erioed bellach i
sicrhau bod eu lleisiau’n cael eu clywed,” meddai Mrs Williams.

Bydd y fforymau’n dod merched ynghyd ac yn cynnig cyfle iddynt
rwydweithio a chreu cysylltiadau newydd o fewn y diwydiant amaeth yng
Nghymru. Bydd mynychwyr hefyd yn cymryd rhan mewn tri gweithdy wedi’u
hwyluso.

Bydd pynciau gweithdai’n cynnwys:

Rheoli staff – wedi’i hwyluso gan Corinna Lloyd Jones, pennaeth
adnoddau dynol, Menter a Busnes

Datblygu eich pobl, datblygu eich busnes – wedi’i hwyluso gan yr
Ysgolhaig Nuffield a’r ffermwr, Holly Beckett

Mynd i’r afael throseddau seiber mewn amaeth – Paul Callard, Heddlu
Dyfed Powys a Nicholas Hawe, Heddlu Gogledd Cymru

Mae archebu lle ymlaen llaw yn hanfodol ar gyfer y digwyddiadau hyn.
Ffoniwch Sian Tandy ar 01970 631404 neu anfonwch e-bost at
sian.tandy@menterabusnes.co.uk [8], neu i archebu lle ar lein, ewch i
www.llyw.cymru/cyswlltffermio

RSVP ERBYN 12.09.17