New school uniform grant for low income families | Grant newydd i helpu teuluoedd i dalu am wisg ysgol

New school uniform grant for low income families

LOW income families in Carmarthenshire will be supported by the council to buy secondary school uniforms for their children.

Carmarthenshire County Council will pay £50 towards the cost of uniform under a new £15,000 scheme.

The council’s executive board passed the plans for the fund to support families in need at its meeting today (Monday, June 4, 2018).

It follows a decision by the Welsh Government to end its School Uniform Grant.

Cllr Glynog Davies, executive board member for education and children’s services, said: “We are providing a small grant to help families that find it difficult to fund school uniform costs.”

The funding will be made available to pupils entering year seven who are eligible for free school meals.

It is thought that the fund will support more than 300 pupils a year.

More information will be made available on the council’s website www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales

• Watch the executive board discussion and read the report at www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales

Grant newydd i helpu teuluoedd i dalu am wisg ysgol

BYDD teuluoedd ar incwm isel yn Sir Gaerfyrddin yn cael cymorth gan y Cyngor i brynu gwisg ysgol uwchradd ar gyfer eu plant.

Bydd Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin yn talu £50 tuag at gost gwisg ysgol o dan gynllun newydd sy’n werth £15,000.

Roedd Bwrdd Gweithredol y Cyngor wedi pasio’r cynlluniau ar gyfer y gronfa i gefnogi teuluoedd a hynny yn ei gyfarfod heddiw (dydd Llun, 4 Mehefin 2018).

Daw hyn yn dilyn penderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i orffen ei Grant Gwisg Ysgol.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Glynog Davies, yr Aelod o’r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros Addysg a Gwasanaethau Plant: “Rydym yn darparu grant bach i helpu teuluoedd sy’n ei chael hi’n anodd talu am wisg ysgol.”

Bydd y cyllid ar gael i ddisgyblion sydd ar fin mynd i flwyddyn saith ac sy’n gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am ddim.

Disgwylir i’r gronfa gefnogi dros 300 o ddisgyblion y flwyddyn.

Bydd rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael ar wefan y Cyngor www.sirgar.llyw.cymru

• Gallwch wylio trafodaeth y Bwrdd Gweithredol a darllen yr adroddiad yma www.sirgar.llyw.cymru