Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd a'r iaith Gymraeg

Gyda dros 75% o boblogaeth rhai ardaloedd Gwynedd yn siarad Cymraeg fel iaith gyntaf mae gwneud pob dim yn gyfan gwbl ddwyieithog yn rhan annatod o'r ffordd rydym yn gweithredu yn CCG (Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd).

Mae ein gwasanaethau i gyd ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, ac mae gan ein tenantiaid yr hawl i ddisgwyl gwasanaeth o'r un safon yn y ddwy iaith. Rydym yn rhoi'r dewis i'n cwsmeriaid ym mha iaith maen nhw am i ni gyfathrebu efo nhw.

Yn amlwg felly mae rhan helaeth o'n staff yn siarad Cymraeg. Mae ein deunydd cyfathrebu i gyd gan gynnwys ein gwefan yn gwbl ddwyieithog. Yn fwy diweddar mae CCG wedi camu mewn i fyd rhwydweithio cymdeithasol. Roedd trin y ddwy iaith yn hollol gyfartal yn y maes yma hefyd yn gam naturiol. Ac mae CCG yn un o'r prin gymdeithasau tai sy'n trydar ac yn postio ar Facebook yn y ddwy iaith bob tro.

Ond mae rôl a chyfrifoldeb CCG o ran yr iaith yn mynd ymhellach na chynnig gwasanaeth dwyieithog i denantiaid. Dros bum mlynedd rydym yn gwario £136miliwn ar uwchraddio ein cartrefi. Mae hyn yn hwb sylweddol i economi'r sir, i fusnesau ac i swyddi.

Mae bron i hanner cytundebau'r gwaith gwella wedi eu rhoi i gwmnïau bychain lleol ac mae gorfodaeth ar bob un contractwyr sy'n gweithio ar y rhaglen i gyflogi yn lleol a chreu prentisiaethau. Mae hyn mewn cyfnod pan mae swyddi lleol a chyfleoedd i weithio drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn brin. Rydym yn falch felly o allu cynnig swyddi o safon a chyfloedd datblygu i unigolion fel bod byw a gweithio yng Ngwynedd drwy gyfwng y Gymraeg yn opsiwn go iawn.

Ffrancon Williams, Prif Weithredwr
Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd


Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd and the Welsh language

With over 75% of the population in many areas of Gwynedd speaking Welsh as a first language, providing a fully bilingual service is an integral part of the way we operate in CCG.

All our services are available in Welsh and English and tenants have a right to expect the same standard of service in both languages. We offer tenants the choice of which language they would like us to communicate with them.

Most of our staff are Welsh speakers. All our communications and promotional materials including our website are bilingual. More recently, CCG has moved into social networking where using both languages came naturally. We are one amongst the few housing associations that always tweet and post on facebook in both languages.

However, CCG’s role and committment to the Welsh language goes further than simply offering our services to tenants bilingually. Over five years we are investing £136 million on improving our homes. This brings with it a substantial boost to the county's economy, businesses and jobs.

Nearly half of the improvement contracts have been awarded to small local businesses with every contractor working on the scheme obliged to employ local staff and create apprenticeships. This comes at a time when local jobs and the opportunity to work locally through the medium of Welsh are scarce. We're pleased we can offer quality jobs local and development opportunities so that living and working in Gwynedd through the medium of Welsh is a realistic option.

Ffrancon Williams, Chief Executive
Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd

Rural Housing Week, 20-27 May 2013

What a great idea. If rural housing issues had been considered important enough a decade or more ago to warrant the same impact as cheese week, or even rabbit week, then it would certainly be of a much higher priority today.

For Rabbit, read Rural Housing!

Tell a Friend or Neighbour about Rabbit Rural Housing Awareness Week

If you are reading this page then well done - you are already aware of Rabbit Rural Housing Awareness Week and have probably got your pet rabbits community booked in for their FREE health check with your local, participating vet Rural Housing Enabler. However, we need to spread the word to other rabbit owners communities about the FREE health checks that vets RHEs are offering for rabbits communities, councillors, and housing decision makers during the week and to ascertain how sustainable they are and how forming partnerships on the ground can reap dividends to all.

You may be aware of a friend or someone else in your neighbourhood who owns a pet rabbit is in housing need due to lack of suitable affordable housing, numerous exclusive second homes and the cost of renting or buying even though they are working. If so, we'd really appreciate you telling them about Rabbit Rural Housing Awareness Week especially with the cost of living, travelling and rural services becoming increasingly dearer and harder to reach. Why not print this letter and send it to your rabbit owning friend or neighbour in housing need, so that even more rabbits communities can benefit from these FREE rabbit community health checks.

On a sober note, Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Housing and Regeneration said in his blog, Building a better Wales: ‘housing can provide a catalyst for the Welsh economy'. Let us see if Rural Housing Week in Wales can be the catalyst for raising awareness of housing and the rural economy, and how we can tackle the future sustainability of communities together.

Arfon Hughes
Gwynedd Rural Housing Enabler

(PS apologies to Rabbit Awareness Week)