Ace Cgl

CGL is currently running the amazing EU funded ACE project. We help BME & Migrant people in Wales into work. provide help and support to adults, children, young people and families.

CGL Achieving Change through Employment (ACE)
CGL is currently running the amazing EU funded ACE project here in Wales - a three-year project set up across Wales to support disadvantaged people from a BME backgrounds into employment. ACE is supported by the European Social Fund through the Welsh Government and will be running until 2019. We are working in all local authority areas in Wales.
Our case workers are available in each part of Wales, providing one to one support with the following:
• Accessing training and qualifications i. e. First Aid , Food hygiene, Health and Safety, IT training i. e. ECDL , Word /Excel training
• Job searching, CV and application form support
• Job interview preparation
• Work placement and volunteering opportunities
• Developing communication skills including access to ESOL and Rapid English courses

Who can be referred to our project?
Participants have to meet the following criteria:
1. From a BME or migrant background
2. Be over 25 years of age
3. Be eligible to live and work in the UK
4. a) Be unemployed for over 12 months (can be claiming JSA but not on the Work programme)
OR
4. b) Be Economically inactive (can be claiming ESA, or HB but not JSA) and be either from a jobless household, have qualifications on or below CQFW Level 2, have a work limiting health condition or disability, have care or child care responsibilities or be aged over 54.

How can I refer someone who I think is eligible?
Please complete our electronic referral form (www. cgl.org. uk /project /ACE) and email it to ace@cgl.org. uk. Make sure you complete the eligibility box and use your email address as signature. Alternatively, you can print out our referral form and post it to Helen Devitt, CGL ACE, 57-59 St Mary Street, Cardiff CF10 1FE

Ar hyn o bryd, mae Sova yn cynnal ACE, prosiect tair blynedd yng ngorllewin Cymru a’r Cymoedd er mwyn cefnogi pobl ddifreintiedig o gefndiroedd Du ac Ethnig Lleiafrifol neu ymfudwyr i ddod o hyd i waith. Caiff ACE ei ariannu gan Gronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop drwy Lywodraeth Cymru a bydd ar waith tan 2019. Byddwn yn cynnal y prosiect yn Abertawe, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Sir Ddinbych, Gwynedd, Rhondda Cynon Tâf, Torfaen, Caerffili, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tudful, Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Sir Benfro, Ceredigion, Ynys Môn a Chonwy.
Bydd Gweithiwr Cymdeithasol ACE CGL ymhob Cyngor Sir i gynnig cefnogaeth un i un gyda’r canlynol:
• Manteisio ar hyfforddiant ac ennill cymwysterau h. y. Cymorth Cyntaf , Hylendid Bwyd, Iechyd a Diogelwch, hyfforddiant Technoleg Gwybodaeth h. y. ECDL , hyfforddiant Word /Excel
• Dod o hyd i waith a helpu gyda llunio CV a chwblhau ffurflen gais
• Paratoi at gyfweliad swydd
• Dod o hyd i gyfleoedd lleoliad gwaith a gwirfoddoli
• Datblygu sgiliau cyfathrebu a manteisio ar gyrsiau ESOL a chyrsiau Saesneg Dwys.
Pwy all fanteisio ar y prosiect?
Mae’n rhaid ichi fodloni’r gofynion canlynol:
5. Mae’n rhaid i chi fod yn ymfudwr neu o gefndir Du neu Ethnig Lleiafrifol
6. Mae’n rhaid i chi fod dros 25 oed
7. Mae’n rhaid i chi fod yn gymwys i fyw a gweithio ym Mhrydain
8. a) Mae’n rhaid i chi fod yn ddi-waith ers 12 mis (fe gewch chi hawlio Lwfans Ceisio Gwaith (JSA) ond ni fyddwch yn gymwys os ydych chi ar y cynllun Gwaith).
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5. b) Mae’n rhaid i chi fod yn ddi-waith a ddim mewn addysg nac hyfforddiant (fe gewch chi hawlio Lwfans Cyflogaeth a Chymorth (ESA), Budd-daliadau Tai (HB) ond nid Lwfans Ceisio Gwaith (JSA). Hefyd, mae gofyn i chi fod yn byw mewn tŷ lle mae pawb yn ddi-waith, gyda chymhwyster sy’n cyfateb i neu’n is na Safon 2 CQFW, bod gydag anabledd neu gyflwr sy’n effeithio ar eich gallu i weithio, bod yn gyfrifol dros ofalu am blant neu oedolion neu fod dros 54 oed.
Sut alla i gyfeirio rhywun dw i’n credu sy’n gymwys?
www. cgl.org. uk /project /ACE. Cwblhewch ein ffurflen gyfeirio ar y cyfrifiadur a’i hanfon at ace@sova.org. uk. Gofalwch eich bod yn cwblhau’r blwch cymhwysedd a defnyddiwch eich cyfeiriad e-bost fel llofnod. Fel arall, gallwch argraffu’r ffurflen gyfeirio a’i hanfon at Helen Devitt, CGL ACE, 57-59 Heol Eglwys Fair, Caerdydd CF10 1FE