Mae SPARK, y parc ymchwil gwyddorau cymdeithasol newydd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, yn gweithio gyda Chyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru, Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd (C3SC) ac aelodau eraill o Bartneriaeth Ymchwil Trydydd Sector, i gyflwyno pum gweithdy ymchwil i sefydliadau yng Nghaerdydd ym mis Hydref a mis Tachwedd eleni.

Os ydych chi'n sefydliad Trydydd Sector bach i ganolig (e.e. elusen, sefydliad cymunedol, menter gymdeithasol…) ac wedi bod yn weithredol yng Nghaerdydd ers o leiaf dwy flynedd, gallai hyn fod yn addas i chi.

Bydd y gweithdai yn eich helpu i fyfyrio ar weithgareddau eich sefydliad, archwilio a mapio eich anghenion ymchwil a meddwl sut y gall ymchwil helpu i gyflawni amcanion eich sefydliad. Gallai gweithgaredd o'r fath arwain at gymorth pellach gan academyddion SPARK gyda chynllunio a dulliau ymchwil, ceisiadau am gyllid ymchwil, neu hyd yn oed fyfyriwr ar leoliad gyda chi i ymgymryd â rhywfaint o ymchwil.

Gallai hefyd ein galluogi ni i'ch cysylltu chi â chanfyddiadau ymchwil presennol sy’n berthnasol ac a all lywio eich gwaith. Gallai mynediad at waith ymchwil o’r fath gefnogi ymarfer sy’n fwy seiliedig ar dystiolaeth neu fod yn gyfle i chi lywio cyfeiriad ymchwil yn y dyfodol.

Yn gyffredinol, ein nod yw y bydd cydweithrediadau o’r fath yn cyfrannu at berthnasoedd ymchwil tymor hirach rhwng sefydliadau’r Trydydd Sector a phrifysgolion yng Nghymru.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ein cynlluniau, a manteision posibl ymchwil i'ch sefydliad, ewch i'n blog yma: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-skeels-7b642139_third-sector-research-partnership-blog-cym-activity-7112027598599147520-I8F5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

SPARK, the new social science research park at Cardiff University, is working with Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) and other members of a Third Sector Research Partnership, to deliver five research workshops for Cardiff-based organisations in October and November this year.

If you are a small to medium-sized Third Sector organisation (e.g., charity, community-based organisation, social enterprise…) and have been operational in Cardiff for at least two years, this could be for you.

The workshops will help you to reflect on your organisation’s activities, explore and map out your research needs and think about how research can help to meet your organisation’s objectives. Such activity could then lead to further support from academics in SPARK on research design, methods, applications for research funding, or even a student on placement with you to undertake some research.

It could also enable us to connect you with existing research findings that are relevant and can inform your work. Access to such research could support more evidenced-based practice or a chance for you to steer the direction of future research.

Overall, our aim is that such collaborations will contribute to longer term research relationships between Third Sector organisations and universities in Wales.

For more information about our plans, and the potential benefits of research for your organisation, please visit our blog here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-skeels-7b642139_third-sector-research-partnership-blog-cym-activity-7112027598599147520-I8F5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

SPARK Cardiff Third Sector Research Workshop 1