Cefnogaeth ymchwil a gwerthuso i gymunedau – rôl Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch (Higher Education Institutes)

Dyhead, Ysbrydoliaeth, Dyfalbarhad - Rhaglen genedlaethol digwyddiadau’r Bartneriaeth Cymunedau Dyfeisgar am gymunedau a byw’n iach

Support for communities in research and evaluation - the role of HEIs (Higher Education Institutes)

Aspiration, Inspiration, Perspiration - Resourceful Communities Partnership’s national programme of events on communities and living well

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Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn cael ei gynnal ar 14 Mai rhwng 14:00 - 15:30.

Mae Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch yn chwarae rhan sylweddol wrth gefnogi anghenion ymchwil a gwerthuso cymunedau. Gall eu rôl fod yn amrywiol ac yn fuddiol i ddatblygiad cymunedol trwy arbenigedd ymchwil, casglu a dadansoddi data, partneriaethau a chydweithio, hyfforddiant ac addysg, mynediad at adnoddau, dadansoddi polisi ac eiriolaeth a rhannu gwybodaeth. Gall yr elfennau hyn i gyd chwarae eu rhan ond sut olwg sydd ar y seilwaith ehangach i gefnogi cymunedau mewn ymchwil a gwerthuso yng Nghymru? Pam fod yn bwysig?

Bydd cyflwynwyr yn rhannu datblygiadau cyfredol yng Nghymru cyn archwilio ffyrdd o gryfhau'r maes gwaith hwn ar y cyd.

Dr Hannah Durrant, Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil a Chyfarwyddwr Rhaglen yng Nghanolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru (WCPP)
Yr Athro Michael Woods, Cyfarwyddwr Adran Daearyddiaeth a Gwyddorau Daear; Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr Canolfan Wleidyddiaeth a Chymdeithas Cymru, Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Dave Horton, ACE Caerau, Trelai
Dr Tom Avery, Swyddog Ymchwil, Adran y Dyniaethau a’r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Prifysgol Abertawe

Bydd y digwyddiad yn cael ei gynnal ar Zoom a byddwn yn anfon i linc i chi gyda manylion ymuno yn nes at yr amser.

Mae croeso mawr i bawb, felly rhannwch y gwahoddiad digwyddiad a'r dolen gyda'ch rhwydweithiau. Diolch yn fawr iawn ymlaen llaw am eich cefnogaeth!

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This event will be held on 14 May between 14:00 - 15:30.

Higher Education Institutes play a significant role in supporting the research and evaluation needs of communities. Their role can be multifaceted and beneficial to community development through research expertise, data collection and analysis, partnerships and collaboration, training and education, access to resources, policy analysis and advocacy and knowledge dissemination. These elements can all play their part but what does the wider infrastructure to support communities in research and evaluation look like in Wales? Why does it matter?

Presenters will share current developments in Wales before collectively exploring ways to strengthen this area of work.

Dr Hannah Durrant, Senior Research Fellow and Programme Director at the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP)
Professor Michael Woods, Director of Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences; Co-Director of the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society, Aberystwyth University
Dave Horton, ACE Caerau, Ely
Dr Tom Avery, Research Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University

The event will be held on Zoom and we will send you a link with joining details closer to the time.

All are welcome, so please circulate the event invitation and link widely through your networks. Many thanks in advance for your support!

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Bywgraffiadau - Biographies

Hannah Durrant

Dr. Hannah Durrant yw Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil a Chyfarwyddwr Rhaglen yng Nghanolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru (WCPP). Mae Hannah yn arwain gwaith WCPP ar les cymunedol, gan gynhyrchu tystiolaeth berthnasol ac effeithiol ar gyfer gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, arweinwyr cymunedol a Llywodraeth Cymru ar symud gweithredu cymunedol i fodloni anghenion lleol ac ehangu cysylltiadau cymdeithasol. Hefyd, mae hi'n arwain ymchwil a phractis y Ganolfan ar symud gwybodaeth a llunio polisi ar sail tystiolaeth. Prosiectau diweddar a arweiniodd Hannah yn cynnwys:

• Rhaglen waith ar rol cymunedau, gwirfoddoli a chydweithio dros sectorau i gynyddu lles, i lywio gwaith y Bartneriaeth Cymunedau Adnoddol a'r arweinwyr sector cyhoeddus a thrydydd sector ledled Cymru.

• Adolygiad mawr o dystiolaeth ar anghydraddoldeb unigrwydd ac dadansoddiad o ddata ar unigrwydd yng Nghymru i lywio ymyriadau cenedlaethol a lleol ar unigrwydd.

• Ymchwil ar gyfuno dulliau ar-lein ac oddi ar-lein i wasanaethau lles cymunedol, i gefnogi darpariaeth gwasanaeth a strategaeth gwasanaeth cyhoeddus digidol a chynhwysiant.

Hefyd, mae hi wedi cyhoeddi erthygl mynediad agored ynghylch Gwella defnydd tystiolaeth: adolygiad sgopio systematig o fodelau lleol o symud gwybodaeth yn y Journal of Evidence & Policy.

Mae gan Hannah gefndir mewn arwain a symud ymchwil i lywio polisi a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Yn flaenorol, bu'n goruchwylio rhaglen ymchwil yr Sefydliad ar gyfer Ymchwil Polisi ym Mhrifysgol Bath ac arwain nifer o brosiectau cyd-gynhyrchu ar ddefnyddio data cysylltiedig i lywio polisi a darpariaeth gwasanaeth cyhoeddus ar lefel leol, ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd, rhagnodi cymdeithasol, gofyn rhagnodi cymdeithasol, gofal cymdeithasol, a pholisi sgiliau a gweithlu. Mae hi'n Is-gadeirydd Rhwydwaith Ymgysylltu Polisi'r Prifysgolau (UPEN) ac yn Gymrawd Cyswllt Academi Addysg Uwch.

Michael Woods

Mae Michael Woods yn Athro o Ddaearyddiaeth Dynol ac yn Gyfarwyddwr Cymru Wledig LPIP Cymunedau Gwledig Cymru, y Partneriaeth Polisi Lleol a Newid Gwirionedd Cymru Wledig. Mae ganddo dros 25 mlynedd o brofiad o weithio gyda chymunedau yng Nghymru Wledig, gan gynnwys yn rolau presennol fel Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr y Ganolfan ar gyfer Gwleidyddiaeth a Chymdeithaseg Cymru a Chyfarwyddwr Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr Sefydliad Ymchwil ac Data Cymru ar gyfer Cymdeithas a Phrosiectau Economaidd (WISERD), ac o'r blaen fel Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr yng Nghyfroder Gwledig Cymru. Mae ei waith blaenorol wedi gwneud argymhellion i Lywodraeth Cymru ar gryfhau cynghorau tref a chymuned, wedi cyd-gynhyrchu Gweledigaeth Wledig i Gymru gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru, ac wedi archwilio arferion gorau ar gyfer gweithio mewn partneriaeth mewn adfywio gwledig ac ar gyfer gweithredu cymdeithasol sifil i fynd i'r afael â polarisasiwn mewn cymunedau.

Dave Horton

Mae gan Dave 25 mlynedd o brofiad yn y Gwaith Ieuenctid a Chymuned yng Nghaerdydd a Cape Town. Ar hyn o bryd, yn bresennol ym Mhentref Ely, Gorllewin Caerdydd, mae wedi chwarae rhan allweddol yn datblygu ac arwain ACE (Gweithredu yng Nghaerau ac Ely), sefydliad datblygu cymunedol a ddathlir yn genedlaethol sy'n trawsnewid bywyd mewn un o'r cymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig yng Nghymru. Mae'n arbenigo mewn Datblygiad Cymunedol yn seiliedig ar Asedau a Chyd-gynhyrchu ac mae'n arbennig o ddiddorol mewn defnyddio'r dulliau hyn i adeiladu pŵer pobl leol i herio stigma a gwneud newid. Fel Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr CAER Heritage (prosiect Brifysgol Caerdydd ar genhadaeth dinesig) helpodd i feithrin partneriaeth cymuned/brifysgol sydd wedi gweld pobl leol yn cyd-gynhyrchu ymchwil archaeolegol a threftadaeth i adrodd stori wahanol am eu cymuned. Mae'n gweithredu fel ymgynghorydd ar y Partneriaeth Ymchwil y Trydydd Sector.

Tom Avery

Dr Tom Avery yw Swyddog Ymchwil yn Swyddfa Ymchwil Heriau Lleol ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Mae'n cefnogi a chynnal ymchwil sy'n mynd i'r afael â heriau lleol, rhanbarthol, a byd-eang trwy gydweithio â chymunedau lleol. Mae wedi datblygu egwyddorion cyd-gynhyrchu i lywio'r gwaith hwn ac ar hyn o bryd mae'n cynllunio digwyddiadau gwrando cymunedol ledled de-orllewin Cymru i adnabod ffyrdd i ymchwil Prifysgol wneud gwahaniaeth mwy yn lleol.

Sue Denman

Mae Sue'n angerddol am ddatblygu cymunedol a'i rol ym mhoblogrwydd a llesiant. Helpodd i sefydlu elusen cymorth cymdeithasol llwyddiannus i bobl hŷn, Solva Care; mae'n Ymddiriedolwraig o'r Elusen honno; ac mae'n cadeirio'r Grŵp Ymchwil, Monitro ac Asesu Lleol. Sefydlodd Gyda'n Gilydd am Newid, sy'n gweithio mewn partneriaeth â sefydliadau eraill i gynhyrchu a rhannu gwybodaeth am gymunedau ar gyfer gwneud penderfyniadau sy'n canolbwyntio ar bobl.

Mae gan Sue gefndir mewn iechyd cyhoeddus, gan gynnwys polisi, ymchwil ac ymarfer. Mae'n Athro Emeritws ym Mhrifysgol Feddygol, Prifysgol Caerdydd.

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Dr Hannah Durrant is a Senior Research Fellow and Programme Director at the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP). Hannah leads WCPP’s work on community wellbeing, generating relevant and impactful evidence for public service, community leaders and Welsh Government on mobilising community action to meet local need and enhance social connection. She also leads the Centre’s research and practice on knowledge mobilisation and evidence-based policymaking. Recent projects that Hannah has led include:

A programme of work on the role of communities, volunteering and multisector collaboration in enhancing wellbeing, to inform the work of the Resourceful Communities Partnership and wider public and third sector leaders across Wales.
A major review of evidence on loneliness inequality and analysis of data on loneliness in Wales to inform national and local loneliness interventions.
Research on blending online and offline approaches to community wellbeing services, to support service provision and digital public service and inclusion strategy.

She has also recently published an open access article on Improving evidence use: a systematic scoping review of local models of knowledge mobilisation in the Journal of Evidence & Policy.

Hannah has a background in leading and mobilising research to inform policy and public service. Previously she oversaw the research programme of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath and led a number of co-produced projects on the use of linked data to inform policy and public service provision at the local level, public engagement, social prescribing, social care, and skills and workforce development policy.

She is Vice Chair of the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Michael Woods is Professor of Human Geography and Director of Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales, the Rural Wales Local Policy and Innovation Partnership. He has over 25 years experience of working with and on communities in Rural Wales, including in current roles as Co-Director of the Centre for Welsh Politics and Society and Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD), and previously as Co-Director of the Wales Rural Observatory. His previous work has made recommendations to the Welsh Government on strengthening town and community councils, co-produced a Rural Vision for Wales with the Welsh Local Government Association, and explored best practice for partnership working in rural regeneration and for civil society action to address polarisation in communities.

Dave Horton has 25 years of experience in Youth and Community Work in Cardiff and Cape Town. Currently based in Ely, West Cardiff, he has played a key role in developing and leading ACE (Action in Caerau and Ely) a nationally celebrated community development organisation that is transforming life in one of Wales’ most disadvantaged communities. He specialises in Asset Based Community Development and Co-production and is particularly interested in using these approaches to build the power of local people to challenge stigma and effect change. As Co-Director of CAER Heritage (a flagship Cardiff University Civic Mission project) he helped build a community/university partnership that has seen local people co-produce archaeological and heritage research to tell a different story about their community. He is acting as a consultant on the Third Sector Research Partnership.

Dr Tom Avery is a Research Officer at the Local Challenges Research Office at Swansea University. He supports and conducts research that addresses local, regional, and global challenges through collaboration with local communities. He has developed co-creation principles to guide this work and is currently planning community listening events across south west Wales to identify ways for University research to make a bigger difference locally.

Sue Denman is passionate about community development and its role in equality and wellbeing. She helped to set up the thriving older people’s social support Charity, Solva Care; is a Trustee of the Charity; and chairs the local Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Group. She founded Together for Change, which works in partnership with other organisations to generate and share knowledge about communities for people centred decision making.

Sue has a background in public health, spanning policy, research and practice. She is Professor Emeritus of R&D Policy at the Medical School, Cardiff University.

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Gyda'n Gilydd dros Newid 'Rydym yn credu mewn cymdeithas deg a chyfartal a hawliau pawb i gael bywyd da, nawr ac yn y dyfodol. Rydym yn gweithio gyda chymunedau a sefydliadau ar syniadau a allai wneud bywyd yn well i bobl yn y cymunedau hynny. Rydym yn helpu i greu cymunedau cryfach drwy ddod â'u llais at wneud penderfyniadau mewn materion sy'n bwysig iddyn nhw. Rydym yn darparu gwybodaeth am y cymorth sydd ei angen ar gymunedau i'w gwneud yn gysylltiedig, yn gryf ac mewn rheolaeth.’

Together for Change ‘We believe in a fair and equal society and the rights of all to have a good life, now and in the future. We work with communities and organisations on ideas that could make life better for people in those communities. We help build stronger communities by bringing their voice to decision making in matters that are important to them. We provide knowledge about the support needed by communities to make them well connected, strong and in control.’