Diben y Gronfa Gymorth Ddewisol yw cynnig taliadau neu gymorth o fath arall er mwyn galluogi pobl i fyw’n annibynnol a darparu cymorth brys i bobl y mae angen diogelu eu hiechyd a’u lles. Bydd y taliadau hyn ar gael i bobl sydd heb unrhyw fodd o dalu am eu costau byw ar y pryd; nid ydynt wedi’u bwriadu i dalu costau treuliau parhaol. Felly, nid oes angen ad-dalu’r taliadau o’r gronfa hon. Bydd yn rhedeg yn y lle cyntaf am ddwy flynedd, a bydd y gyllideb flynyddol yr wyf wedi’i neilltuo ar gyfer y gronfa newydd yn £10.2 miliwn bob blwyddyn.
The purpose of the Discretionary Assistance Fund is to offer payments or in kind support to enable or maintain independent living and to provide urgent assistance to people where there is an identified need to safeguard health and well being. These payments will be made available to people who have no other means of meeting the immediate cost of living and are not intended to meet the cost of ongoing expenses. As such, payments from this fund are not repayable. Initially to run for two years, the annual budget I have set aside for the new fund will be £10.2 million each year.