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About BLF Wales - Am BLF Cymru
A bit of background and information about BLF Wales - Rhywfaint o gefndir a gwybodaeth am BLF Cymru
A few facts about Wales
- One in five people in Wales have some form of lung disease
- Lung disease is the third biggest killer in Wales
- Lung disease is the second most common long term condition in Wales
- The team now supports 21 Breathe Easy groups in Wales which have contact with almost 1000 people.
- Part of the British Lung Foundation's work in Wales is supported by the Big Lottery Fund
The BLF Wales team aim to:
- Support the one in five people in Wales who have a lung disease as well as their families and carers
- Raise awareness of lung disease at both a community and national level
- Campaign to make lung disease a national priority in Wales
- Work with other organisations in Wales, including other voluntary groups, the NHS and National Assembly for Wales, to raise the profile of lung disease and improve services across Wales
Gwybodaeth am BLF Wales
Ychydig o ffeithiau am Gymru
- Mae gan un o bob pump o bobl yng Nghymru rhyw fath o glefyd ar yr ysgyfaint
- Clefyd yr ysgyfaint yw’r trydydd lladdwr mwyaf yng Nghymru
- Clefyd yr ysgyfaint yw’r ail gyflwr tymor hir mwyaf cyffredin yng Nghymru
- Mae’r tîm bellach yn cynorthwyo 21 o grwpiau Breathe Easy yng Nghymru sydd â chysylltiad â bron i 1000 o bobl.
- Mae rhan o waith Sefydliad Prydeinig yr Ysgyfaint yng Nghymru’n derbyn cymorth gan Gronfa’r Loteri Fawr.
Nod tîm BLF Cymru yw:
- Cynorthwyo’r un o bob pump o bobl yng Nghymru sydd â chlefyd yr ysgyfaint yn ogystal â’u teuluoedd a’u gofalwyr.
- Codi ymwybyddiaeth ynghylch clefyd yr ysgyfaint ar lefel gymunedol a chenedlaethol
- Ymgyrchu i wneud clefyd yr ysgyfaint yn flaenoriaeth genedlaethol yng Nghymru
- Gweithio â sefydliadau eraill yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys grwpiau gwirfoddol eraill, y GIG a Chynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, i godi proffil clefyd yr ysgyfaint a gwella gwasanaethau ledled Cymru
