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Keeping HealthySelf Care & Coping Mechanisms

Keeping Your Mind Healthy: 5 Ways To Wellbeing

Your mental wellbeing is really important to keep healthy, just like your physical health. Having good wellbeing can be difficult because your mind can dwell on the negative. But you can train your mind to be healthier! Here’s 5 things you can do every day to boost your mental health and wellbeing.  Connect  Connect with […]
Online Safety

Online Safety Information Especially For You

Being connected and having information at your fingertips is great. It’s hard to imagine life without the Internet. But are you clued up on the possible dangers and how to keep yourself safe? There’s a new place on Hwb, especially for you, and young people like you helped create it. ProMo-Cymru (the people that run […]
Child Trust Fund

Do You Have Money Hiding In a Child Trust Fund?

You could have up to a thousand pounds sitting in a Child Trust Fund account waiting to be claimed. Find out how.
Self Care & Coping MechanismsStruggling With Mental Health

5 Ways Volunteering Can Help Your Mental Health

Have you ever thought about volunteering? There are plenty of great reasons to volunteer, but did you consider the benefits it can have on you? This Volunteers Week (1-7 June), we look at the health benefits of volunteering. For young people, it’s never been more important to have good mental health. Building resilience is crucial […]
Being Unwell

Should You Be Worried About Monkeypox?   

With all the media attention around monkeypox, it can be hard not to worry about the recent outbreak reported in the news and on social media. It may be confusing to understand what’s going on, especially when there’s misinformation being spread. This blog looks at what monkeypox is and how to cope if you’re worried about it.    […]
Bullying & HarassmentRace & Ethnicity

Raheem Bailey – Help If You’ve Been Affected By Bullying

You may have heard the story of Raheem Bailey on social media and in the news recently and the awful consequences of the bullying he suffered. Raheem lost his finger trying to get away from other children who his mother says were racially bullying him. If you’ve been affected by this story or your own […]
College & Sixth FormExams

Tackling Guilt for Taking Breaks During Revision 

When you have exams coming up, it can be hard to focus on anything else. The aim of this blog is to show you how to get the right balance between revision and relaxing, and why that’s important. There’s often lots of pressure from your teachers, parents/carers, and yourself to do well, and so you […]
College & Sixth FormExams

Grab the Meic: Terrified of Failing Exams

Scared that your exams are going to go badly? Is it making you ill? How do you stop worrying so much about it? A young person contacted Grab the Meic for help. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not instant and was used […]
College & Sixth FormExams

Exams and Your Mental Health

Lots of people feel stressed and anxious when it comes to sitting exams. We’ve gone back into the Meic archives to reshare this guest blog by All My Strength as part of our exam campaign. The exam period is a peak time for feelings of panic and stress. It’s really important to take some time to check […]
Exams

What To Expect On The Day Of Exams 

You may be sitting exams for the first time this year. Here’s a guide to help you know what to expect, so you feel prepared on exam day.   What to bring to the exam  To make sure you’re prepared for the exam, you need to have the right equipment. Depending on the subject, you may […]
Exams

Tips Before The Night Of An Exam  

Everyone finds exams stressful, even if they say they don’t! That feeling of stress is understandable; you want to do well, you usually don’t know what you’ll be asked in the exam, and you’re expected to concentrate and produce a lot of work in a short amount of time. Read on for Meic’s top tips […]
RightsVoting

Have Your Say: Register To Vote

Voting in your local authority elections is an important and powerful way to get your voice heard about issues that affect you and your community. If you’re aged 16 or above by 5th May 2022, you’ll be able to vote in these elections.  What are the local elections?  The next Welsh local elections are being […]
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