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ConsentFriends

What’s All This Talk About Consent?

Meic is running a weeklong campaign looking at Consent*. We’ll be sharing our specially created videos, looking in depth at the subject in our articles and sharing information and links. *Warning – Due to the nature of the subject some of the content in this article may not be suitable for some of our younger […]

ConsentFamily

Consent Week: No Means No

This week is Sexual Health Week 2018 and this year’s theme is around Consent. Here at Meic we’re having a weeklong campaign looking at the subject. We’ll be sharing our specially created videos, looking in depth at the subject in our articles and sharing information and links. So, come back every day, visit at our […]

Keeping Healthy

HPV – What’s It All About?

Immunisations! Injections! Vaccines that prevent you from different illnesses don’t stop when you’re a baby. Vaccinations are really important for young people and adults too, keeping you safe and well. The HPV vaccination is just one of these. Is this something to do with cancer? The HPV vaccine protects against cervical cancer. This is […]

FriendsGrab The Meic

Grab the Meic: I Want To Make New Friends

Want some tips on how to get new friends and make life a little more interesting? This week’s Grab the Meic asks how to make changes to their life and become more social. Here’s our advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not […]

FamilyGrab The Meic

Grab The Meic: Dad Gone After Parents Separated

Have your parents recently split up? Are you feeling scared and confused and worried about seeing less of them? In this week’s Grab the Meic a young boy is worried about not seeing his dad after his parents relationship broke down. Here’s our advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything […]

Online SafetySelf-image & Self-esteem

The Pressure Of Social Media

Everybody loves a little bit of Facebook stalking, of admiring the glamorous and exciting lives of others through Instagram. But how does admiring the lives of people you have very little contact with in the real world make you feel? Does seeing the successes and achievements of others make you feel a little insignificant or […]

FamilyGrab The Meic

Grab The Meic: I Hate My Parents For Making Me Move

Would the thought of moving to a new area, starting a new school and having to make new friends scare you? In this week’s Grab the Meic a young person is asking our advice as this is exactly the situation she’s found herself in. Here’s our advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask […]

Environment & Climate

Plastic Pollution and How To Help

Plastic pollution has been gaining a lot of attention recently and we thought we’d take a quick look at the problem and share some tips on how you can help. So what’s the problem with plastic? Due to the growing population of the world, easy, disposable plastics have become a way of life. But how […]

Volunteering

Volunteering – What’s It All About?

Ever thought about volunteering but wouldn’t know where to start? Meic has put together a guide to volunteering for young people. Find out what it is, what you do and what you get out of it below. What is volunteering? Volunteering is giving up some of your time and using your skills to help other […]

Exams

Stressing About Exams

Exams are a time when a lot of young people feel stress and anxiety. Iola from the youth mental health awareness campaign All My Strength wrote a special blog about this subject for Mental Health Awareness Week. This week we are running a special Mental Health campaign on Meic to mark Mental Health Awareness Week […]

Announcements

A Message Of Peace And Goodwill

Today, on the 18th of May, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, the Welsh youth movement, shares a message of Peace and Goodwill to unite the children of the world. The Urdd have been sharing a new message written by the young people of Wales on this date every year since 1955. It all began in 1922 when […]

Struggling With Mental Health

What’s The Deal With Self-Harming?

Every year in Wales around 5,500 people who self-harm are admitted into hospital, but self-harming figures are much bigger than this as not everyone is admitted into hospital and some don’t go to A&E at all. The UK has one of the highest self-harm rates in the whole of Europe but there is still a […]