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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 […]

Struggling With Mental Health

C.A.L.L. A Mental Health Helpline

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and here at Meic we’ll be discussing different aspects of mental health and young people. This article is a guest blog by the C.A.L.L. Helpline looking at the mental health issues affect the young people that contact them, and how they go about helping them. C.A.L.L. is a […]

Struggling With Mental HealthSupporting Others

Smashing The Stigma Of Mental Health

Being young can be a challenging time, and this can be even harder when you’re having mental health problems. Changing Minds has been talking to some of the young people involved in their project for a special blog for Meic. They take a look at the stigma surrounding mental health and young people and how […]

Self Care & Coping Mechanisms

How To Cope With Stress

Stress is a normal part of everyday life for the majority of people and although it doesn’t feel like it sometimes, having some stress can be healthy and motivating. But stress can become a problem when you can’t cope and it affects your emotional or physical health. Positive stress can give you that extra burst […]

FamilyGrab The Meic

Grab the Meic: My Parent’s Won’t Let Me Have A Mobile

What if you’re the only one in your year that doesn’t have a mobile phone? How can you persuade your parents? This is the situation in this week’s Grab the Meic. Here’s our advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not instant and […]

FamilyGrab The Meic

Grab the Meic: Dad Not Happy When I Came Out

What if you came out to your parents but it didn’t go as well as you’d hoped? This is the situation in this week’s Grab the Meic. Here’s our advice. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not instant and was used to create […]

Keeping Healthy

Measles – Are You Vaccinated?

An outbreak of measles has recently been declared by Public Health Wales in South East Wales. They are urging young people to check that their vaccinations are up to date. To find out what measles is, why it’s important to be vaccinated, and how to find out if you’ve been immunised, read on. What is […]

FamilyFriends

Getting Parents To Let You Go Out With Friends

A common complaint from young people is that their parents don’t allow them to go out to socialise. It can be difficult when you see your friends going to the park, or going into town, and you always have to say no. Do you feel your parents are being unreasonable? And what can you do […]

CrimeFamily

Sexual Abuse and Violence: It’s Not OK

Bringing up sexual abuse and violence can be a very difficult and painful conversation to have. But the key message for those that are affected by this is that you are not alone. There are lots of places that can offer advice and support. People are talking about it People ARE talking about sexual abuse […]

Grab The MeicRelationships

Grab The Meic: How Do I Finish My Relationship?

This week we are running a special relationship campaign on Meic. This is just one of a few articles published on the subject this week. Take a look at the news section for more. Grab the Meic was an opportunity to ask us about anything that was worrying you. The advice was not instant and […]