Employment Opportunities on the MEIC Project. ProMo-Cymru, via a rolling recruitment process, is looking for interested applicants to work on MEIC, the national advocacy and advice helpline for children and young people in Wales. MEIC is managed strategically by the Cywaith consortium, made up of Children in Wales, NYAS, Tros Gynnal Plant, ProMo-Cymru and Voices …
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ProMo-Cymru has successfully supported a group of young people in creating a short one-minute animation for the Renew Wales project to raise awareness of climate change. Watch the animation here.

CLIConline is now in the new but rapidly expanding Youth Media Directory of the Youth Media Agency. CLIConline is also the first Youth Media in Wales to be listed in this directory. The Youth Media Agency is the National home for UK Youth Media: raising the profile of, and supporting, over 300 exciting media platforms. …
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From 1 to 7 March 2013, training managers Rachel Burton (from ProMo-Cymru) along with Gillian Wakeman (from YMCA Community College, which is ProMo’s training partner) are attending European Youth Information Training in Estonia. This is a ‘training the trainer’ event developed by ERYICA and funded by Youth in Action in order to develop, support and …
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ProMo-Cymru participated in a study visit to the city of Oulu, Finland organised by ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency) from 19 to 23 February 2013. The theme of the study visit was “Youth Policy and Social Inclusion”. During the study visit participants were introduced to the Finnish Youth Act, Youth Policy and Children …
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The SWALEC Stadium played host to the fourth Youth Work In Wales Excellence Awards, ProMo-Cymru/CLIConline where there to cover the event. With the help of young people from The BYG and Aniko, CLIConline interviewed the stars of the night, including Huw Stephens, A3 Dance Troupe and Autumn, the winner of CLICstar 2012, who also performed …
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ProMo-Cymru facilitated the National Youth Information Workers Cymru Conference, which took place on 28 January in Builth Wells. The conference was attended by youth workers with involvement in youth information work from across Wales, and was jointly organised by Youth Information Workers Cymru (YIWC) and CLIConline, the online information service for young people in Wales. …
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During half-term in February, ProMo-Cymru supported 14 young carers from Ceredigion to make a short video to raise awareness about what they do. This video will be shown to young people, professionals and other organisations working with young people.  It will also encourage other young carers to access the support that is there for them. …
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There are major refurbishments currently ongoing at Ebbw Vale Institute. We are having the hall fully refitted with a brand new bar, stage, PA system and lights. There will also be a brand new cafe area and a professional-standard recording studio with an internationally recognised producer. We are looking at a grand re-opening event in …
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Last month we attended the event Welfare Reform; Affecting us all, how to make it work for you at the Senedd. We brought two young reporters to the event, who were particularly interested to know how young people would be affected by these changes. Interviewing some of the key speakers after their presentations, they were …
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