This year the Youth Information Workers Conference (YIWC) was held at Hafod A Hendre Conference Centre situated on the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells, Powys. The theme of the day was “The Future of Youth Information Work”. The Conference was an exciting mix of speakers and workshops. The newly formulated National Youth Information Standards …
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A young person from Cardiff spent a day with CLIC staff at Ebbw Vale Institute last month to learn about the range of creative activities including the media-audio suite and rehearsal spaces, and workshops and services on offer for young people in the area. Read about her impressions of EVi here.

Learners from voluntary and statutory youth sectors attended ProMo-Cymru’s Social Media Training Day. CWYVS kindly provided The Urdd venue in Cardiff Bay where 12 learners underwent a day going through Facebook, Twitter and policy considerations when using social media with young people. Some responses to the training included: “Demonstrated how to use social networking sites …
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Over 100 young people from schools and youth organisations came to Parc-y-Scarlets on Wednesday 16th November to have their questions answered by influential figures from across Carmarthenshire. This year’s conference was entitled ‘Making choices today for a better tomorrow’, and encouraged attendees to talk about education, employment, volunteering and training. One young person in attendance …
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Meic attended the 8th Eurochild Annual Conference Thursday 1st December. The conference was held at Mercure Holland House in Cardiff between the Wednesday 30th November 2011 and Friday 2nd of December 2011. As a service providing information, support, advice and advocacy to children and young people between the ages of 0 – 25 years across …
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Agored Cymru has approved CLIC’s new ACNS in Online Youth Information Services for Young People. These are available in Levels 1,2 & 3. The CLIC training team has recently delivered Level 2 training with youth workers and young people from Bwsted‘s Local Editorial Group in Bridgend.  We also delivered the Level 3 ACN to Youth …
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Red-Button put out a Christmas Campaign during the holiday season. Posters were up in buses, on phone boxes and have been sent out to all schools, youth clubs and other local venues. Red-Button is the substance misuse website for under 18s in Cardiff. While other sites take a regional or national approach to substance misuse …
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The next Youth Information Workers Cymru National Conference will be taking place at Hafod A Hendre, The Royal Welsh Showground, in Builth Wells on Tuesday 24th January 2012 from 10:30 to 15:30. Organised by ProMo-Cymry and CLIC, the theme this time will be “The Future of Youth Information Work” and there will be expert speakers, …
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November TheSprout was invited to hold November’s Sprout Editorial Group meeting in Literature Wales’ pop up literature lounge in St David’s 2. Beforehand there was a special workshop put on for members of the group to learn about review writing from the editors of two local publications. It was a great session with lots of …
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Staff at ProMo-Cymru got together at Italian restaurant, Cibo, in Cardiff on Wednesday 14th December to to celebrate Christmas and mark the end of a year’s hard work. Over 25 staff members gathered at this cosy place in Canton’s Pontcanna Street to enjoy a delicious three-course Christmas meal with an Italian twist, before ending the …
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