Celebrating 10+ Years of Advocating for Children and Young People in Wales
2019
Celebrating 10+ Years of Advocating for Children and Young People in Wales
Meic, the national information, advice and advocacy helpline for children and young people in Wales, celebrates over 10 years of service by launching a new animated video for children and young people to understand the services that the helpline can offer them.
Meic actually passed the 10 year landmark at the height of the Covid pandemic, and while working to increase our website and social media output to inform and explain all these new rules and changes to young people, as well as responding to contacts, we decided that it didn’t feel like the right time to be marking such a milestone. It still doesn’t feel right to be celebrating loudly, so instead we decided to launch a 10 year video quietly reflecting on how Meic has helped throughout the years.
The video
The new video was drawn by Lleucu Willams, a young illustrator from Bro Ffestiniog. The video follows the journey of a young person, from when he first encounters Meic and contacts them for help. In the video Meic is shown as a tree, strong and stable and always there to lean on. We follow the young person’s life, from the times when he needs advocacy, advice and information to when he returns at the end to share the tree (Meic) with his own child. Find out more about Meic’s 10+ years here.
Meic 10 year statistics
In over 10 years, Meic has had over 56.5 thousand contacts from the children and young people of Wales. The most popular form of contacting us has been by phone (40%), online chat (37%), and text messaging (22%). Our busiest days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
The top five issues since Meic began have been:
Relationships other than family
Mental health
Family relationships
Rights and citizenship
Physical health
If you would like further information about the Meic service, contact info@meic.cymru
