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CLICZINE # 3 AUTUMN/HYDREF 2010

Welcome to CLICzine 3, the publication for all 11 to 25-year-olds in Wales. This issue is a Skills Cymru / Battle of the Bands special, both of which are taking place at the Millennium Stadium mid-September. If you’re reading this before then, hope to see you there. If you’ve missed it, don’t worry, there is plenty of info and links about both events in the centre pages. If you would like to write for CLIC, visit www.cliconline.co.uk or email the national editor: ryan@cliconline.co.uk. You can also call us on 029 2046 2222.

CLIC IN YOUR AREACLIC is the National Information and Advice Service for Young People in Wales. All 22 counties are being consulted in developing their own local website, or updating their existing sites using the CLIC format.

These sites will all be linked, allowing you, the young people of Wales, to be able to tune in to each other’s updates. The name of the new website for young people on Anglesey was announced at Anglesey’s Children And Young People’s Festival in July as Defaid, which translated means sheep (plural!). We look forward to seeing www.defaid.com going live. For full county updates, visit www.cliconline.co.uk/en/about/clic-in-your-area

YOUNG FLINTSHIREGOES LIVE

We attended the relaunch of the Young Flintshire website at Wepre Park in Connagh’s Quay on Sunday 20 June. Hundreds of people turned up to the event and enjoyed a funfair, bands and a dog show.

There was also a youth village featuring agencies from youth support services with their displays. CLIC had a display stall and ran kendo workshops throughout the day.

Flintshire is the latest local site to join the CLIC network. Geoff Moore, the Counties Partnership Officer for CLIC, ran the workshops and said: “The event was a great success. The young people and the Children And Young People’s Partnership, along with the Youth Information Team, organised a great event.

“This partnership is really going places!”

Check out www.youngflintshire.co.uk

EVENTS

YOUNG JOURNOS NEED APPLY

A competition entitled U-News, run by the Welsh Assembly Government in collaboration with CLIC, is encouraging you to pick up a pen, notebook, audio recorder or video camera and report on positive things. The exercise is designed to highlight the United Nations Convention On The Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and aims to tackle negative media images of children and young people while promoting the positive news that is sometimes overlooked.

News stories, reviews, photographs and other editorial contributions will then be considered for publication in U-News/CLICzine, a special celebratory newspaper that will be published later this year to mark the 21st anniversary of the UNCRC.

Enter at www.cliconline.co.uk by searching ‘young journos’.

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CONTACTTel: 029 2046 2222Fax: 029 2048 1331ryan@cliconline.co.ukwww.cliconline.co.uk

EDITORIALEditor: Ryan Heeger Design: Burning RedTranslation: Tania Russell-OwenCover art: Bianca Samuel

CONTRIBUTORSShaun Birch, Hannah Griffiths, Dominique LeSauteur, Geoff Moore

ABOUT USCLICZINE is a quarterly publication aimed at 11 to 25-year-olds across Wales. All articles are in brief, with the full versions being available at www.cliconline.co.uk. CLIC is the National

Information and Advice Service for young people in Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. The project is being taken into its next four-year phase of development by ProMo-Cymru.

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STADIUM HOSTSSKILLS CYMRU

Skills Cymru is a three-day event from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 September at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. There will be over 100 exhibitors across six different zones.

Showcasing various career paths and skills, young people and adults will gain experience of certain careers by meeting the employers directly.

The event will be very ‘hands on’ with a lot to do. Whether it be getting a makeover whilst researching a career in beauty therapy, or helping to fix a car while learning about motor mechanics, there will be something for everyone.

Read more: visit www.cliconline.co.uk and search ‘Skills Cymru’.

SKILL SECTORSReading this after Skills Cymru? Don’t worry, there is plenty of ongoing support. Whatever you’re thinking of doing, you can try places such as Careers Wales (www.careerswales.com / 0800 100 900) and Go Wales (www.gowales.co.uk / 0845 225 6050). For more specific ideas, try some of the organisations in these areas:

Built environment Construction Skills Wales (www.bconstructive.co.uk / 01656 655226): Training workshopsCultural and creative arts Media Wales (www.walesonline.co.uk / 029 2022 3333): commercial mediaEngineering Cogent Sector Skills Council (www.cogent-careers.com): Advice on skills and qualificationsIT and business administration Pitman Training Wales (www.pitman-training.com / 01792 655 310): Helping people learn new skillsProfessional and hospitality services Careers At Sea (www.careersatsea.org.uk): Debt-free degrees with full sponsorship

THE CLIC CONFERENCE AND ROADSHOW IS COMING!This autumn sees a conference and roadshow led and organised by young people taking place in different parts of Wales. The CLIC Conference will take place on Monday 18 October in Cardiff, and will:

• Include the CLIC Awards for articles uploaded to CLIC• Look at accreditation and training needs• Encourage use of the platform for young people that is CLIC• Increase understanding of the needs of local areas• Demonstrate the interactive technology of CLIC • Ensure a wider spread of engagement across Wales• Give regional editorial groups the chance to meet

Hosted by young people, the day will be a fun and interactive mix of workshops, networking, freebies, awards and an official speech or two! Then, in north Wales, The CLIC Roadshow will be looking at the same needs and workshops, but in smaller chunks.

If you would like to attend the CLIC Conference or one of the roadshows, please contact the CLIC Information And Quality Standards Officer, Claire Gardner, at claire@cliconline.co.uk or on 01495 708028.

WHO?

In June, the Wicid.tv editorial team got the chance to meet with the Children’s Commissioner For Wales.

His name is Keith Towler, and he is an important person for us to know about.

We met at Pontypridd Library and discussed various matters of interest, and how we can work together to make sure that we know about our rights and what we can do to make a difference.

From the meeting it was clear that we agreed on many matters, and that there are a lot of opportunities for young people out there, but they are not advertised well.

We started by asking Mr Towler about our website and shamefully he hadn’t visited it. But he is a very busy man so this was understandable. But that didn’t stop us asking him more questions.

Read the full article: visit the news pages at www.cliconline.co.uk

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The CLIC Battle Of The Bands 2010 has been huge, with entries pouring in every day and a list of prizes for the winners including a week’s studio time with an established producer, the recording of a demo in both CD and MP3 formats, the making of a music video, a professional photo shoot and MySpace overhaul, Blue Banana goodie bags and digital distribution of tracks worldwide (including iTunes).

Voting took place online throughout August. Five were chosen by the public to play at the final in the Millennium Stadium as part of Skills Cymru, with the winner (chosen by a panel of industry judges) playing a set on the main stage at the end of the day.

Find out who rocked, who won and who knows what including pictures and a full report on the day, at www.cliconline.co.uk/botb.

CLIC RESIDENTIAL

CLIC held a planning residential at The Urdd in Cardiff Bay in May, where young people from all over Wales gathered to share ideas on what future residentials should feature. They also planned an agenda and

workshops for the CLIC Conferences in October. But it wasn’t all work. Here’s what people had to say:

We had a long speedboat ride – we went out in the sea towardsBarry and got mega soaked because the waves were high! Thenwe went bowling and ate pizza. – Ant, Flintshire

I directed a movie featuring zombies being shot with partypoppers. – Emily, Vale Of Glamorgan

A fantastic weekend learning what CLIC is about. Meeting lotsof new people was another experience for me. I had a great time.– Amy, Wrexham

As we headed for the lock, it started to pour down with rain, but this made the experience all the more enjoyable and wild! – Beth, Anglesey

What a great weekend, I’d love to do it again in the summer! –Sam, Cardiff

Fancy joining us on the next one? Email Kath at kath@promo-cymru.org or call 029 2046 2222.

VALE CREW’SPARTICIPATION RAP

Swoosh, the CLIC website for the Vale Of Glamorgan, was recently graced with the presence of some talented young people at a mini-launch of a UNCRC participation rap video. This lucky group were filmed for two days on location using the Vale’s brand new shiny V-Pod, a single decker bus spectacularly transformed and kitted out with

the latest multimedia including DJ decks, Apple computers and Playstations.

Following lots of hard work, fun and laughter, the rap was completed and aptly named Choices/Dewisiadau, and comes with a message around highlighting young people’s rights in Wales.

“I loved all of it,” says one of the rappers, Bethan. “The recording, being on location, feeling famous. The whole experience. I did really enjoy creating and writing the lyrics for the music video as well.”

Watch the rap video and read all about the V-Pod by visiting www.cliconline.co.uk and searching ‘participation rap’ and ‘v-pod.’

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2. Keep it short and snappy. Your CV should be no more thantwo pages long and have a clear line space between eachsection

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