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CLICzine #7
AUTUMN/WINTER 2012
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GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE Hi all, I’m Callye and I have taken on the role as guest editor for this issue. So it’s that dreaded time of year again: summer’s over and for many of us it’s a time to face new beginnings, be that school, university or jobs. We’ve put this issue together wanting to provide information and advice that is relevant to all people in Wales aged 11-25. The articles we’ve chosen span a range of topics and we think there is something in here for everyone. This zine is just a small taster of what CLIConline is all about and we hope it will encourage you to get involved. The network gets over 35,000 visits each month and is available throughout Wales. Want to write for CLIConline? Head over to CLIConline.co.uk and register to become a CLICer!
MAKE US A CLICvlog We hope you have already watched some of the videos on CLICplay.co.uk, your dedicated video channel, but did you know you can upload your own? The idea is to allow you to share your thoughts and opinions on news and information that could affect young people in Wales. The project, created by CLICer CrazyDistortion, started as part of his university assessment and has been running for over six months.
During this time, a variety of themes have been discussed, from general topics such as sports and tattoos to more personal ones like trust and confidence. Not involved yet? Drop an email to CLICvlog@gmail.com
LIVE CLIC SITES Anglesey • defaid.com Bridgend • bwsted.com Caerphilly • youth4u.co.uk Cardiff • thesprout.co.uk Carmarthenshire • carmarthenshireyouth.co.uk Conwy • youngconwy.com Flintshire • youngflintshire.co.uk Merthyr Tydfil • merthyrnoise.com Neath Port Talbot • nptshake.com Newport • youngnewport.co.uk Powys • towip.co.uk Rhondda Cynon Taff • wicid.tv Swansea • shouttawe.co.uk The Vale Of Glamorgan • swoosh.me.uk Wrexham • youngwrexham.co.uk Pembrokeshire • pembrokeshireyouthzone.co.uk (Partner Site)
GOING LIVE SOON! Blaenau Gwent • Ceredigion Denbighshire • Gwynedd Monmouthshire • Torfaen
HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH CLIC
CLIC is the place for you to express yourself creatively, interact with others and get information and advice on just about anything affecting young people in Wales. You can upload articles, comment on each others’ writing, submit videos, photography and artwork, and even customise the background. Joining your local editorial group is also a chance to meet with other young people and get freebies like gig tickets and CDs.
Callye Wong, Guest Editor We’ll tell you more, so give us a call on 029 2046 2222 Email info@cliconline.co.uk or tweet @cliconline
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CLICzine is a quarterly publication for 11 to 25-year-olds in Wales. All articles are written by young people and are available online at cliconline.co.uk
Fancy writing something, or contributing a picture or artwork for the next issue? Please contact us, details on the left.
Vote @ 16! by Snow.. from Vale Of Glamorgan (swoosh.me.uk) Wednesday 4 July 2012 was an absolutely fantastic day for the future of young people in Wales. The Welsh Government debated on lowering the voting age, and I was lucky enough to be involved throughout the whole day. Kicking off at seven in the morning, I was asked about my personal views towards lowering the voting age on BBC Radio Wales’ Good Morning Wales. Of course, I was fully for lowering the voting age. Being a 16-year-old with an interest in politics, to me it just seems logical that
if you’re expected to pay taxes, then you should have a say if you’re expected to pay taxes to the government, then you should have a say. I try not to sound biased, but some of the arguments against lowering the age weren’t very strong. For example, one Assembly Member said that the majority of 16-year-olds are mature enough and responsible enough to vote, but because of the small minority that he considers aren’t, he was against votes at 16. Read and comment on the full article at bit.ly/16votes
Get info on politics at bit.ly/swooshpolitics
PI ERCI NG S! by Black_Star from Powys (towip.co.uk) I get the same questions every time. How many do you have? Which hurt the most? Where did you get them done? I have 16 piercings in total: seven in one ear, five in the other, my nose, lip, smiley and belly button. So you want a piercing eh? First think about which one you want, and carefully. You have to be 16 to get a piercing, unless you have parental permission. For piercings in places like your belly and lip you have to be 18. I’m no expert, I just have loads of holes in my ears! So whatever your professional piercer advises, go with that.
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INFO RIGHT NOW IN MALTA by hiyamynameissoph from Pembrokeshire (pembrokeshireyouthzone.co.uk) Picture this: it’s 10pm but still incredibly warm in the tiny fishing town of Marsaxlokk, Malta and you’re sitting on the floor, crossed legged and barefoot on the harbour, inches away from the crystal clear sea. You’re surrounded by a good twenty people who, despite the fact you only met them 48 hours ago, already feel like family. You’re sharing secrets and stories and as you look across the ripples in the water, you notice the lights
from the street lamps dancing orange and yellow amongst the rainbow coloured boats. This is my 2012 perfect moment and CLIC gave me the chance to experience it at the ERYICA Youth Conference (eryica.org).
Read the full article at bit.ly/maltainfo
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CLICers Remember Eddie’s Kitchen from last issue? Well Eddie from Torfaen has gone from writing recipes for CLIConline to running his own café thanks to the O2 Think Big Project. Other CLICers have also had success with this project, including Tansi from Cardiff’s idea, Find Your Confidence. Learn more about O2 Think Big and the ideas it has helped CLICers develop at bit.ly/CLICthinkbig
A TEENAGER’S GUIDE TO BEING ILL by RawrIAmADinosaur from Carmarthenshire (carmarthenshireyouth.co.uk) It was just one of those days: wake up, eat food, brush teeth and get dressed. Then two hours later while sitting in Media, I sneezed... and that is why I have been reduced to social isolation within the confines of my house. I have a cold, back pains, and I am tired. So after two days of sitting in my living room playing my favourite video game, Minecraft, watching The Big Bang Theory, listening to Frank Sinatra and browsing the beautiful and exhilarating articles on CLIC I now consider myself an expert in surviving those home alone days where you can’t go out or see your friends.
SHE IS A NEW CHAPTER by HAPPYNESSISLIFE from Wrexham (youngwrexham.co.uk)
Get info on family & relationships at bit.ly/wrexham family
I am 11-years-old and have an older brother (whose name I will not say), and our parents are divorced. My dad has a girlfriend but my mum does not have a boyfriend. I have found it very hard to get my head around the fact they have split. I love my dad very much and could never survive without him, but seeing him with his girlfriend makes me want to cry. My dad’s girlfriend is also divorced with two kids. They are lovely. I think I don’t like her because she is like a new chapter in my very own life book and I’m not used to reading it yet. I liked the other chapter. Read the full article at bit.ly/sheisanewchapter
Read the full article at bit.ly/illnessguide
CLICawards 2012 Following the success of the inaugural CLICawards held at the National Museum in Cardiff last November, plans are underway to organise them for 2012 at Caerphilly Castle on Tuesday 30 October. The evening aims to recognise the efforts of young people who have contributed to CLIConline and encourage more young people to get involved. Shortlisted entries will be listed on cliconline.co.uk for registered CLIC users to vote from the end of September. Winning entries will be selected based on the number of votes received, together with decisions by a panel of judges. Winners will be announced at the CLICawards ceremony, where this year’s CLIC/Merthyr Rock Battle Of The Bands winners will also be performing. For more info email cindy@promo-cymru.org or call 029 2046 2222.
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PONTY’S BIG WEEKEND RE VI EW by TWSkittles from Blaenau Gwent (CLICsite coming soon)
On Saturday 21st July 2012, hundreds of people travelled to Pontypridd to start the summer off with a bang. My friend and I were lucky enough to join the party too! Olly Murs, Cover Drive, Diana Vickers and Aleks Josh from The Voice were among the amazing line up.
WHAT ARE CLICers LISTENING TO?
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Artist: The Gaslight Anthem • Track: 45 Chosen By: FairyG00, Ceredigion (CLIC site coming soon!) Artist: Elbow • Track: Open Arms Chosen By: thechicgeek, Cardiff (thesprout.co.uk) Artist: Cough Syrup • Track: Young The Giant Chosen By: Snow.., Vale of Glamorgan (swoosh.me.uk) Artist: Mariah Carey • Track: Triumphant (Get ‘Em) Chosen By: Superstar200433, Flintshire (youngflintshire.co.uk)
Although we had tickets for Friday’s show, just before the gates opened the staff announced that the headliner Jessie J had been taken ill and was told by her doctor to cancel all shows for the weekend. This left the very huge crowds disappointed and upset. Saturday saw another very huge crowd turn up despite the cancellation of Jessie the night before. The event was outdoors so many people came prepared with ponchos and umbrellas in case the typical Welsh weather turned up. But lucky for us the sun stayed out all day! We were lucky enough to be four rows from the barrier, and the security at the event gave out plastic cups of water to keep us hydrated.
Artist: Taylor Swift • Track: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together • Chosen By: Ihavethecyrusvirusx, RCT (wicid.tv) Artist: Steam Powered Giraffe • Track: Automatic Electronic Harmonics • Chosen By: Sharaknos, Carmarthenshire (carmarthenshireyouth.co.uk) Artist: Massive Horse • Track: Chinese Family Chosen By: ThingsThatAnnoyMe, Swansea (shouttawe.co.uk) Artist: Of Monsters And Men • Track: Little Talks Chosen By: living_legend12, Conwy (youngconwy.com) Artist: Gogol Bordello • Track: Supertheory Of Supereverything • Chosen By: Richard Padley, Neath Port Talbot (nptshake.com)
Read the full article at bit.ly/pontybigweekend
ACCESS ALL EIRIAS Posted by
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On Saturday 28 July myself and a friend had photographers’ passes to the Access All Eirias concert in Colwyn Bay. We arrived at Eirias Park where the concert was taking place. When we arrived, we could hear Pixie Lott soundchecking and she sounded amazing. At this point we were excited for the concert. We went to collect our passes and waited for instructions on where to go. We were waiting for the concert to start and we managed to meet one of the acts - A*M*E. We also managed to see Pixie Lott
and Cover Drive. Whilst waiting to be let in we managed to see Olly Murs soundchecking and we even got a wave from him. Read the full article at bit.ly/accesseirias
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THE WALES-WIDE SEARCH FOR UNSIG NED TALEN T Congratulations to Tone Damage from Blaenau Gwent who won the CLIConline/ Merthyr Rock Battle Of The Bands 2012. They got to play the main stage at Merthyr Rock in September, and won a Dean DBZ guitar worth £900. Runners-up The Moon Birds and Rich Kinsey got to play the second stage at Merthyr Rock. Fancy entering the 2013 battle? Register your interest by emailing botb@cliconline.co.uk and check out cliconline.co.uk/botb for updates. Also remember you can upload your music videos, photos and articles at any time to cliconline.co.uk / clicplay.co.uk.
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S E X UA L IT Y
Get info on sexual health at bit.ly/bwsted sexualhealth
by Kinghamster from Bridgend (bwsted.com) Sexuality is a big thing in anyone’s life. No matter whether you’re straight or gay it has some sort of impact. It doesn’t matter what your sexuality is, you should not be treated differently. The one thing that annoys me about sexuality is some people’s gender attitude towards it. Some women say female gays are disgusting, but gay guys are cute and wish they had a gay friend. Males say that women gays are awesome and that male gays are just wrong. We all deserve the right to be with who we want.
A ST OR Y OF RA PE by Anonymoustache from Neath Port Talbot (nptshake.com) It all occurred two years ago. For starters, she was in a horrendous relationship, an abusive relationship. She was young (15) and vulnerable, I guess. She was crazy for this guy. She would do anything for him (except sexual favours, she believed in no sex before marriage). He was her first boyfriend and she’d never kissed a boy before. As she was against any sexual doings, this infuriated him and he’d hit her. It was constant neglect and abuse. Read the full article at bit.ly/rapeawareness
TWEETS/ COMMENTS Wow, this is such a powerful article. I can’t imagine what it would be like in that sort of situation - IHAVE THEC YRUS VIRUS X
Read the full article at bit.ly/accepteveryone
BEATING A R G U M E N T S by End0fDarkness from Merthyr Tydfil (merthyrnoise.com) Pretty much everything we do in life involves other people. Think about the people you meet and talk to in different places: school, college, uni, work, spending time with family, going out with friends, going for interviews, going shopping and so on.
A lot of these people are nice, but what about those who aren’t? Imagine if everyone was able to talk you into doing whatever they wanted you to do. They may even have made you believe this was the right thing to do, and that you should feel bad for not following what they say.
Read the full article at bit.ly/howtoargue
BODY DYSMORPHIC DI S O RDER by DeadAngelLover22 from Caerphilly (youth4u.co.uk) Body Dysmorphic Disorder (or BDD as it is often called) can cause great mental and physical distress. In severe cases, people can feel so “off” with part of their body that they will cause severe harm to that part of their body. We all have our little insecurities and get a bit vain now and then, but this is not like that. BDD can
We all have our little insecurities cause people to get very obsessive about the part of their body they are having problems with. Read the full article at bit.ly/bodysmorphia
TWEETS/ COMMENTS This is a very powerful article and I respect you so much for speaking out about this issue - EDDIE SECRETARY
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C H R O M E MOST USED BROWSER nsea (shouttawe.co.uk)
by Ploppy McDougle from Swa
Google Chrome has surpassed Internet Explorer as the most used internet browser. The reason for the browser’s rapid rise to the top is also bad news for Microsoft, as more and more people decide to close their Internet Explorer window for the last time after installing Chrome. But it’s not just Microsoft’s problem, as the stat collecting StatCounter shows that a number of people are doing the same for Mozilla’s well known browser, Firefox. Read and comment on the full article at bit.ly/usingchrome
ALCOHOL, HOW I H AT E THEE
Get info on health & body matters at bit.ly/RCT alcoholinfo
by Ihavethecyrusvirusx from Rhondda Cynon Taff (wicid.tv) Alcohol, you may not be able to speak, But you control what words Come out of people’s minds. You’re an evil substance, you ruin lives, I daren’t associate you with mine. Oh, how you act as an innocent drink, But you mess with people’s minds, Control what they think, You have caught many people in your Stupid, horrific trap, Though you won’t catch me, no, I shall nevear fall for that. You have taken my friends away, Turned them into someone else, I wish I could bring them back, But alas, you are too strong for me. Read and comment on the full poem at bit.ly/hatealcohol
EMBRACING LGBT IN NEWPORT by Snoo from Newport (youngnewport.co.uk) Embrace is a new LGBT group for young people in Newport. Our goal is to provide a safe, supportive and confidential environment for young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We will soon be meeting regularly in the city centre so members can make new friends and receive any support they want, from health issues to emotional problems. We will also be visiting local colleges as well as the University Of Wales, Newport to promote the group and gain members. For more details contact the Newport Information Shop on 01633 255031.
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TWEETS/COMMENTS Great news - I had been wondering if anything wa s in place since The Wave gro up, but this looks just what young LGBT in Newport need - LI LE MZ 16
Get info on your rights at bit.ly/CLICrights
Read the full article at bit.ly/EmbraceLGBT
SEE ME/DYMA FI by DanielleNicole15 from Cardiff (thesprout.co.uk) Keith Towler is the Children’s Commissioner For Wales. He is passionate about the interests of children in Wales and aims to promote positive images of both children and young people. Towler feels strongly about the issue of negative labels that are attached to young people and so has begun leading a brand-new campaign called ‘See Me/Dyma Fi’. The aim of this campaign is to defeat the negative stereotypes of young people today and to encourage positive attitudes towards children and young people living in Wales.
Support can be given to the campaign by sending messages to: seeme@childcomwales.org.uk. You can also tweet messages of encouragement to @SeeMe_DymaFi. www.seeme-dymafi.org.uk Read the full article at bit.ly/SeeMeYouth
THIS ISSUE’S COVER DESIGN WINNER Congrats and thanks to FairyG00 from Ceredigion who designed the awesome zombie cover for this issue. Her artwork is on the cover of 100,000 issues and has gone out to every school, college, youth club, university and library in Wales, plus loads more places. FairyG00 said, “It’s so cool to know that my work is going to be published on loads of zines across Wales. I feel excited to see it on the front cover and I hope everyone likes it. I drew zombies because they are awesome and to prepare us for the apocalypse that will be arriving soon... good luck!”
FANCY DESIGNING TH E NEXT C LI C zi ne C OVE R? Would you like to see your work on 100,000 copies of CLIC zine#8 which goes out across Wales ? This is a great opportunity to get your work exposed! We’ll interview the winn er on the website and for CLICzine , plus you’ll get a CLIC goody bag. So go get drawing, designing or ph otographing! Email your entries to gallery@cliconline.co.uk or call 02920 462222.
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STARTING A BUSINESS IN COLLEGE
TRAINING
IT – PROS & CONS
by thechaser from Conwy (youngconwy.com)
by missnshah from Anglesey (defaid.com) For me, to optimise a successful education is to strike a balance. Some technology is very useful. For example: printing online timetables to find the next lectures in seminar rooms for your modules, or accessing tutorial comments/feedback on dissertations etc. My advice for uni work is simple: • Prioritise tasks and be organised • Be determined to do well • Most importantly enjoy and love what you study, then nothing can go wrong • Manage your time • Fit in breaks
If you are interested in setting up your own business you will need help and qualifications, so the BTEC Diploma In Business might be the course for you. You have the You have the chance to start up a small chance to start up business within a small business the college where they will provide you with a loan of £50, as well as entering you for the Young Enterprise Competition. At the end of the course your results will mount up to GCSEs from grade A to C depending on how hard you work and attend. Read the full article at bit.ly/businessincollege
Read the full article at bit.ly/ITproscons
CLIConline ESSE NTI ALS EDUCATION CONTACTS The Open University Promoting educational opportunity and social justice by providing highquality university education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential. www.open.ac.uk 0845 300 6090
Get info on education at bit.ly/defaideducation
Snap Cymru To advance the education of people with special educational needs / disability and provide information, advice and support. www.snapcymru.org Tel: 029 2038 4868
Go Wales A range of services for students and graduates including work placements, funding for training and an online database of jobs. www.gowales.co.uk 0845 225 0650
Careers Wales Free, bilingual, impartial careers information, advice and guidance for all ages - linking education and business. www.careerwales.com 0800 100 900
LEARN WITH CLIConline CLIConline has a range of training packs available for young people and professionals to help you use the service. There are Agored Cymru accredited courses in Online Information Services for Young People which give an overview of youth information work and how to use CLIConline. There is also training on video stories, photo diaries, creative writing, poetry and radio broadcasting.
CLIConline can also offer training in becoming part of the national young inspector’s team, I-Spect. These will shortly be available to download from ProMo-Cymru at bit.ly/promotoolkit For further information please contact Rachel Burton, CLIC Training Officer, at rachel@cliconline.co.uk or on 029 2046 2222.
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