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Hywel Dda Health Board | Young advocates use their experiences to help others Young people from South Wales have been presented with awards for becoming peer advocates at a ceremony in the Senedd. The 10 young people participating in this pilot, from Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, and Torfaen, will be the first in Wales to hold a peer advocacy qualification. Advocacy is not only about complaints and advice. While advocacy may sometimes include both, it is more about listening and ensuring the wishes and feelings of children and young people are heard regardless of whether the advocate agrees or not. Advocacy is a process which helps someone to speak up for themselves, but it can also include explaining, empowering, representing and navigating complex systems and procedures. The peer advocates may draw on their own experiences to help other young people.

The Aberystwyth University programme of events at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Blaenau Gwent and the Heads of the Valleys 2010 is as follows - Monday 2nd of August 11am Dr Hywel Griffiths: Poetic Geography and Geographical Poetry In this session the bard Dr Hywel Griffiths, who is a lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, will be reading and talking about some of his poems which have been inspired by the geography and landscape of Wales. 3.30pm Aberystwyth University Challenge Test your general knowledge! On Monday afternoon the University will hold a University Challenge. Two teams, representing students and staff, will face each other during this quiz under the watchful eye of historian and author Dr Russell Davies. Tuesday 3rd of August 11pm Communication in the age of digital and social media Pop by the stall to listen to a panel of experts discussing the influence of new technology on our everyday lives. On the panel will be Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Direct...