Info
Welcome to TheSprout information pages, the place for useful info for young people in Cardiff. Browse the categories below for useful links and local orgs or search our database.
We’re always looking for your feedback and whether you agree, disagree or simply have a suggestion to help improve our content – we want to hear about it!
Families First in Cardiff
Families First In Cardiff Families First offers help, advice and support to families in Cardiff. They bring together different services that can help your family. They will look at what…
Things To Do
Want to know what’s on in Cardiff? Got things you want to see? Don’t know where your nearest park, sports club or volunteering opportunity is? See below and start planning your next break,…
Time Credits
Earn Time Credits for supporting your community and spend them on things you love! What are Time Credits? Time Credits are not entirely dissimilar to another thing you may be…
Money
Money is something people often worry about, whether it’s knowing how to handle the money you have, finding out what money you can get or coping when you get into…
Online Safety
There are 5 basic needs that every human needs to survive, air, water, food, shelter and sleep, but is there a 6th need now? Connectivity? How could we survive without…
Being In Care
Sometimes things happen within families that mean children or young people are not able to live with their parents. This can be for many different reasons including illness, family problems…
The Law, Your Rights and Citizenship
The Law, Your Rights and Citizenship is something that applies to us all living in Wales but it can be a difficult subject to get your head around. In this…
Housing & Accommodation
There are few things more important than having a roof over your head! But, there are so many different housing options out there and, unfortunately, people can have lots of…
LGBT+
LGBT means Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, which are terms used to describe people’s sexual, emotional and/or romantic orientation and/or gender identity. Often, you will see ‘LGBT+’ being used as…
Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking
As a young person you’re often faced with difficult decisions when it comes to alcohol, drugs and smoking. You might want to experiment. Maybe your friends are pressuring you to…
Sexual Health
Are you confused about anything to do with your sexual health? Worried about STIs or clueless about contraception? Need more info about going through puberty? Take a look at our…
Your Body
Looking after your health is important so that you feel good and can cope with the challenges and pressures of everyday life. Remember: If it’s a medical emergency, and you think…
Environment
Our Environment consists of water, food, air, land, energy, flooding, countryside, climate & loads more. This page will help you to find useful information and services to educate yourself, look…
Travel
We’ve split travel into 2 sections, Getting Around and Holidays & Travelling. Getting Around has stuff like public transport, learning to drive, and cycling and walking and that kind of…
Education
Education is a huge and important subject. If you want info on training and apprenticeships, head on over to Work & Training. Careers Wales covers all those topics, so if…
Bullying
Bullying comes in all different forms from mental to physical to cyber. It is usually repeated behaviour that can make someone feel scared, worthless, lonely, guilty or upset. It can…
Mental Health
Mental health is not something to hide, it’s just as important as your physical health. Lots of campaigns and organisations are encouraging people to talk about it. Research shows that…
People In Your Life
This section looks at the different relationships we may have in our lives with our families, boyfriends or girlfriends, friends and acquaintances. These relationships can be potentially some of the most…
Work & Training
Unless you win the lottery, chances are you’ll be working for at least 40 years — you might as well do something you enjoy, or suits your personality. If you’re…
Funding Partners
