At a recent youth cabinet meeting we discussed ACEs and the impact they have on the lives of children and young people in Wales. As explained by Public Health Wales, "ACEs are stressful experiences occurring during childhood that directly harm a child (e.g. sexual or physical abuse) or affect the environment in which they live (e.g. growing up in a house with domestic violence)."
As a youth cabinet we realised that a lot of the issues that affect young people and the work we do directly links to ACEs and it was great to have the opportunity to show our film about this at the Healthy & Safe event run for teachers and professionals who work with children and young people at risk of ACEs.
