What are the issues that matter to Gen Z?

For those under the age of 30, there are a wealth of things to worry about.

From climate change to the health service, the priorities of this age group can govern everything, from voting behaviour to their choice of occupation.

But what issues matter to Gen Z? Presenter and conservationist Megan McCubbin has been finding out for BBC South.

The first thing these four women agree on is that it is important to take care of your mental health, and that of those around you.

Megan says they have different "boundaries of communication" to the generations that came before them when it comes to talking about mental health.

"We are there to support each other, perhaps more so than other generations were," she says.

Twenty-eight-year-old ecology academic Dr Graihagh Guille agrees.

"I think the mental health thing's a massive one," she says.

"Checking in on each other properly, having an understanding of each other and knowing when your friend says 'I'm not that great' that you can actually probe a bit... [which] didn't used to happen."

And that awareness, they say, sometimes leads to some snap judgements about their generation.

"Our generation is labelled, perhaps as not wanting to work as hard or 'they just can't be bothered' or 'they are too sensitive'," she says.

"Those labels are really hard."

Daisy Hussey, 29, a hospital instrument manager, says their generation just wanted to "work to live, not live to work".

"It's got to be a balance," she says.

Megan says getting on the housing ladder seemed "near impossible" for her.

"I don't want to be 30 living back home with my mum," she says.

"It's really hard."

Daisy says her generation is stuck "paying someone else's mortgage", while Graihagh says her friends were only able to buy with family help.

"I don't have any friends that have bought that haven't had significant help from their families," she says. "It's hard."

But for Megan, one issue trumps the others - the environment.

"Housing and work and all of that are my day to day issues, but my overarching concern is always going to be the planet," she says.

Daisy says climate change is a key reason she does not want children.

"I have quite a lot of friends that have said they won't have children or want only one child based on the environment... I know I definitely don't," she says.

"We're coded to want children, that is part of a maternal instinct... so it's a hard one, but I think I've come to terms with the fact that I probably won't ever have children because there needs to be a big change first."

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