Many of them will be giving their views on the BBC Wales news website, TV and radio ahead of the assembly elections on 3 May.

They responded to an appeal from BBC Wales asking people to make their opinions heard on everything from hospitals and schools to waste bins and global warming.

Here, you can meet members of the group from the south Wales central electoral region. Click on the links in the map above for more on the others in the rest of Wales.

Diane Angelatos-Micklethwaite

AGE: 60

LIVES: Dinas Powys

WORKS: Retired personal assistant

ISSUES: The NHS, which she describes as diabolical. She is also interested in policing and community spirit. A topic of particular concern to her is the prevention of illegal dog-fighting.

Greg Burke

AGE: 18

LIVES: Barry

WORKS: Student

ISSUES: An A-level politics, law and history student, he is concerned about the apathy people of his age have towards the forthcoming elections and politics in general. There are only six people on his politics course and it might not run next year

David Burton

AGE: 36

LIVES: Hensol, Pontyclun

WORKS: Firefighter

ISSUES: Politicians and their policies need to be scrutinised in the run-up to the elections. He also wants voters put the spotlight on pledges and promises made - and possibly broken. Green taxes and the health service are also very important. He intends to vote tactically.

Nushin Chavoshi-Nejad

AGE: 42

LIVES: Aberdare

WORKS: Welsh and Spanish lecturer

ISSUES: Education policies should be under the spotlight. Pressure is mounting on teachers but there is not enough time given to teach the arts, languages and sport. The growing demand for Welsh-medium education needs to be addressed by local authorities and at national level. In Rhondda Cynon Taf there is already a need for a further Welsh-medium primary school between Aberdare and Abercynon.

Alice Cheung

AGE: 48

LIVES: Cardiff

WORKS: Runs Chinese restaurant

ISSUES: Very interested in education policy and is concerned that not enough money is being put into education in Wales. She feels that citizenship is a very important issue and that people need to know how to be human.

Tomos Dafydd

AGE: 20

LIVES: Cardiff / Aberystwyth

WORKS: Aberystwyth University student

ISSUES: How the assembly will manage its new powers. He would like to see a 10-year plan to strengthen the Welsh economy. He would like to see more than a token involvement of young people and women in Welsh politics.

Ieuan Davies

AGE: 52

LIVES: Pontprennau, Cardiff

WORKS: Chauffeur and insurance investigator

ISSUES: He used to be a police inspector, and although law and order is not devolved, he thinks sentencing policy should be decided in Wales, and policing issues debated in Cardiff Bay. Health is another issue, with both his wife and daughter working at Wales' biggest hospital. Education and care of the elderly also, as he helps look after his four-year-old grandchild and 88-year-old mother.

Martin Graham

AGE: 40

LIVES: Dinas Powys

WORKS: Paramedic

ISSUES: Law and order, education and health. He believes that the health service could be the best in the world, but sees managerial failings as key to current problems.

Gwynne Griffiths

AGE: 60

LIVES: Pontcanna, Cardiff

WORKS: Retired former principal of Welsh Institute of Sport

ISSUES: Now the dust has settled at these third assembly elections, he expects to see the parties giving a long-term view of Wales in the future. He wants to see politicians' vision and values - and how they envisage Wales in 10 years. He asks what kind of a future can his grandchildren look forward to.

Kay Jenkins

AGE: 40

LIVES: Aberdare

WORKS: Disabled adviser

ISSUES: She is disillusioned with Welsh politics and does not know if she will vote at these elections. She feels that the Senedd is a total waste of money, especially since AMs use it only three times a week.

Malcolm Mort

AGE: 70

LIVES: Cardiff

WORKS: Retired Merchant Navy engineer officer

ISSUES: Hospital waiting lists and care for the elderly. He is absolutely disgusted about the amount of money which has been wasted by the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff Bay.

Allyson Westbrook-Howell

AGE: 45

LIVES: Pentwyn, Cardiff

WORKS: Full-time mother and student

ISSUES: A full-time carer and mother of six, she is concerned with benefits and feels some people are locked into a cycle of poverty because they have to rely on them. She has a child with severe autism and feels strongly about special needs, with the respite care she gets not enough. Everyone who has a vote should exercise their democratic right, and they do not have the right to moan if they don't turn out to vote.