Last week (15-19 November) was Anti-Bullying Week.
Anti-Bullying Week sent a clear and positive message that bullying is neither acceptable nor inevitable in our schools and communities. This year the Anti-Bullying Alliance are looking at the importance of taking action together. You could start taking action by booking onto our workshop:
Anti-Bullying Good Practice in Community Settings: A research led national perspective
Request your place now on this research messages workshop at Dartington Hall, Totnes, 16 February 2011. A few places remain, so don't miss your chance.
One in five young people say they worry 'a lot' or 'most of the time' about bullying. With an emphasis on anti-bullying in community settings, this workshop will examine key research messages and best practice around reducing bullying in children's homes, youth services, play and leisure settings, FE Colleges and extended services in and around schools.
The workshop will be led by Anti-Bullying Alliance Advisors. Founded in 2002 by the NSPCC and NCB, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) brings together over 60 organisations into one network. The ABA looks to develop consensus around how to prevent bullying both in community and education settings. Tackling Bullying in the Community is a programme of work to support the development and embedding of anti-bullying good practice in a range of community settings, including FE Colleges, play and leisure settings, school journeys, children's homes, youth services and extended services in and around schools.
See our Performance Pointer: Children who have experienced bullying. In this, we discuss the evidence around bullying, and ways in which to reduce the number of children who experience it. In April 2009, the government launched Safe from Bullying; guidance for agencies to reduce the levels of bullying amongst children and young people. Children who are bullied have lower self-esteem, are more likely to miss school and may experience poorer outcomes later in life.
Try looking too at What Works for Troubled Children to view the information provided here about evidence-based interventions for children and young people with emotional and behavioural and other mental health problems.
They suggest evidence-based strategies that can be used to tackle specific problems and evidence-based projects that might help 'troubled' children, young people and their families and provide easy access to information about effective ways of responding to need.
