Anti-bullying Alliance |
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On 15th July 2004 the Government launched a national alliance to tackle bullying. It was announced that anti-bullying experts will be based in every region of the country to provide schools, local education authorities and parents with practical help, advice and support in tackling all forms of bullying in schools.
The national Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) of over 50 expert organisations will act as a national agency to;
- work with teachers, schools and local education authorities to promote anti-bullying best practice across all schools, including the use of peer mentoring schemes;
- develop innovative, practical approaches to tackling bullying, including the modern menace of bullying by text mesaging, e-mail and internet chat;
- provide support for parents in severe cases of bullying, including mediation and referrals across the Alliance's regional and national network, where all other avenues to resolve the bullying have been exhausted;
- develop and oversee anti-bullying resources and information for schools and parents, including an anti-bullying website containing practical support and advice; and
- run an annual national anti-bullying week of events and activities in schools across England to teach young people that all forms of bullying are wrong and active ways in which to show no tolerance to it.
To read the full press from 15th July visit Government Launches National Alliance to Tackle Bullying.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance will be based at the National Children's Bureau. For further information visit NCB.
For further information you may also wish to visit;
- www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying
- www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully
- www.parentcentre.gov.uk
- www.teachernet.gov.uk/tacklingbullying
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