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News & opinion — 14 Nov 2022

A quarter of children are bullied frequently as anti-bullying campaigners call on adults to set a better example

Media release: Embargoed until: 00:01 on Monday 14th November 2022 Contact: Richard Newson / [email protected] / 07721 097 033

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News & opinion — 7 Nov 2022

Andy Day, star of cbeebies/cbbc and lead singer of ‘Andy and the Odd Socks’ heads out on schools tour in aid of Anti-Bullying Week 2022 for the Anti-Bullying Alliance

Children’s TV Mega Star Andy Day, along with his band The Odd Socks, is patron and long term supporter of the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA). Now Andy is setting out on a three-week mini tour of schools up and down the country to promote this year’s Anti-Bullying Week on behalf of ABA and its theme for 2022 ‘Reach Out’.

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News & opinion — 1 Nov 2022

Guest blog from Estyn: We may not tell our teachers, but we want to feel safe to ‘reach out’ to them

Working together with schools and other education providers, Estyn wants to help young people feel safe, to report and to challenge this unacceptable behaviour.

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News & opinion — 31 Aug 2022

The superstars of WWE join forces with the Anti-Bullying Alliance to encourage children to reach out about bullying

The Anti-Bullying Alliance is pleased to be working with World Wrestling Entertainment Ltd. (WWE) superstars, Liv Morgan and Drew McIntyre, to launch a short information video to highlight the serious issue of bullying and encourage children to reach out if they are worried about bullying ahead of Anti-Bullying Week this November and WWE’s first major stadium event from in 30 years, Clash at The Castle, which is coming to Principality Stadium, Cardiff on September 3rd, 2022.

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News & opinion — 14 Jul 2022

Revised behaviour guidance and exclusions guidance released by government

On Wednesday 13th July 2020, the government released their revised Behaviour in Schools Guidance and Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Guidance after consultation earlier in the year. This guidance will come into force in September this year.

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News & opinion — 13 Jul 2022

Reducing disablist bullying – we’ve launched a new free course with the Council for Disabled Children

This new CPD training course supports schools to reduce disablist bullying by meeting the disability duties in the Equality Act and to prevent discrimination and bullying of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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News & opinion — 12 Jul 2022

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022: Update and Bullying

The statutory guidance for schools and colleges - Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 - has been updated and will come into force on September 1st 2022. With this in mind, this article outlines how this guidance relates to bullying, and how these points substantively differ from the previous 2021 guidance.

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News & opinion — 20 Jun 2022

Anti-Bullying Alliance names as Radnor Fam's charity of the year for a second year running!

The Anti-Bullying Alliance has been named Radnor Fam ‘Charity of the Year’ for the second year running. The suppliers of spring and flavoured waters, functional waters, infused waters, school-compliant drinks, premium sparkling pressés, fruit juices and own-label brands will fundraise for the Charity with the aim of raising as much as possible to help their work to reduce bullying in the UK.

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News & opinion — 16 May 2022

ABA partner with HarperCollins for 'Offline Day'

The Anti-Bullying Alliance and HarperCollins are partnering up to celebrate the release of middle-grade novel The Offline Diaries by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené.

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News & opinion — 11 May 2022

‘Reach out’ and stop bullying

‘Reach out’ announced as theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2022 taking place from 14th to 18th November 2022.

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News & opinion — 5 May 2022

Our new School and College Membership

We are pleased to announce the launch of our NEW School and College Membership!

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News & opinion — 8 Apr 2022

Government research reports 1 in 5 secondary pupils have been bullied in the past 12 months

In March, the Department for Education in England published a report on the November 2021 - January 2022 findings from their Parent, Pupil and Learner Panel omnibus survey. The survey collects views and experiences of parents of pupils in years 1 to 11, school pupils in years 7-13, and 16 to 18 learners in further education classroom settings.

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