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News & opinion — 16 Jul 2020

An end of school year message from ABA

We have come to the end of an academic year that I think I can safely say is the strangest we’ve ever encountered ...

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News & opinion — 2 Jul 2020

Keeping children safe online during COVID-19: SafeToNet Foundation gives away 1 million licences free for life

The SafeToNet Foundation has announced it is providing one million free-for-life licences of the SafeToNet mobile safety app for UK families in order to help keep the nation’s children safe online.

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News & opinion — 8 Jun 2020

Do we need Anti-Bullying Week this year?

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News & opinion — 20 Mar 2020

Signposting to advice and support

During this difficult time we all may need support and advice. ABA itself does not provide advice and support however many of our members do and we've compiled a list of places you could go for support at this time. We will continue to update this page as the weeks go by.

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News & opinion — 20 Mar 2020

Encouragement

During this time we want to make sure we encouraging positivity and sharing good news stories online. We have posted below some designed posts and videos you can share either download them or take inspiration from the wording.

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News & opinion — 31 Jan 2020

Blog by SafeToNet: a first smart phone?

Tuesday 11th February 2020 is Safer Internet Day. SafeToNet reflect on the concerns that many parents have about giving their children their first smartphone.

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News & opinion — 9 Jan 2020

Childline review of 2018-19 shows decrease in demand for support for bullying

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News & opinion — 6 Dec 2019

International survey shows the 94% of UK students think that it's good to stand up for others

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News & opinion — 18 Nov 2019

The Anti-Bullying Alliance and O2 join forces to launch their Change Starts With Us report to help address bullying face to face and online

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News & opinion — 8 Nov 2019

Anti-Bullying Week 2019 School Staff Award Winners Announced!

Each year the Anti-Bullying Alliance coordinates Anti-Bullying Week in schools across England. This is the third year we have held an award for school staff who go beyond the call of duty to support children with issues such as bullying, family life, relationships and health. The unique thing about the award is that pupils nominate the member of school staff they think should win the award and the winners are chosen by a panel of young people.

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News & opinion — 6 Nov 2019

Children call for change as poll reveals they avoid school, social media and social life to escape bullying

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News & opinion — 8 Aug 2019

DRILL calls on Government to do more to address bullying of disabled pupils and those with SEN

A new research report calls for more to be done, by both government and educational institutions, to address the disproportionate amount of bullying experienced by disabled pupils and those with SEN. The report, published by Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (DRILL), was based on the views of disabled pupils and those with SEN at both mainstream and special schools, as well as non-disabled pupils. Below, ABA’s Olivia Foster looks at the report's finding of there being two areas that urgently need to be addressed: bullying and social inclusion.

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