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News & opinion — 4 Sep 2023

Free Anti-Bullying Week 2023 Resources Are Now Available!

There are ten weeks left to go until Anti-Bullying Week 2023, which is taking place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th November and has the theme ‘Make A Noise About Bullying’.

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News & opinion — 7 Jul 2023

Current vacancy: Campaigns and Partnerships Manager

Closing date 8am, Monday 7th August 2023

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News & opinion — 9 Jun 2023

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 theme launch as 'Make A Noise About Bullying'

'Make A Noise About Bullying' has been announced as the theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2023 taking place from 13th-17th November.

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News & opinion — 5 May 2023

ABA is now covering Northern Ireland!

We are thrilled to now cover anti-bullying work in Northern Ireland!

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News & opinion — 31 Mar 2023

Current Vacancy: Project Officer x 2

Closing date, 08.00am Monday 1st May 2023

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News & opinion — 21 Feb 2023

Current Vacancy: Programme Manager Wanted!

Closing date: 08:00 Wednesday 15th March 2023.

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News & opinion — 14 Feb 2023

Internet Matters’ Recent Anti-Bullying Findings

Internet Matters (ABA Core Members) have recently released two pieces of work of value to the Anti-Bullying sector. This includes the A Whole New World? Toward a Child-Friendly Metaverse report and insights from their November 2022 tracker survey.

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News & opinion — 13 Feb 2023

State of the Nation report into wellbeing of children in England and new guidance on managing attendance in relation to mental health

Last week the government released a research report on the wellbeing of children and young people over the academic year 2021 to 2022. The report included research into bullying and online bullying. The government also released guidance for schools relating to children missing school due to mental health issues.

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News & opinion — 23 Jan 2023

Pupil voice: Do fandoms encourage bullying?

During last year’s Anti-Bullying Week: Reach Out, VotesForSchools conducted a vote with 41,192 young people in the UK on whether fandoms encourage bullying.

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News & opinion — 13 Dec 2022

Our Twelve 'Yays' of Christmas for 2022

We’ve come up with 12 things that we are proud of achieving as a team in 2021, our Twelve ‘Yays’ of Christmas.

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News & opinion — 12 Dec 2022

The Anti-Bullying Alliance at 20 years old!

A blog from our Chair, Claude Knights celebrating our 20th year and sharing what ABA means to her along with messages from our community about what ABA means to them.

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News & opinion — 15 Nov 2022

Award winners for the England Anti-Bullying Week School Staff Award 2022 announced

Each year the Anti-Bullying Alliance coordinates Anti-Bullying Week in schools across England. This is the seventh 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.

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