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News & opinion — 15 May 2024

Celebrating our wonderful Chair and Advisory Group

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our current Advisory Group and Chair for their unwavering support over the past three years. Their dedication has been instrumental in shaping our efforts to unite against bullying. Though their term has ended, their impact will resonate for years to come.

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News & opinion — 1 May 2024

Groundbreaking whole-school programme on Belonging FREE to 10 schools in London - don't miss out!

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is excited to launch a new and innovative, evidence-based 18-month programme designed to develop and enhance pupils' sense of belonging within school.

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News & opinion — 29 Apr 2024

Current vacancy: Project Officer

Role Closing: 08:00am Monday 27th May 2024

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News & opinion — 15 Apr 2024

Enforcing the Online Safety Act: the Anti-Bullying Alliance co-signs recommendations to Ofcom

In May, the UK regulator Ofcom is expected to publish a draft Code of Practice for child online safety. To support Ofcom, 5Rights and the Children’s Coalition for Online Safety (which the Anti-Bullying Alliance contribute) have published a report setting out a series of baseline requirements the Code will need to reflect if the Online Safety Act is to effectively deliver for children.

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News & opinion — 7 Mar 2024

Does banning smart phones in schools prevent online bullying?

In this short article we outline our position on whether or smart phone restrictions in schools, agreed with our Advisory Group.

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News & opinion — 26 Jan 2024

Let’s have the conversation this Safer Internet Day 2024!

This short blog aims to provide information about how you can get ready for Safer Internet Day this year.

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Research — 19 Jan 2024

SEND and Bullying - How are young people with SEND getting on?

The SEND Futures Discovery Phase study is a two-wave feasibility study carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), in collaboration with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) on behalf of the Department for Education.

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Research — 16 Jan 2024

Pupil Voice: Are schools doing enough to tackle bullying?

During last year’s Anti-Bullying Week: Make a Noise, VotesForSchools conducted a vote with 51,976 young people in the UK on whether their schools do enough to deal with bullying.

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News & opinion — 11 Dec 2023

Our 12 'Yays' of Christmas for 2023

According to our Zoom team Christmas quiz, there are 12 days of Christmas that start on Christmas day. We’ve come up with 12 things that we are proud of achieving as a team in 2023, our Twelve ‘Yays’ of Christmas ...

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News & opinion — 8 Dec 2023

Current vacancy: Project Assistant

Closing date 08.00am, Tuesday 23rd January 2024

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News & opinion — 15 Nov 2023

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 School Staff Award Winners

For Anti-Bullying Week 2023 we have once again held our School Staff Award, where pupils can nominate teachers and school staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that have gone above and beyond the call of duty to prevent and respond to bullying and to raise awareness of bullying in school.

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News & opinion — 12 Nov 2023

Bullying or banter? It’s time to speak-up and ‘make a noise’ if someone crosses the line

Media release: Embargoed until: 00:01am Monday 13th November 2023

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