Welcome to the Beyond Bullying website. Our aim is to create a happier, safer, more emotionally secure environment for young people in Leicestershire schools and communities. We promote a culture of acceptance, participation, friendship and inclusion for young people and adults.
In line with the governments agenda to ‘help children achieve more’ we support the five key outcomes to:
Be Healthy
Stay Safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Make a positive contribution
Achieve economic well being
Key Areas of our work are to:
• Provide guidance, support and training for schools
• Raise awareness in the community
• Pilot, share and promote initiatives and develop resources on
specific aspects of bullying
Priorities
2011-2012
• To reduce the level of bullying in schools
• To support the governments agenda to ‘help children
achieve more'
• To involve the whole school community and promote safer
schools and communities
• To change attitudes of the wider community to share
responsibility for reducing violence in society
• To place bullying within the context of child protection,
inclusion and students’ emotional health and well-being
Key Actions for 2011/2012
• Provide an online resource for working with young people
to prevent and tackle racist incidents and racist bullying.
• Provide a resource to look at the issue of domestic abuse
within young relationships.
• To continue developing support, advice and guidance in the
area of cyberbullying.
• Update and develop the 'Young People' section of the website
to make it more user friendly and appealing to young people.
• To roll out our 'Beyond Bullying' award to schools
across Leicestershire following the sucess of our pilot in
2010/2011.