Anti-Bullying Network

The Anti-Bullying Network Annual Conference
Menzies Belford Hotel, Edinburgh, Thursday 15th May 2008
The title of the conference will be 'Anti-Bullying and Child Protection: have we gone too far?'.

Keynote speaker on the day will be Tim Gill, author of 'No Fear: growing up in a risk averse society'. Tim believes that children have the potential to be more resilient, capable, creative and able to learn than we give them credit for. Yet their lives are becoming ever more scheduled, controlled and directed.

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Peer Support in Schools Publication
New publication launched - all schools in Scotland are being sent a free handbook by the Anti-Bullying Network. The resource aims to help schools develop peer support schemes which the ABN's Andrew Mellor believes should be a key element in any approach to bullying.

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February 2008
Restorative Practices in Education
In 2004, as part of the ‘Better Behaviour, Better Learning’ Initiative, funding was provided for a two-year pilot project on Restorative Practices (RP) in schools within 3 Scottish Local Authorities – Fife, Highland and North Lanarkshire. The evaluation of this pilot is shortly to be published by the University of Edinburgh. This one-day conference offers participants an opportunity to learn from successful practice in the pilot schools and from elsewhere in Scotland.

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June 2007
New Research on Homophobic Bullying
Almost two thirds of homosexual pupils in Britain's schools have suffered homophobic bullying, a survey suggests. Listen to Andrew Mellor of the Anti-Bullying Network talking about this on BBC Radio Scotland (save to your desktop (right mouse click on a PC or click and hold on an Apple Mac) and open in Quicktime player). Read more about the report on the BBC website.

Bully Dance
A short animated film that could act as a useful trigger for discussions, while inspiring young people to produce their own animations on the theme of bullying and how it can be tackled. View here...

February 2007
Bullying on the Web: It's a Crime - the Anti-Bullying Network Director Andrew Mellor writes about camera phone bullying on the internet.

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