22 November 2010
Last week, Waveney MP, Peter Aldous joined the Big March to mark the launch of Anti-Bullying Week 2010 on Monday, 15th November.
The Big March involved tens of thousands of avatars of children, parents, teachers and celebrities march across computer screens via more than fifty partners’ homepages to take a stand against bullying.
The campaign website, the Big March Park is packed with interactive content and virtual tents pitched by charities such as Hansard Society and Action For Children. Here, children, parents and teachers alike can engage with a variety of educational and fun activities promoting children’s wellbeing and get practical advice on how to deal with bullying.
You can join The Big March by becoming a fan on Facebook, following us on Twitter (#bigmarch), wearing your Beatbullying Big March Sillybandz with pride or by visiting the Big March Park at http://www.beatbullying.org/bigmarch. It doesn’t matter how you do it - it’s your support that counts.
BULLYING & CYBERBULLYING
30% of children and young people report being bullied at school in the last year. 26% of children and young people report being bullied outside of school in the last year.
1 in 3 to 16 year olds have been deliberately cyber bullied. For a quarter of these, the experience was ongoing, meaning that 1 in 13 children were persistently cyber bullied.
EFFECTS OF BULLYING
In 2007/8, 15.7% of all permanent exclusions of children from primary, secondary, and special schools were as a result of physically assaulting another pupil.
36% of school absences were caused by bullying in the UK in 2006.
44% of suicides committed by young people in the UK are associated with experiences of bullying.
SEN (SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS)
61.4% of pupils with a learning difficulty had been bullied.
63% of pupils with mild to moderate special education needs (SEN) and 83% of pupils with severe special educational needs (SEN) reported being bullied - this is 280,000 young people.
LGB
65% of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people experience homophobic bullying in school.
PARENTS
67% of parents think that Government is not doing enough to tackle bullying.
**Sources for these statistics can be found behind the ‘Number 10’ door in the Big March Park**.
The Big March involved tens of thousands of avatars of children, parents, teachers and celebrities march across computer screens via more than fifty partners’ homepages to take a stand against bullying.
The campaign website, the Big March Park is packed with interactive content and virtual tents pitched by charities such as Hansard Society and Action For Children. Here, children, parents and teachers alike can engage with a variety of educational and fun activities promoting children’s wellbeing and get practical advice on how to deal with bullying.
You can join The Big March by becoming a fan on Facebook, following us on Twitter (#bigmarch), wearing your Beatbullying Big March Sillybandz with pride or by visiting the Big March Park at http://www.beatbullying.org/bigmarch. It doesn’t matter how you do it - it’s your support that counts.
BULLYING & CYBERBULLYING
30% of children and young people report being bullied at school in the last year. 26% of children and young people report being bullied outside of school in the last year.
1 in 3 to 16 year olds have been deliberately cyber bullied. For a quarter of these, the experience was ongoing, meaning that 1 in 13 children were persistently cyber bullied.
EFFECTS OF BULLYING
In 2007/8, 15.7% of all permanent exclusions of children from primary, secondary, and special schools were as a result of physically assaulting another pupil.
36% of school absences were caused by bullying in the UK in 2006.
44% of suicides committed by young people in the UK are associated with experiences of bullying.
SEN (SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS)
61.4% of pupils with a learning difficulty had been bullied.
63% of pupils with mild to moderate special education needs (SEN) and 83% of pupils with severe special educational needs (SEN) reported being bullied - this is 280,000 young people.
LGB
65% of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people experience homophobic bullying in school.
PARENTS
67% of parents think that Government is not doing enough to tackle bullying.
**Sources for these statistics can be found behind the ‘Number 10’ door in the Big March Park**.
