Working together to stop bullying in Birmingham
Bullying is one of the major concerns of young people and negatively impacts on their safety, their educational achievements and their physical and emotional health and well-being. Reducing bullying means that children will be safer, healthier and more able to fulfil their potential and be more positive contributors and more valued members of our city.
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB)
BSCB believes that the safeguarding of children is everyone’s business and have pledged to work to ensure that
- children and young people are safe from discrimination and bullying in schools and the community
Bullying Reduction Action Group (BRAG)
In Birmingham, BSCB are working closely with the Bullying Reduction Action Group (BRAG) to reduce bullying of children and young people in Birmingham. BRAG is an inter-agency group which was formed in July 2007 to contribute to the Birmingham City Council’s Brighter Futures Programme by encouraging all concerned about achieving better outcomes for children to:
take action together to stop bullying.
More information about Bullying Reduction work in Birmingham can be found at:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/stopbullying
Birmingham Guidance: Together We Can Stop Bullying
Together We Can Stop Bullying is Birmingham City Council’s Guidance for local schools and other children’s services on challenging bullying and racial harassment. It can be accessed online by clicking the link below
http://ebriefing.bgfl.org/bcc_ebrief/index.cfm?p=resources,view_resource&id=583
This takes you to the publication in eBriefing. When the document window opens, scroll down and select the red OPEN DOCUMENT button to download the publication. (It is a large file (4MB) and may take a while to download.)
The Guidance contains a comprehensive range of information to help professionals tackle bullying of children and young people
National Guidance: Safe to Learn
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/
Safe to Learn: embedding anti-bullying work in schools is the new over-arching anti-bullying guidance for schools, launched by the DCSF in September 2007. It contains information and advice which is useful for professionals working in schools and other children’s services and can be viewed on the TeacherNet website or ordered from TeacherNet's online publications site.
The Safe to Learn package of guidance includes specialist advice on:
- cyberbullying,
- homophobic bullying
- bullying involving children with SEN and disabilities
- tackling bullying related to race, religion and culture
