Anti-bullying

Anti-bullying drama

Salford has developed a city-wide strategy for tackling bullying, which was written with the help of Salford's young people.

Bullying is a very damaging and frightening experience for all. It is particularly frightening for children and young people who may lack the experience and confidence to know how to deal with it. Bullying does not just happen in school but happens between school and home, on the streets, in shops, in youth clubs, leisure facilities, on public transport and generally where children and young people tend to congregate. It is really important to recognise that something as simple as teasing can quickly escalate to serious bullying.

Bullying affects a large number of children and young people and is the most prevalent ill-treatment of all abuses to children. Bullying, albeit a simple term, is a complex issue that impacts across all services both within the Local Authority and outside.

Salford's Anti-bullying Strategy, which can be downloaded below, is written with the intention of providing a whole authority approach to countering bullying and aims to coordinate the work of all organisations in making Salford a safe place for children.

Included in the strategy are the different forms of bullying, for example:

cyberbullying and mobile phone
bullying and disability
homophobic bullying
gender bullying
bullying related to race, religion or culture
bullying of children in care
bullying of young carers
brand bullying

It includes key steps and strategies to prevent, report and manage bullying.

More information

The national charity Beatbullying provides information and advice for parents on dealing with the bullying of their child.

Further information can be found on the anti-bullying pages of the Family lives website.

Beatbullying have also launched their CyberMentors website which is all about young people helping and supporting each other online.

Two short guides are available below for parents and carers who want to know more about bullying and how to tackle it.

What do schools do?

Each school in Salford has a behaviour policy with procedures for dealing with bullying. If you suspect that your child is being bullied you should contact the school in the first instance to bring the issue out into the open.