Anti-Bullying Week
Resource type: Event
Price band: Free
Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Region(s): All of UK
Anti-Bullying Week 2024 runs from 11th-15th November. The theme for 2024 is Choose Respect.
Adults and children are encouraged to wear odd socks in a celebration of what makes us all unique for Odd Socks Day on Tuesday 12th November.
Anti-Bullying Week is organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and by respectme in Scotland. Both websites provide resources to support schools. Resources available from the Anti-Bullying Alliance include:
- Activity packs for primary and secondary schools to support Anti-Bullying Week.
- Advice for young people, parents and teachers.
- Access to free online training.
- A school pack and further resources to support Odd Socks Day.
Cost: Free.
About the Anti-Bullying Alliance: The Anti-Bullying Alliance is a coalition of organisations working together to stop bullying and create safe environments where all children and young people can flourish.
Further resources:
- Catch up on a recording of award-winning author Alan Bissett talking about his first non-fiction title Lads: A Guide to Respect and Consent, a toolkit for teenage boys, encouraging them to be their best selves. Suitable for pupils aged 15+.
- Explore the resources offered by fellow members of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, including drama workshops.
- Find resources to support Anti-Bullying week for primary and secondary schools on the BBC Teach website.
- United Against Bullying is a free, whole school anti-bullying programme for schools in England developed by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
- Access a range of videos that can be used to start conversations on how to spot and tackle bullying, as well as other Anti-Bullying Week resources, from charity Family Lives here.
- The Diana Award anti-bullying programme offers training and resources to help schools tackle bullying behaviour, including free webinars and online CPD for educators and a free peer-to-peer Anti-Bullying Ambassador Programme for primary and secondary schools designed to provide young people with the skills and confidence to become Ambassadors to tackle bullying.
- Find book recommendations for primary pupils of all ages on the theme of anti-bullying from the experts at Books for Topics.
- Book recommendation site Toppsta has put together a list of recommended reads for young people of all ages for Anti-Bullying Week.
- Find book suggestions to support Anti-Bullying Week for primary and secondary schools from BookTrust.
- Find recommended books on friendship for all ages in these booklists from LoveReading4Kids.
- You can also explore the supporting resources for World Kindness Day.
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