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• ABUSE
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• BEREAVEMENT
• BULLYING
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Bullying

Bullying is behaviour which causes someone else to feel hurt, threatened, scared or intimidated. It can happen to children, young people and adults and may be a one-off incident or go on for a long time. Bullying can take many forms, including hitting, name calling, rumours, teasing, fighting, stealing from, ignoring, physical threats and cyber bullying (through texting or the internet). There are many reasons why individuals start to bully; however, bullying is always unacceptable behaviour.

You are not alone

Every seven seconds, someone in Britain is being bullied. 69% of parents reported that their child had been bullied in the past 12 months. Bullying is responsible for 30-50% of all stress related illness in the workplace. Approximately 160,000 children and young people miss school/college daily from fear of bullying. At least 20 children every year commit suicide because they are being bullied.
(UK based stats taken from www.beatbullying.org)

How the lowdown can help

You don’t have to cope alone if you are being bullied, or are bullying others. You might be afraid to ask for help in the beginning - but that‘s what we‘re here for. You can contact us for free and confidential counselling, information and advice on bullying or any other issue. Our counsellors are fully trained and whether you would like support because you, or someone you know, is being bullied or because you are bullying, we are here to listen and help. You can drop-in, make an appointment or call us for counselling or to chat about your situation.

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Other support

www.bullying.co.uk
www.childline.org.uk/Info/Pages/Bullying.aspx
www.antibullying.net
www.beatbullying.org
www.kidscape.org.uk