Beatbullying works very closely with our partner agencies. We are able to help organisations to meet the objectives of the DFES Charter for Action around bullying, prior to the Ofsted inspections in 2005. Detailed below are ways in which we can work with you to ensure anti-bullying criteria are met.

DFES Charter for Action

Discuss Monitor and Review

Beatbullying discuss issues around bullying not just within the School environment but within the Community, through the anti-bullying workshops and inter-agency panels. Issues of safety also form part of the panel work, where young people are able to talk about areas of the School environment that they feel unsafe with. This information is fed back to staff, governors and parents and Beatbullying works together with the group to define bullying, and how to tackle it. Beatbullying keeps a record of incidents of bullying that are reported during panels and workshops to feed back to partner agencies.

Support Everyone in the School Community to Identify and Respond

Beatbullying is able to come into the School and provide comprehensive anti-bullying workshops. These workshops take place in a creative format, incorporating art and drama (role-play work), with discussion around bullying, its effect and how to get help. These sessions are aimed to build the confidence and self-esteem of the young people that are involved. All areas of bullying are talked about openly and how they can be tackled.

Beatbullying provides Schools with anti-bullying literature including posters, leaflets and info-cards for young people.

We also provide training for peer listeners and all School staff around dealing with bullying incidents. After the training is complete, comprehensive toolkits are provided that incorporate ways of identifying young people experiencing bullying and how to deal with bullying effectively (including reporting procedures and safety planning).Lesson plans are also provided for use in PSHE lessons around bullying.

Ensure that children and young people are aware that all bullying concerns will be dealt with sensitively and effectively.

Beatbullying carries out detailed evaluation and monitoring with the young people to find out about the extent and nature of bullying. These incorporate implementing bully boxes to monitor incidents.

Young people are involved in poster and information campaigns alongside BB’s Development Officers. The Beatbullying literature contains a number of ways to deal with bullying and number and websites of places to get help. These are based on the young people’s own experiences and what works for them.

Beatbullying can effectively train peer listeners to deal with bullying issues. The training includes role play situations, listening skills, assertiveness, child protection issues and reporting, and safety planning.

School Councils work closely with Beatbullying staff to ensure that young people’s views are represented when Schools look at re- writing their anti-bullying policy.

Beatbullying provide ‘surgeries’ where young people can come along and get help and advice around bullying. These are also important for those who are doing the bullying as much research and evaluation has shown that young people bully others because they have either sustained bullying themselves or have problems in their home life. It is vital that these young people also get help, and Beatbullying provide workshops and panels for the young people doing the bullying.

Ensure that parents/ carers expressing bullying concerns have them taken seriously

Beatbullying works with parents through their ‘BB surgeries’ which take place during parents evenings, as well as providing parents workshops.

Parents are provided with toolkits, that are full of information on how to help their child, and how to go about reporting bullying to the School. These toolkits also provide information on how to get help outside of School.

Learn from effective anti-bullying work elsewhere

Beatbullying works on a multi-agency approach with agencies from all over London. Training days for staff are provided where people can come together to network and share good practice. Beatbullying also documents areas of good anti-bullying work to be able to help and support other partner agencies.