Find someone you can trust and talk to them about what is happening to you. They might be your favourite teacher, your parents, relatives, guardian, youth worker or a good friend. Talk to someone who won't go steaming in, but who will listen first.

If your school doesn't have an anti-bullying club at break times or after school, you could suggest that one gets started up and anyone that feels stressed or fed up with being bullied can go to the club and relax and talk through their problems with others who have experienced bullying.

Looking out for each other and respecting others can also help, so maybe a "bully watcher or buddy" scheme could be started.

Suggest to your teachers or youth workers that a series of special assemblies at school or workshops at your local youth group might help bullies as well as those being bullied, to better understand each other and tackle the problem.

If you are being bullied or know of someone else being bullied, try to keep a diary of the things that have happened and get them to do the same. This will help those you ask for help as they can see very clearly what sort of bullying has happened and who is responsible, where it happened and when.