26 per cent of children and young people were bullied outside of school last year.
44 per cent of child suicides have been linked to bullying incidents.
1 in 3 children/young people are deliberately cyber bullied.
Source - ‘beatbullying’ November 2010
Too many children and young people experience bullying. To help clubs raise awareness and combat bullying, The FA has developed an Anti Bullying Policy for clubs which can be easily downloaded and personalised for your clubs use.
We would encourage all clubs to make use of The FAs Anti Bullying Policy by:-
1. Placing it on their club website.
2. Ensuring all coaches and managers understand the importance of dealing with bullying should it occur.
3. Ensuring players know what to do if they are bullied.
4. Promoting the club's commitment to deal with bullying with parents/carers.
5. Sign up to The FAs Respect programme which encourages positive behaviour from all participants within the game, Coaches, Players, officials and parents/spectators.
If your club is yet to make use of this Anti Bullying Policy, please act now.
Related Links
www.beatbullying.org
www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk
www.bullying.co.uk
