Our vision

Together we can stop Bullying and create safe environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.

Our values

• We believe that Bullying in any form is wrong and should not be tolerated, and that any environment that encourages Bullying, or shows indifference to prejudice and discrimination is unacceptable.

• We believe that Bullying is a behaviour choice and that anyone can be encouraged to change their behaviour.

• We believe that all children and young people have intrinsic value and worth and we embrace their uniqueness and autonomy.

• We respect difference and welcome diversity in our children, young people and in society in general, and believe our work should be inclusive of all.

• We believe that children and young people should have the right to feel safe, secure and valued, and that creating a safe environment and dealing with Bullying is everyone's responsibility.

• We believe children and young people should actively participate in decisions that affect them and should be supported in taking responsibility for their choices and subsequent actions. 

• We support a  range of positive strategies to deal with Bullying and actively challenge the use of humiliation, fear,  ridicule and other similar approaches in an effort to reduce Bullying.

• We work within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 14 and 28).

• We believe that people should be treated with respect and courtesy.

We are a small team and so while we endeavour to respond to as many messages as we can, please be patient with us. We are not able to support individual cases of Bullying and so if you need one-to-one support, please visit the advice section of our website for information and organisations that may be able to help. 

If you are a child or young person who is worried about Bullying then contact ChildLine at any time 0800 1111 - calls are free and confidential.