Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th - Friday 15th November, with the theme: Choose Respect.

The theme of Choose Respect has come about following consultation with teachers and pupils by the Anti-Bullying Alliance which coordinates Anti-Bullying Week every year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Teachers and students wanted a theme that empowered them to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes.

Following the success of the campaign in 2023 – when 80% of schools marked the week, reaching over 7.5 million children and young people – this year, we’ll empower children and young people to choose respect.

Coping with being bullied

A teenage boy called Joe is interviewed by BBC radio presenter Aled Haydn Jones.

He describes his experiences of bullying after he came out as bisexual, and how he has dealt with it.

The radio show is fictional but the caller and his experiences are real.

This clip is from the series Coping.

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