"Bullying happens everywhere – at the park, in school, lessons, on the way home, on buses – it is everywhere – happens to me every day..." (male, aged 14, with emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties)

Over recent years, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) has become increasingly aware of how bullying in the wider community can impact on the well-being of children and young people.

To support local practitioners to get to grips with the new DCSF Safe from Bullying guidance on tackling bullying in a range of community settings, ABA is organising a series of one-day conferences in each of the nine government regions, including this event in Newcastle.

Programme

9.30 Registration and refreshments

10.00 Welcome and introduction to the day - Chair: Christopher Cloke, ABA Chair

10.15 The ABA national perspective - Sue Steel, ABA National Manager

Tackling bullying beyond schools - DCSF policy and guidance
Rob Simpson, Head of Child Safety Implementation Team, DCSF

11.00 Refreshments

11.30 Good practice in anti-bullying work - Val McFarlane, ABA Regional Adviser

11.45 Workshops on developing good practice in anti-bullying work:

- Developing an anti-bullying policy
(aim: to outline the process of developing an anti-bullying policy and consider what this policy
should contain)

- Involving young people
(aim: to explore how youth participation can inform, drive and evaluate anti-bullying work)

- Working with parents and carers
(aim: to work with parents and carers as partners to safeguard children from bullying)

- Community safety
(aim: to identify triggers that influence bullying in the community and share good practice in
prevention)

- Equalities/discrimination
(aim: to explore ways to embed the Equalities legisltaion, identify vulnerable groups and
share ways of working)

- E-safety
(aim: to raise awareness of cyberbullying, the forms it takes and to explore prevention, law
and resources)

1.00 Lunch and marketplace

2.00 Setting-based discussions

3.00 Conference evaluation and action planning

3.30 Close of conference - tea and marketplace