Banding Together: anti-bullying organizations

Alternative Schooling

School for Bullying Victims -- A school especially for students who have been chronically bullied has been established in Cambridge, U.K. Local educational authorities pay students' fees at the school. Article web-published by the BBC. See also Bullied Girl Turns Campaigner, also web-published by the BBC, and Inspiring Woman is Honoured for Helping Children -- Article about Carrie Herbert, the founder of the Red Balloon school for bullied students. Article by Chris Elliott for the Cambridge News.

School Opens For Victims Of Bullying -- Article web-published by WKMG.

Bullied Kids Get Home School -- Article by Brooke Newstead for the Daily Telegraph.

Anti-Bullying Organizations

Pupils "Suffer Bullying Misery" -- BBC article about the U.K. charity Childline, which offers a toll-free number which children can call to report incidents of bullying.

Bully Police -- "Policing the States and the Schools for Bullies." Activist group lobbying for anti-bullying laws in U.S. states.

Kentucky Equality Federation Provides New Service to Report Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and School Bullying -- The Kentucky Equality Federation has offered to help gay Kentucky teens who are being bullied at school. Press release web-published by PRWeb.

B.U.L.L.Y. -- On February 8, 2006, 12-year-old Tom Trosvik hanged himself after telling his parents he had been bullied. Now his parents have started an anti-bullying organization, B.U.L.L.Y.

Cruel at School -- Bev Powell's daughter was bullied at school. Now she runs a website where bullied students can go for advice. Her site also links to news on bullying in the U.K.

Father Carries on Fight to End School Bullying -- In October, 2008, Jeff Lasater's bullied son Jeremiah killed himself at school. Now his father has set up a hotline for bullied children. Article by Brian Charles for the Signal.

Governmental Anti-Bullying Initiatives

Heads Launch Anti-Bullying Drive -- The British National Association of Head Teachers has established a set of guidelines for dealing with bullying. Article web-published by the BBC.

Bully for Them: Whitehall District Moves to Protect Vulnerable Students -- September, 2000 editorial from the [Pittsburgh] Post-Gazette.

Tackling Bullying In and Out of School -- December 2000 article, web-published by the BBC.

Experts to Tackle Unruly Pupils, an article web-published by the BBC.

Anti-Bullying Charter Launched, web-published by the BBC.

National Network to Fight Bullies -- Article web-published by the BBC. See also New Tsars Tackle School Bullying, an article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian.

Bullies Face High-Tech Wrath in Singapore, a Reuters article, web-published by the Indian Express.

Concern Over New Bullying Database -- Article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian.

Time for Schools to Get Tougher with Bullies -- Article web-published by the Kennebec Journal.

Row Over New Anti-Bully "Tsars" -- BBC article about Liz Carnell's (of Bullying Online) criticism of the quango Anti-Bullying Alliance.

Beat Bullies Bands are Huge Hit, web-published by the BBC. See also Anti-Bullying Wristband Scheme Backfires, an article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian, and School Bans Anti-Bullying Bands, web-published by the BBC.

Parents of Cyber-Bullies Slapped with £1,000 Fines -- British schools are to be required to monitor instances of cyber-bullying among their pupils. Article by Alexandra Blair for the Times.

Anti-Bullying Measure Signed Into Law -- Iowa has passed a law requiring all Iowa schools to establish anti-bullying policies. Article web-published by the Times-Republican.

South Korean Pupils to Get Bodyguards, a Guardian article web-published by Buzzle.

Britain to Combat Cyber-Bullying in Schools, an AFP article web-published by Google.

Safe to Learn: Combating the Bullying of Gay Children in Schools -- News article on new anti-bullying resources produced by the British government. Article web-published by UKGayNews

School Cards: "Step Up; Be Safe; Be Proud," -- Article about an anti-bullying initiative by the government of New Zealand. Article web-published by GayNZ. See also Bid to Stamp Out Bullying, web-published by TVNZ, and Govt Tries New Initatives to Stop Bullying, web-published by the New Zealand Herald.

Missouri Governor Signs Law Against Cyber-Bullying, by Jimmie Collins for the Student Press Law Center.

New Rules are Aimed at Deterring School Bullying, by Sewell Chan for the New York Times' news blog.

Radical Plan to Tackle School Bullies -- Article about the report and recommendations of an anti-bullying task force in New Zealand. Article web-published by Stuff.co.nz. See also Report Highlights Serious Nature of Bullying, NZPA article, web-published by TVNZ.

School District Includes LBGT's in Anti-Bully Rules -- Article about an Ohio school district which has gone beyond state law by expressly requiring that lesbigay students be protected by anti-bullying regulations. Article by Eric Resnick for Gay People's Chronicle.

B.C. Declares Wednesday Anti-Bullying Day -- British Columbia proclaimed Feb. 25, 2009 Anti-Bullying Day. Article by the Vancouver Sun.

Inquiry into How Schools Respond to Violence -- New Zealand's Ombudsmen are investigating anti-bullying enforcement in New Zealand Schools. Article by Nathan Beaumont and Matt Calman for the Dominion Post.

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