Bullying is when someone does something on purpose to hurt you. It can be in person like name calling, teasing, taking your things, hitting you, ignoring you or threatening you, or bullying you on your mobile or e-mail. You don’t have to put up with it. Speak to someone you trust – a friend, parent or teacher.
The bullying won’t stop unless you take action. If you think this will be hard, you could write a note, or find a time to tell them when no one will notice.
If you see other people being bullied, don’t ignore it – get help. If you bully other people you can get help too.
Good places to start are:
- Kidscape
- Samaritans
- Bullying has advice for dealing with bullying in different situations
- STOP Cyberbullying. What it is and how to help
- NSPCC
- Bullyonline
- The Site (put bullying into search box)
- NYA (National Youth Agency) has useful information and videos.
You can contact Childline or telephone on 0800 1111.
You can also look at the Domestic Abuse section of this website.
You can use the library in your Connexions Centre too as it has information for you to read or take away. You could also go to Relationships Weblinx for more useful websites.