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organisations

ChildLine
Freepost Natn 1111
London E1 6BR
Helpline: 0800 1111 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 400 222
General enquiries: 020 7650 3200 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm)
Website: www.childline.org.uk
Free, confidential 24-hour helpline staffed by counsellors who are trained to encourage children and young people to talk about any issue that is worrying them and offer useful advice. The charity warns that lines can be busy so callers should be persistent. The ChildLine website has a wealth of news, features and advice on bullying for parents, children and teachers.

Kidscape
2 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0DH
Helpline: 08451 205 204 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm)
Tel: 020 7730 3300
Website: www.kidscape.org.uk
The registered charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse. The only national children's charity which focuses upon preventative policies – tactics to use before any abuse takes place. The site contains suggestions to help you deal with bullying and you can read the 'Kidscape Keepsafe Code' with good advice on child safety.

NSPCC
Weston House
42 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3NH
Helpline: 0808 800 5000 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 056 0566
Asian helpline: 0800 096 7719 (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm. Advisers speak English and Asian languages)
Cymru/Welsh helpline: 0808 100 2524 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm)
Tel: 020 7825 2500
E-mail: help@nspcc.org.uk
Website: www.nspcc.org.uk
Young people's advice website: www.there4me.com
A free 24-hour service that provides counselling, information and advice to anyone concerned about a child at risk of abuse. The NSPCC warns that lines can be busy and asks callers to be persistent. Enquiries can also be taken be post or e-mail. The Schools Full Stop part of the website has useful information for dealing with bullying for parents and teacher. The Kids Zone area of the website is designed to be a reassuring space to encourage children and young people to talk about any concerns.

Parentline Plus
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 783 6783
Tel: 020 7284 5500
E-mail: contact@parentlineplus.org.uk
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting or helping to raise children. There are free telephone and email helplines, parenting courses and information leaflets that can help parents to communicate effectively with their children. The website offers lots of advice, real-life stories and relevant news as well as a helpful A-Z of related topics, such as coping with change, runaway children and bullying.

websites

The Anti-bullying Network
www.antibullying.net
Scottish site with helpful advice and information on bullying, for young people, adults and school staff. Lots of useful tips on what action to take and how to talk about bullying for the first time.

Don't Suffer in Silence
www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying
A site from the Department for Education and Skills that is dedicated to the problem of bullying. Aimed at young people, parents and teachers, it offers step-by-step information and advice. The new anti-bullying pack for schools is available on-line at this site.

Beatbullying
www.need2know.co.uk
Also from the DfES, this site is aimed at young people who are the victims of bullies, concerned about being bullied or are bullies themselves and provides helpful and non-judgmental advice on why bullying takes place and how to stop it.

Bullying Online
www.bullying.co.uk
An excellent source of advice to the victims of bullying, parents, teachers, school governors and healthcare professionals. It includes legal advice, model letters which parents can send to their school, problem pages.

Stop Text Bullying
www.stoptextbully.com
Website set up by the children's charity NCH and Tesco Mobile to tackle the problem of bullying by mobile phone. It sets out the various types of bullying by phone and PC and clear advice on how to deal with it.

Worried? Need To Talk?
www.worriedneed2talk.org.uk
Run by the NSPCC, this is the online portal for the charity's Child Protection Helpline (0808 800 5000) and describes how their counselors can help children and young people talk about any problem in complete confidence. There is also a section on safe surfing, including instructions on erasing your web history from your browser and a button to hide the web page from prying eyes.

reading

	Bullies, Targets & Witnesses: Helping Children Break the Pain Chain In this book, the authors delve deeply into the causes and dimensions of bullying. The book is filled with personal stories from children and packed with practical ideas for parents, teachers and students. Get this book
	How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies: A book that takes the nuisance out of name calling and other nonsense by Kate Cohen-Posey (Rainbow Books, 1995) This straight-talking book provides practical ways for children to cope with bullying and bullies, in a clear and concise way. Get this book
	Stick Up For Yourself: Every kid's guide to personal power and self-esteem by Gershen Kaufman, Lev Raphael and Pamela Espeland (Free Spirit Publishing, 1999) Packed with examples and short stories, this easy-to-follow self-help guide for children up to age 12 helps them to develop the coping skills to deal with bullies in school and into adulthood. Get this book

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