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Summary
The East Riding Anti-Bullying Strategy 2024 aims to create a safer environment for young people by tackling bullying through a collaborative approach involving various stakeholders. This strategy emphasises the importance of listening to children’s voices, providing appropriate training and resources, and implementing proactive and restorative approaches to address bullying.
The strategy aims to ensure children and young people in East Riding live free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination through a collaborative effort involving multiple organisations and stakeholders.
Children perceived as ‘different’ are at higher risk of being bullied, including those with SEND, learning difficulties, different social choices, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Bullying can be physical, verbal, sexual, emotional/indirect, cyber/online, or prejudicial, each with distinct characteristics and impacts. Young people in East Riding emphasised the importance of non-sanction-based approaches, more support and training for staff, and providing safe spaces and peer support to tackle bullying effectively. To achieve the strategy’s goals, there is a need for comprehensive training and support for staff across all youth settings, focusing on proactive and restorative approaches. The strategy calls for the involvement of various stakeholders, including young people, parents, professionals, and organisations, to ensure its successful implementation and accountability.