Anti-Bullying Week

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Men's Sexual Health is this week supporting Anti-Bullying Week (Nov 14-18th). With the slogan ‘Stop and think – words can hurt’ this year’s campaign is focused on tackling verbal bullying. Young people at the ABA Youth Summit 2010 raised concerns about the negative use of language in schools and the wider community – expressions like ‘you’re so gay’ and words like ‘sket’ and ‘slag’. They saw this as a key indicator of bullying or a hostile environment. We know that derogatory language – words and expressions that are homophobic, racist, sexist or disabilist, that seek to demean particular groups and individuals are far too common in our schools, colleges and communities.
There are a variety of different ways you can get involved with ABW, visit the national website for more information and ideas http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

If you are a local organisation and would like training around homophobia then please get in touch as we have training packages available to you to train your staff team around such issue.

Published: 14th November 2011 by Matt (updated Thu 21st Jan)