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Leaflet created in 2014 by the Bedford Borough Youth Cabinet campaign group. For 87% of parents reported that more information please email [email protected] their child has been bullied in the past 12 months Scenario 1 (www..org statistic) Your Friend is being bullied at school. Do you…. A tell a teacher B stay with your friend C ignore the situation What is bullying? How can you see What can you do

signs of bullying? if your friend is  Isolation being bullied?  Cyber bullying  Skipping school  Being scared  Threatening  Tell a teacher /   Being frightened  Isolating themselves member of staff  Tell your parents 69% of children in the UK  Being upset or being  Tell a person you trust report being bullied angry (www.beatbullying.org statistic)  Stay with them and be 20% reported bullying others a good friend In Bedford Borough in (www.beatbullying.org statistic) 2012/13 there was a survey 85% have witnessed bullying (www.beatbullying.org statistic) carried out and 90% of 1 in 3 young people who

people said it was wrong to experience bullying truant 82% have tried to stop the be threatened from school (www.beatbullying.org statistic) bullying they have seen (www.beatbullying.org statistic) 83% of people have been verbally abused

C – You ignore your friend so they have B – You stayed with them and the bullying A – You told a teacher so the bullying has been bullied so much they have dropped out has died down but not stopped stopped and you are really good friends  of school