Useful resources

Useful documents
Useful websites
Help lines

Useful documents

A charter for action (pdf)
DCSF charter for the chair of governors, headteacher and a representative of pupils to sign, declaring their commitment to reducing bullying.

Ealing anti-bullying strategy (pdf)
Ealing's anti-bullying strategy for children and young people in education settings maintained by Ealing Council. The strategy outlines our vision and the steps we will take to support schools and their pupils.

Ealing anti-bullying strategy for young people (pdf)
Children's and young people's version of Ealing's anti-bullying strategy.

Ealing guidance on community cohesion (word)
Guidance with a toolkit that includes suggested audit, action planning and evaluation tools for staff and governors. This can be used as it stands or adapted to fit your own schools requirements.

Every Child Matters outcomes framework (pdf)
Includes national targets and outcomes, and how the inspectorates will judge the contributions of services to improving outcomes.

Safe to learn: Embedding anti-bullying work in schools (pdf)
This guidance sets out what the law says Children's Services and schools should do to promote the well-being of young people and ensure they stay safe. It covers both how schools should tackle bullying in general and how schools can respond to the different kinds of bullying, such as cyberbullying, homophobic bullying and racist bullying.

Safe to learn: Bullying involving children with special educational needs and disabilities (pdf)
Advice on dealing with bullying involving children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.

Safe to learn: Cyberbullying (pdf)
This DCSF publication provides information on cyberbullying and guidance that will help schools prevent and respond to incidents.

Safe to learn: Homophobic bullying (pdf)
This guidance helps with the specifics of homophobic bullying.

Safe to learn: preventing and responding to sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying (pdf)
Thuis guidance for schools helps with the specifics on sexist, sexual and transphobic bullying.

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Useful websites

Anti-bullying Alliance

Beat bullying

The Byron Review: safer children in a digital world

CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

Childnet

Ealing's Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP)

Miss Dorothy

Social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL)

Ealing Borough Police Safer Neighbourhoods

Restorative Justice Consortium

Young Minds

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Help lines

Kidscape
Tel: (020) 77303 300
Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from harm.

Childline
Tel: 0800 1111
Confidential free phone line for children in trouble or danger.

Educational Action Challenging Homophobia
Tel: 0808 1000 143
EACH provides support to individuals affected by homophobia and training to organisations committed to realising an equal and safe environment for all regardless of sex, faith, sexuality, age, ethnicity or ability

Victim Support Scheme
Tel: 0117 963 1114
Victim Support is the independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime. We provide free and confidential support and information to help you deal with your experience.

NSPCC and Child Protection Helpline
Tel: 0800 800 500
The NSPCC runs services for children, young people and their families throughout the UK and the Channel Islands. It campaigns for children's right and welfare, and raises money for children.

Parentline Plus
Tel: 0808 800 2222
Parentline Plus is a national charity that works to offer help and support through a range of free, flexible, responsive services shaped by parents for parents.

Beat Bullying
Tel: 0845 338 5060
Beatbullying aims to reduce and prevent the incidence and impact of bullying, (physical, emotional, verbal, genderised, racist, inter-faith, homophobic) between young people.

Youth2Youth
Tel: (020) 8896 3675
Youth2Youth is a local helpline run by young people for young people. It is for any young person under the age of 19 years who feel they need emotional support.

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