Anti_Bullying Work

Anti Bullying Work

In 1999, moved by the number of young children in the UK committing suicide under the age of 16 Louise Burfitt-Dons began researching the true picture of bullying amongst school children. She found that the advice given was inadequate and unhelpful and wrote a set of compelling monologues to highlight the discomfort of sensitive children who were likely to be victimised. Unable to get two of the major charities to tackle the subject of psychological bullying because it was considered too difficult to pinpoint she began her own campaign. After travelling around the country promoting the use of the monologues and speaking in schools, she set up the charitable organisation Act Against Bullying to be able to help young victims by providing practical assistance as well as raising awareness of the insidiousness of the modern bullying. In 2002 she designed the Cool to be Kind campaign to emphasise the importance of kindness in modern society as an anti-bullying initiative. To date hundreds of schools across the country have supported it from displaying posters to holding in-school competitions.
In 2003 Act Against Bullying became a registered charity.

'Remembrance Day' Cyberkindness
11.11.09 River Room, House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1

'Teaching Tribal Tolerance'
27.2.08 Tackling School Bullying Conference, Bonnington Hotel, London

'Celebrity Big Brother'
24.3.07 The Blue Ball, Wentworth Club, Surrey

'Happy Slapping"
14th June 2006

'The Flaming Internet '
26.6.07 CWO Forum on Cyberbullying, The House Of Commons

'Pointing The Bone'
9th June 2005 Windsor Great Park, Berkshire