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<p>The Government has sent a clear message to all schools that bullying is unacceptable
and that they should take steps to prevent it from happening and to tackle it when
it does.</p><p>While it was a matter for schools to determine whether to mark anti-bullying
week, the Department for Education supported activities held as part of anti-bullying
week. Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform, attended an event hosted by
the Diana Award to celebrate the work of its anti-bullying ambassadors. Edward Timpson,
Minister of State for Children and Families, attended an event hosted by the Anti-Bullying
Alliance, which focused on the bullying of children with special educational needs
and disabilities. He also attended an anti-bullying assembly at the Ark Global Academy
in London which featured WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, which champions anti-bullying
in the USA) as part of the lead-in to anti-bullying week.</p><p>As well as raising
the profile of the occasion via the Department’s twitter account, we also published
two pieces of advice at the beginning of anti-bullying week. The first is to on help
teachers to guard themselves against cyberbullying and what to do if it happens. This
information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf</a></p><p>The
second piece of advice is for parents on how to help keep their children safe from
cyberbullying, the signs to look for that they might be being cyberbullied and how
to respond if they are. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf</a></p><p>The
Department is providing just under £4 million to anti-bullying organisations over
two years (2013-15) and it has recently launched two grant programmes: a £25 million
voluntary and community sector grant which includes work to address all bullying in
schools; and a £2 million grant in conjunction with the Government Equalities office
to support projects that specifically tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic
bullying in schools.</p><p> </p>
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