Wirral schools join in events to mark anti-bullying week

Nov 19 2008 by Lorna Hughes, Birkenhead News

WIRRAL is marking National Anti-Bullying Week with a series of awareness events.

Yesterday (Tuesday) teaching and other school staff attended a conference on homophobic and cyber-bullying at Wirral Professional Development Centre in Bebington.

A Young People’s Day is taking place at the same venue on Thursday.

This year’s Anti-Bullying Week is focusing on how differences are often at the heart of bullying.

Councillor Phil Davies, cabinet member for children’s services, said: “Zero tolerance has always been our stance on bullying and we have a number of important initiatives aimed at handling this issue.”

All schools in Wirral have anti-bullying policies, with initiatives including a Friendship Week at Weatherhead High School, Wallasey, anti-bullying leaflets developed by pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys and trained peer mentors at Park High School, Birkenhead.