Next Steps is under development….

Worcestershire County Council is developing an anti-bullying website for children, young people and their families to get support with tackling bullying. The website is called Next Steps and will include a place for children of all ages, and their parents or carers, to report any incidents of bullying.

Next Steps is due to be available for everyone to use from the end of September 2009.

Other pages on the site contain:

• Anti-Bullying Policy 2006 - a full PDF version of the current Policy
• Formation of Anti-Bullying Policy – info on the process of consultation that informed the policy, including a report on the Area Meetings that took place during Summer 2006.
• National Anti-Bullying Week – information about this year’s Anti-Bullying Week (17^th-21^st November 2008), as well as feedback from events in 2007
• My child is affected by bullying, what can I do? – A list of sources of advice and guidance for parents on tackling bullying
• Resources and Guidance – including the Government’s recent Anti-Bullying publications:
  • Safe To Learn – Embedding Anti-Bullying Work in Schools,
  • Cyberbullying,
  • Homophobic Bullying,
  • Bullying around Race, Religion and Culture,
  • Bullying Involving Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Latest Updates page, where we try to post any new, relevant information or links. This currently has information on:

• Focus on bullying prevention goes community wide - Ed Balls announces new guidance ‘Safe from Bullying’ 15th April 2009. Further information
• Next Steps’; Anti-Bullying in Worcestershire presents… A programme of local multi-agency events for adults working with children and young people in Worcestershire. Booking form is now available to download.
• Anti-Bullying in Worcestershire Schools – Scrutiny Report - view the scrutiny report