National peer mentoring anti bullying pilot

150 primary, secondary and special schools across England are participating in the national peer mentoring anti bullying pilot.  The aim of the pilot is to support peer mentoring provision across a range of school settings united by a common theme to explore how peer mentoring can be used to reinforce anti bullying initiatives in schools.

The four support agencies working directly with schools taking part in the anti bullying pilot are:

• Salford Foundation
• Leicestershire Education Business Company
• Community Service Volunteers
• Somerset Youth Volunteering Network

The national peer mentoring anti bullying pilot is working in partnership with the Diana award; MBF would like to invite you to nominate your anti bullying peer mentors for this award.

The external evaluation of the anti bullying pilot is being conducted by the Children’s Society.

• See a full list of schools taking part in the anti bullying pilot
• Read about anti bullying pilot schools in the news
• Learn about how peer mentoring is tackling bullying through a pilot school case study
  
  

MBF is touring a major art exhibition as part of this year’s Anti Bullying Week (16th – 20th November 2009).

Hundreds of young people (aged from 5-19) from schools across England are taking part in this unique national community art project where they will convey some hard-hitting anti-bullying messages through stunning, colourful images, words and patterns designed onto giant elephant sculptures (that stand as tall as some of the children!).

Read more about the anti bullying elephants

A group of twenty peer mentors have been chosen from the 150 schools taking part in the anti bullying pilot to help run a brand new pod-casting radio station: the Radiowaves Anti Bullying Club.

This groundbreaking initiative is being launched by MBF in partnership with the revolutionary social networking site Radiowaves, to help introduce a unique level of anti-bullying support in schools.

The club will launch nationally on the first day of Anti Bullying Week: Monday 16^th November 2009 and will be the first peer mentor led anti-bullying club of its kind.

View the work of the Radiowaves Peer Mentors

See below for further useful links on the theme of anti bullying:

• Anti Bullying Alliance
• DCSF Safe to learn guidance
• BeatBullying
• NSPCC - ChildLine in Partnerships (CHIPS)
• Anti Bullying Network
• Bullying UK

The national peer mentoring anti-bullying pilot is funded from Apr 2008-Mar 2010 by the Department for Children, Schools and Families

All peer mentoring projects, from the anti bullying pilot and beyond, can access the training, resources and guidance offered by MBF through our national peer mentoring programme.