Bullying Experience Inspires New Book
16 May 2012
Mischievous fun and daring adventures mask a much darker reality in Martin Burton’s book ‘Paper Planes’. Relentlessly pursued and terrorised Martin Burton and his best friend Gerald Parnham were severely bullied throughout their school years. Over thirty years, later Martin begins the painful process of reflecting back over the past and takes the reader along on his heart moving journey of self-discovery in the first of a planned series of books. In an inspiring, uplifting and moving way Martin’s story allows us an insight into the ongoing hopes and fears of these young boys and the amazing friendship that helped them cope with their experiences.
We're Altogether Better at #CHI2012
07 May 2012
In the 93° heat of Austin, Texas, teams of academics from across the globe shared the latest research regarding Interaction Design and Emotional Wellbeing at the start of #CHI2012. The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on human-computer interaction. We're Altogether Better was fortunate enough to be invited to present a paper on our work and findings regarding our unique model of socially-mediated support; we were, in fact, the only practice-based organisation taking part. Follow #chi2012 and @werealtbetter to track the tweets.
Thank You To Our Marathon Runners
24 APRIL 2012
From everyone here at BeatBullying and all the young people that we work with, we want to send a massive thank you to all the people who ran the London Marathon for BeatBullying on Sunday. It was an amazing day and all the money raised through their hard work and effort will go towards helping us to support young people facing the devastating emotional, physical and social consequences of bullying.
Pictured above is the wonderful Chris who by raising £1,800 though JustGiving is only £30 away from being our top individual online fundraiser! If you are feeling inspired check out our other Challenge Events and join Team BB!
Go On, Give An Hour
20 APRIL 2012
As proud Go On UK partners, we encourage our young volunteers to become Digital Champions, helping people to get online and discover the power of the internet. Our young CyberMentors now take the pledge as part of their training. Can you give an hour to show someone the digital ropes? Here's a handy list of things you could do - click here to make a pledge.
We Are Recruiting
17 APRIL 2012
As BeatBullying expands into a new organisation and becomes We’re Altogether Better, we continue to push forward, inspiring social action through our services. Combining youth work, mentoring, advice and counselling, we are now supporting hundreds of thousands of vulnerable young people across the UK.
We are seeking ambitious and experienced individuals to join our team, based in South London. We have vacancies for a Group Director of Finance and a Head of FutureYou. For job descriptions, person specifications and information on application, please visit the We're Altogether Better website.
What your money can do
£22
could pay for one of our emergency online counsellors to reach out to a suicidal child before it's too late
£90
could pay for a seriously bullied child to complete a series of contracted counselling sessions with a Beatbullying counsellor, helping them overcome eating disorders, depression and reducing suicidal thoughts
£1500
could pay for Beatbullying to visit a school, identify and work with those that are being bullied and work with those that bully to change behaviour. This reduces violence, exclusions and bullying by up to 80%
There are lots of ways that you can stuck in to support us. You can raise money for Beatbullying, spread the word to your mates, tweet at your favourite celebs and generally make a Big Noise.
