BBMentoring in the community

Education around bullying prevention is not merely laid at the gates of our schools. Beatbullyings continued success is rooted in a consistent approach to tackling bullying as a community issue. BB research has shown that bullying has, over many years, migrated out into the community, affecting children and young people on public transport, highlighting safety concerns on our streets and how bullying has drawn communities into conflict. Beatbullying knows that many young refugees and asylum seekers are bullied, not just by the very communities they attempt to integrate with, but also by previous generations of young asylum seekers and refugees.

Beatbullying’s response to bullying in the community is to unite communities, encouraging adults, children and young people who are aware of or observe bullying to safely take action and contact people in authority to deal with the problem.

Taking Neighbourhood Watch as a template, Bullywatch London is the very first bespoke community-wide and community-based response to bullying and bullying prevention programme. Bullywatch London was squarely aimed at all Londoners, encouraging civic responsibility and reinforcing the message:

"Bully Watch London. If you spot it, you can stop it."

Bullywatch London outputs

• The placement of public information posters on 1,400 transport for London sites on buses, at bus stops, bus stations and tube stations across the Capital.
• The placement of public information posters on 40,000 bus circuit sites, newsagents, cinemas, video libraries, take-away stores, convenience stores, leisure centres and a variety of local businesses and concerns across the Capital.
• 250,000 Bullywatch London Information Packs including BWL stickers, A4 posters, badges, info-cards and information on reporting, distributed to all of London’s schools and thousands of youth organizations, community organisations, local businesses, shops, restaurants, offices, law enforcement and community safety teams, stations, GP surgeries and health centres.
• Bullywatch London information packs also distributed to homes and businesses across the Capital through partnerships with local, free news media.
• Online pathways for adults and young people, providing detailed knowledge and information on spotting bullying, dealing with it by safely reporting it through mechanisms online and through following safety protocols and guides on how to record what you see happening.
• Providing localities with seminars and workshops on understanding and responding to bullying through collective action and sense of citizenship and community spirit.

Bullywatch London outcomes

• All Londoners will have an increased knowledge about bullying: children and adults will know what and how to report incidents (with consent) to appropriate authorities
• Increase in knowledge of, understanding of, and recognition of signs and indicators of bullying in the community
• Increase in reporting of incidents of bullying by adults across communities
• Increase in the safe intervention and support for young people by adults
• Promote greater understanding and cohesion across communities
• Through collective action and adoption of materials and learning opportunities, spread the message of civic responsibility and publicly pledge to support young people that are being bullied
• Increase the confidence of adults and bystanders to support and successfully assist young people affected by bullying in the community

Bullywatch as a community model presents comprehensive opportunities for consortiums to effectively collaborate, produce and provide educational, crime preventative, leading edge safety protocols by building on and empowering civic engagement across whole communities.

As a community-wide response to bullying, Beatbullying will engage with businesses, transport providers, local law enforcement, schools, community groups and local authorities to find that all important mixed economy of financial commitment to put a city or region-wide response in place over the course of a year. It’s an exciting and challenging collaboration model, but one that, in the end, benefits all local citizens and communities.

As part of the partnership building processes that underpin successful community wide schemes, Beatbullying's Development, Business Development and Communications Teams work together with associated partners on tailoring outputs and outcomes to meet the needs and expectations of partners and the communities they represent. Beatbullying's commitment to this partnership is to always be the catalyst and pivotal organisation. We will bring a fixed level of support and a clear vision that can be shared with potential partners.

Want to know how you can bully watch, first thing you should do is contact us on 020 8771 3377 and we can talk

BullyWatch London website