You can help to stop bullying. Remember, if you see it, you can stop it.

IF YOU ARE A BYSTANDER

• Always stay safe do not intervene in physical bullying or incidents on the street.
• Call 999 in an emergency.
• Telephone your local Police Community Safety Unit and report any bullying you witness.
• Speak to your local community warden or police officer about the incidence you have witnessed.
• Keep a note of the date, time and detail of the bullying you have witnessed.

If you are a shopkeeper, teacher, cab driver, bus driver, business owner, or just a Londoner who cares about young people that are being bullied, then follow the link opposite for comprehensive toolkits that will help you.

IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR CARER

• Find a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted and talk to the young person
• Tell them you are worried about them and why you are worried
• Ask them if they are having problems. Be specific about the types of problems they could be going through.
• Let them know that many people are bullied but that it doesn’t make it right or OK.
• Please listen to your child and be patient with them, stay calm even if it is distressing for you.
• Encourage your child to keep a journal of what is happening.
• Tell the child never to endanger himself or herself, by standing up to bullies in a situation where he or she is outnumbered.
• If scared, they should run away and try to alert attention by shouting for help.
• Reassure him or her that it is more shameful for a group of people to gang up on one person than for that one person to decide to get out of that situation.
• Don’t be ashamed to run!
• Be prepared to help the child make a safety plan to help minimise the risk of being physically assaaulted by planning safe routes from home to school.
• If they are being targeted by bullies at home or in the neighbourhood, help them to make a safety plan to contact police and get help in an emergency
  

If you are a parent or carer who is concerned that your child is being bullied, then follow the link opposite for comprehensive toolkits that will help you.