Your local Regional Adviser is Rita Adair.
You can contact Rita at rita.adair@norfolk.gov.uk

ABA Regional Network membership
ABA East of England welcomes new members. If you’re a strategic lead from a local authority or organisation working in the field of anti-bullying, you can enjoy membership benefits such as regular information and updates by email, including the ABA E-Bulletin. You will also receive an ABA Regional Network Member logo for use on your own material.

ABA Regional Network meetings
Members are invited to attend regular regional network meetings. These provide an opportunity to share best practice, hear updates on anti-bullying policy and practice and take part in practical workshops. 

Members are strategic practitioners from a range of backgrounds working in local authorities, and in the voluntary and private sectors. Members include local authority anti-bullying leads, behaviour and attendance consultants, Healthy Schools consultants, inclusion managers, extended services managers, senior educational psychologists, community development managers and senior representatives from local charities.

To learn more about regional network membership, get in touch with rita.adair@norfolk.gov.uk

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Anti-Bullying Week 2009: activities in the East of England

The Ryes School: Anti-Bullying Week Activities

The Ryes is a school for young people with educational and social needs and with other complex needs, located on the Suffolk/Essex border. The school addresses anti-bullying strategies and initiatives throughout the year as well as during Anti-Bullying Week. To read about what pupils and staff got up to during Anti-Bullying Week 2009, download this brief report (Word document).

Thurrock children say no to bullying!

Friday 20 November saw the chambers at Thurrock Council visited by some very special guests. 46 pupils from 11 schools from the Tilbury and Chadwell Excellence Cluster have developed an anti-bullying charter in readiness for their launch in anti-bullying week. 

Each school completed their charter which contributes towards the common vision – that bullying is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. The work started back in September with pupils developing the charter from start to finish.  Wording is directly from the pupils, and the imagery reflects how the pupils wanted the finished item to look.  

All of the pupils presented their efforts to a packed council chamber, with each speaker/group receiving rapturous applause.

The charter makes it clear that the students demand action from all members of the community to tackle bullying, but at the same time the underlying message is that it is 'Cool to be kind'.  Head teachers, staff, students, governors, local authority officers and Counsellors have all signed up to the charter and agreed to take responsibility to stop bullying.

Cllr Sue MacPherson, Thurrock Council Cabinet Member for Children’s Services said: “The efforts of the young people here today are inspiring. Their dedication and drive in trying to stamp out bullying is an attitude that many could learn from.”