We have a board of representatives. This is a group of young people who have either been bullied or have experience of the hurt that bullying can cause. Our Board makes sure that the experiences and opinions of children and young people - from right across England - are listened to and acted upon. Let us introduce you to them.

Adam, Muzzy and Clarke (West Midlands) are from the ME2 group of able-bodied and disabled young people from Dudley. They work to tackle the bullying of disabled young people and recently ran a successful campaign titled ‘Don’t stick it, Stop it.’ Adam has been trained on how to help to prevent bullying and is passionate about helping to stamp it out. Muzzy has loads of opinions and experiences - and that means he has contributed a lot to our work and has taken part in various projects around anti-bullying.        

Maxine (West Midlands) is 17 and won an Anti-Bullying Award for helping to set up a peer counselling system in her school. Maxine has since been highly involved with the work of the Diana Award and acts as an ambassador for the organisation.

Nathan (North West) won an Anti-Bullying Award for giving up his time to mentor vulnerable students and to organise anti-bullying events around his school. He is an active Diana Award member and regularly provides expertise and assistance to the organisation. He is also a social entrepreneur and has set up his own internet business as well as working for his local MP. Nathan has a keen interest in youth studies and is working towards becoming a youth worker or teacher.

Chrisie (North West) has worked actively for many years with the North West Young Anti-Bullying Alliance and has made many presentations to local schools. She has also set up her own peer mentoring scheme and intends to continue supporting local people. She is a passionate anti-bullying ambassador for the North West.

Dave (North East) Chair of Young ABA. Dave is one of the original members of Young ABA. He was bullied early in his school days but came through this with a real strength of character. This makes him a fantastic ambassador for anti-bullying work. He has run anti-bullying groups at regional level and is hugely committed to Young ABA and working with local authorities to raise awareness of bullying.

Ross (North East) achieved the Diana Anti-Bullying Award for his role as an anti-bullying peer support co-ordinator and is a key member of the Breakfree Anti-bullying Programme in school. He was always there to help our more vulnerable students by befriending them and instilling confidence in them and since joining a few years ago, now runs the group, writes and presents assemblies and even arranges visits to primary schools. Ross has independently forged ties with a local primary school to help and support their own anti-bullying service and constantly volunteers to help where ever he sees a need and looks forward to the exciting opportunities with Young ABA.

Charlotte (Yorkshire and Humberside) was part of the hugely influential North Lincolnshire Youth Anti-bullying Council, all of whom have undertaken intensive peer mentor training and basic counseling skills. They have also been involved in developing the LEAs, the children’s and young peoples plan and anti-bullying policy and strategy. Charlotte herself has undertaken training on personal protection and the prevention of bullying.

George (Yorkshire and Humberside). Aged 15, George received the Diana Anti-Bullying Award for founding and leading a young person's mental health and emotional well-being project named Safe Havens in his Borough of Rotherham. He is now committed to inspiring other young people to follow his lead and roll out the model of good practice across England. George is a long standing Member of Youth Cabinet, has been on numerous local and regional youth groups, has previously been a member of the UK Youth Parliament and is now a Member of the Department for Children School's and Families Children and Youth Board. George is really passionate about his work and is really looking forward to the challenges ahead whilst being a Young ABA Member

Sally (East Midlands) is currently the youngest member of the board and, for the past four years, has been a really big part of her school’s PALS team. She is a brilliant ambassador for anti-bullying and, having been bullied herself, has experience of how it can best be dealt with. Sally is keen to be involved and to represent the East Midlands.

Ellice (East of England) started an anti-bullying project in her local area a few years ago. She felt the need to bring their community closer together and to give online access to other young people who were suffering from the effects of bullying. Their project is called JustSmile and has helped many young people in their local area and beyond. Ellice is now one of our most active members.

Natalie (East of England) is a keen filmmaker and won her award for helping her anti-bullying group make a film on the issue of bullying. As well as having peer mentoring experience she has worked on a broad range of issues as part of Young ABA and the Diana Award. Natalie has spoken at a regional and national level, contributed to guidance documents, worked with the media and created resources and written articles. She is one of the older and more experienced members of the board.

Roxy (London) is part of the STAGS (St Albans Girls School) Hear 4U team. The group was set up to help and mentor younger girls in the school and has been developing local community-led anti-bullying schemes.

Sarah-Jane (London) also comes from STAGS and is a keen member of Young ABA. She is also part of the Advisory Group on Violence Against Women and Girls.

Michael (South East). A former peer mentor in secondary school, Michael is working closely with Croydon Council to open up a youth centre to tackle bullying issues. Always keen to get involved with anti-bullying activities at a local level, he has demonstrated his willingness to work at a national level. Michael is an avid reporter on Radiowaves’ Diana Award Channel.

Ben (South East) won the Diana Anti-Bullying Award for his inspirational work with Schools OUT and LGBT History Month. Here, he helped create a Student Tool Kit aimed at reducing homophobic bullying in schools and has also led workshops on the subject. He also helped co-ordinate 3 Youth specific groups in Surrey. Ben has run many workshops with support from Young ABA on Cyberbullying and is currently working to educate parents about it.

Amber (South West) is a team leader of the peer mentoring scheme at Budmouth Technology College. The team consists of 55 mentors and they are at present working with 82 children and young people. In recent months, they have turned an already successful team into an outstanding, highly oversubscribed service. Amber has worked with teachers to organise and prepare a one hour session based on mentoring training and has delivered training to new recruits, as well as running awareness-raising workshops for adults outside the college.