National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence: What Tamworth has to say

Schools and community groups across will join forces to raise awareness of the impacts of bullying and to start the conversation to stamp it out once and for all.

Here’s where you can go to get help.

In Tamworth, students, teachers and youth support people are making a stand.

Here’s what they think of bullying and how they want to tackle the issue.

On Friday, Tamworth High School senior students and representatives will promote equality and awareness with games on the oval, a sausage sizzle and by distributing sweet treats with positive affirmations on them.  Here’s what the school’s leaders and principal had to say.

The Tamworth Regional Youth Centre is a proud bully free zone with as many as 50 young people at the centre in one day.  

Acting team leader for Youth Services Veronica Filby said the centre was a place for kids to “switch off” from technology.

Headspace is taking the anti-bullying message to where some of it can all begin – technology.

It launched its Ready to Rethink program this year aiming to encourage youth to rethink their actions and words. Reword was developed in  Melbourne is a free Google Chrome extension that highlights potentially harmful words before young people can send them.

Here’s what you need to know.