Anti-Bullying from The Diana Award_

A recent survey commissioned by The Diana Award and Nationwide of 1,000 children ages 6-16 and parents found that:

• One in three (33%) parents feel their child will struggle to integrate into social groups when they return to school after lockdown.
• Half (51%) of young people who have previously been bullied have worried about going back to school after a holiday because of bullying, and over a third (34%) of all young people are more worried about returning to school after lockdown.
• Almost half (45%) of parents said lockdown had impacted their child’s mental health and well-being.
• Almost half (46%) of young people have been bullied at school at some point in their life, with over half (54%) saying it negatively affected their mental health and well-being, more than three quarters (78%) saying it caused them to feel anxious and almost half (44%) saying it affected their ability to sleep and night.
• Almost three quarters (67%) of young people have seen or heard bullying behaviour in their school in the last year.