Wednesfield pupils become the latest to tackle bullying through the Princess Diana Award
Bullying has been reduced at Coppice Performing Arts School thanks to a helping hand from Princess Diana.
The Wednesfield pupils took part in a one-day anti-bullying training session run by The Diana Award at South Wigston High School, Leicestershire.
Young people, aged 11-18, worked together and acquired vital skills to enable them to change the attitudes and behaviours of bullying in their school by building their skills and confidence to address different situations, both off and online.
The Diana Award’s free Anti-Bullying Ambassador Programme, which is available to schools across the UK, aims to change the attitude surrounding bullying.
The Programme has a strong peer-to-peer focus, with facilitators giving young people the skills and confidence to become Anti-Bullying Ambassadors to tackle bullying in their schools long after the training has finished.
The Diana Award’s anti-bullying work is recognised as world-class thanks to this sustainable approach.The training looked at bullying in different situations including face-to-face and online.
At the end of the day, pupils made an action plan of how to approach bullying issues that may arise in their schools and committed to their roles as Anti-Bullying Ambassadors.
Coppice pupils remarked: “The Dianna awards antibullying programme was an amazing experience, I learned what bullying is and how to prevent it as well as other skills such as teamwork.
“I the training has helped me understand how I can support young people my age who are going through a difficult time at school”
And: “The people who delivered the training were amazing; they made it fun and easy to learn. Iam really looking forward to working with Diana Awards and making a difference in my school”
The Diana Award benefits from the support of HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Sussex and was founded as a lasting legacy to their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
The charity fosters, develops and inspires positive change in the lives of young people through four key programmes which include; a mentoring programme for young people at risk, a youth-led Anti-Bullying Ambassadors campaign, a collaborative Changemakers programme that aims to reimagine mental health support for young people from racialised communities.
The Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Programme, which has trained over 50,000 young people across the UK to lead on anti-bullying campaigns in their schools.
