PROJECT
All Together Programme
PURPOSE
To reduce bullying, particularly of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
FUNDING
The programme is funded by the Department for Education. It received £246,000 of funding in 2020/21
BACKGROUND
In 2015 the Anti-Bullying Alliance established a programme that aimed to reduce the bullying of young people with SEND through a network of school-based “anti-bullying champions”. “Children with SEND are disproportionately involved in bullying,” says Nicola Murray, head of programmes at the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The All Together Programme, which launched in April 2017, developed this work further, aiming to reach more schools using an online platform. It focuses on children with SEND but also includes other vulnerable groups such as young carers, children who receive free school meals, looked-after children, children from particular ethnic or faith backgrounds and those perceived to be LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender). “If you are getting anti-bullying policies and practice right for young people with SEND, then you are likely to be putting in place the right things for all vulnerable groups,” says Murray.
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