"Bullying in one way or another is always going to be with us, but wemust never stop trying to deal with it." So says one child consultedrecently by Roger Morgan, children's rights director at the Commissionfor Social Care Inspection.
England's children's commissioner, Al Aynsley-Green, agrees: "Bullyingis the most important issue that every child I meet is asking me tostamp out now."
The second annual Anti-Bullying Week, which runs from 21 to 25 November,aims to do exactly this; the theme is involving children and youngpeople in tacking bullying. It marks the latest high-profile initiativeof the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which recently received 600,000for the second year running from the Department for Education and Skillsto tackle bullying.
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