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I notice in the Advertiser today an anti-bullying campaign by youngsters in Hull. Youngsters between 9 and 16 hand out anti-bullying cards. They have different colours and slogans and designs on the cards. It is all a part of the project by the Rapp group (Rights and Participation Project) based at The Warren young people’s resource centre in Queens Dock Avenue, its aim to help young people in Hull make their voices heard and build confidence…

I saw this in the Hull Daily Mail this morning.

A volunteer group in Hull has highlighted the "hidden problem" of adult bullying. Youth group ACE has been distributing leaflets to GP’s surgeries, libraries, buses and sports groups in Hull, to help victims of bullying. The group belong to the Hull and East Yorkshire branch of Mind, a mental health charity. The volunteers, aged from 16-25, work on mental health issues in the region. Volunteer…

A lot of people don’t know this, but it is very important for people wanting to take a case of constructive dismissal against their firm that there is a time limit of 3 months from the last incident. A lot of people think it is three months after they have left, but if you are required to give 4 months’ notice, for example and you are complaining about a time before that, you will be out of time.

*IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE TAKING A GRIEVANCE OUT…

There are many websites out there that give lots of information on what to do if you are being bullied in any form. Here are a few of them. The National Bullying Helpline. http://www.bullying.org ACAS: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service http://www.acas.org.uk and Direct.gov http://www.direct.gov.uk If you put bullying in the search engine on the site you will get lots of information.

In this forum you can discuss how you deal with bullying whether it is at work or at school; any tips or advice you would like to share with the rest of the group, and where you may be able to get further help.