Content tagged with: young people

• Doncaster Primary Ambassadors

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/primary-ambassadors

  The Primary Ambassadors are children in year 5 in local primary schools who are not just role models for their schools but for children across Doncaster. Their role is to champion children's voice and work on issues important to children in Doncaster. They attend meetings, high profile events and work on campaigns set out by our Junior Make Your Mark Campaign. They are selected through the Junior Civic Mayor process and the 10 shortlisted for the role have the chance to be a Primary Ambassador!

• Maths, English & ESOL courses

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/functional-skills

  Adult Family & Community Learning offer a variety of free courses to help you improve both your English and Mathematics skills.

• Our Semi Independent Living Service

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/our-semi-independent-living-service

  Living on your own for the first time can be extremely daunting. We know this can be especially true for our young people who have grown up in the care that’s why we created our Semi Independent Living Service.

• Anti-bullying Help and Advice for Young People

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/help-and-advice

  If you are being bullied:

• Advice for Young People on Bullying

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/young-people

  Worried about bullying?... Don't fear, you are not alone. This section goes beyond bullying to answer all those questions you may have via useful and practical information, and suggestions as to where else you can to go for extra help and advice

• Keeping Safe Online

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/keeping-safe-online

  As technology and the internet are becoming more and more accessible it is paramount to children’s safeguarding to be in the know of what they are accessing, the risks involved and how we can encourage them to make safe decisions when online.

• How to combat cyber-bullying

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/cyber-bullying

  In the year ending March 2020, an estimated one out of five young people in England and Wales experienced at least one type of online bullying behaviour (19%). This equates to approximately 764,000 children. Online bullying has been increasingly enabled by wider access to the internet and greater use of smartphones, social media and networking applications. By comparison, twice as many children (38%) reported that they had experienced a bullying behaviour in person. A smaller percentage experienced a bullying behaviour by a telephone or mobile phone call (4%). As some children experienced multiple types of bullying behaviour, overall 42% of children aged 10 to 15 years experienced some form of bullying behaviour in the year ending March 2020.

• Racist Bullying

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/racist-bullying

  Racist violence, harassment and abuse are closely related to, and sometimes difficult to distinguish from, bullying. Racist bullying in schools can range from ill-considered remarks, which are not intended to be hurtful, to deliberate physical attacks causing serious injury.

• Government Guidance on Bullying

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/government-guidance

  Bullying has been identified as among the biggest concerns that parents have about their children's safety at school. Bullying is also a big concern of young people themselves.

• My Son/Daughter is Being Bullied

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/my-son-daughter-is-being-bullied

  How Can I Help?