Beatbullying and Joe Calzaghe launch nationwide suicide-themed ad campaign
In only three weeks over 23,000 young people have accessed CyberMentors.org.uk to seeking help and support from their peers. So if you still think CyberBulling is not a mojor problem in the UK, I think any one of those 23,000 will let you know otherwise.
56 per cent of young people in the UK have been cyberbullied
and just in case you thought it’s just the small and the weak that get bullied,
Joe Calzaghe is a Beatbullying patron and the undefeated former world super middleweight champion comments, “I know only too well from my own experiences as a victim of bullying while at school what a serious issue bullying is for thousands of youngsters. For two years I was bullied, called names and ignored by former friends which turned me from a happy, outgoing kid who enjoyed school and schoolwork, into an introverted wreck, detached from his studies and scared of his own shadow during school-hours. Unfortunately, in the age of the internet – which didn’t exist in my school days – Cyberbullying has now added to the misery bullies can inflict. I support CyberMentors.org.uk which empowers young people to help each other stamp out bullying. If I can take my own experience and raise awareness and help because of what I’ve achieved in boxing then I will be happy.”
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