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A Nationwide Creative
Writing Anti Bullying Competition
BULLYING UK and the FriXion erasable
pen from Pilot Pen UK launch their #writeitout anti bullying creative writing
competition to help parents, pupils and teachers tackle bullying throughout the
UK.
The competition wants schools, families and adult carers to encourage pupils and
children in their care to step away from their laptop or hand-held device and
explore through pen and paper how we can erase bullying.
Entries are welcome in a variety of forms and schools and individuals can:-
1. Write a Letter to their Younger Self.
2. To an Imaginary Bully.
3. To an imaginary Bullied Person.
4. Write about how they will tackle bullying if they see it happening.
5. Write a positive poem about tackling bullying.
The winning school/youth organisation, and individual will receive a prize of a
Pilot Pen UK educational pack containing FriXion erasable pens and colouring
pens and a range of rollerball pens, fountain pens and whiteboard markers)
Stuart Barker, Pilot Pen UK Marketing Manager said:- "Writing can help a
child to channel and make sense of their emotions and also explore ways to
resolve a difficult issue such as bullying. It's important to raise awareness of the
damaging effects bullying can have and to stress there is help out there for
children and young people when they are faced with these difficult situations.
I'm delighted that Pilot Pen UK with our
FriXion erasable pen are helping in the fight to tackle bullying and raise
awareness of BullyingUK."
Suzie Hayman, BullyingUK Trustee, Agony Aunt and author of over 30 books said:-
"Bullying in and out of school remains an issue for many of the families
that contact us. So today we launch our creative writing anti bullying campaign.
We hope our partnership with Pilot Pen
UK will encourage young people to get involved in scribing positive messages
about dealing with bullying; how to help someone being bullied, how to avoid
being pulled into bullying and how bullying affects people. Our competition is open to families,
schools, and youth groups. We want to encourage young people to sit down with
friends and family to share ideas on how to defeat bullying. We know bullying
can affect children's emotional wellbeing and academic achievement and we all
need to stand against it."
Entries for BullyingUK and Pilot Pen UK's Creative Writing Competition must be
received by no later than 5 p.m. on 13 November 2015.
For more information on tackling bullying, visit
them
online.
All competition entrants can enter via
email or by Postal delivery to:- #writeitout
Competition, BullyingUK, Endway House, Endway, Hadleigh, Essex, SS72AN.
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