Diabetes UK have launched a viral video aimed at challenging bullying directed at Type 1 diabetes sufferers.

Bullying UK:
Diabetes UK and Bullying UK are standing together to deliver this important viral video to as many people as possible. Even if you think you have never met anyone with Type 1 diabetes watch the video and share it with your friends across Facebook, Twitter and other social sites.

Together we can challenge the stigma of Type 1 diabetes and ensure that sufferers never have to deal with abuse at the hands of ill-informed bullies.

Watch the Type 1 Diabetes and Bullying video here - Video live from 10am

Diabetes UK:
There is a lot of coverage about Type 2 diabetes and this can create confusion between the two types, leading people to believe that people with Type 1 diabetes must eat too many sweets, or have been obese in the past! This is not the case as Type 1 diabetes isn't caused by lifestyle or your diet. The video centers around a young girl with diabetes and three other students who are bullying her.

Bullying is often well hidden, so it's great to use a medium as public as the side of a bus to raise awareness that bullying happens everywhere not just at school. 

Make a free Anti-bullying poster that you can print out or share with over 80 social sites, all posters appear on Flickr as well.

Once you have made your poster save it to the gallery and it will appear on Flickr or choose to print or share the poster with your friends.

Make your free poster now!

MD Showgroup are through to the semi finals of Britain's Got Talent 2009 we are happy to lend our support to this young group of extraordinary dancers.

They will be performing on ITV Tuesday 26th May

You can see their audition performance here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5iLIoWS68 I'm sure they will top even this excellent performance come Tuesday's semi finals.

- John

Our friends at Tiscali have let us know about an article written by Sanjit Chudha that offers some sound advice on dealing with Cyber-bullying, worth a read along side our own advice.

Bullied pupils are four times as likely to suffer mental health problems when they become teenagers, a study claims today.
 
Psychologists who followed 6,437 children from birth until they were 13 found their symptoms included paranoid delusions, irrational thoughts and hallucinations.
 
That's no surprise to Bullying UK. In our experience, children who were bullied at primary school often have problems at secondary school too. We also receive many emails from adults who tell us bullying at school has ruined their lives, meaning they have not been able to have long-term relationships or hold down jobs.
 
The damage school bullying does to young lives is well documented and unfortunately it's ongoing. We help 500,000 children, their families and schools a year through the Bullying UK website.

Help us to support young people who are being bullied, and their families. Click here to make a donation.

Every so often a time warp blows through the Bullying UK office and we get transported back to our childhoods (in a good way) so when a small yellow feline rocked up with a message from British animation legend Stan Hayward we strapped in and got ready to do the time warp, with Henry's Cat!

You see, Stan and Henry's Cat might be missing from children's TV these days but they are still working hard to educate young people about a wide range of subjects.

"Meow, Meow" - OK, OK, I'm getting to that bit.

As I was saying, Stan has been busy creating Making Movies with a Millennium Award for working with special needs children. The website is full of tutorials and tips from animation to script writing and is a wonderful resource for parents, teachers and schools who want to learn more about animation and movie making.

"Meow, Meow" - Yes I know you're involved as well Henry's Cat, we could never forget about you.

Stan's other project is called Kids Crack Crime  http://www.kidscrackcrime.com a site designed to help younger people understand the role of the police. Constable Bulldog, long time friend and occasional long arm of the law as far as Henry's Cat's concerned is on hand along with all Henry's Cat's other friends to demonstrate the role of the police in keeping us safe.

You can learn more about Henry's Cat on his personal website, check out his online store for DVDs of all the old episodes. http://www.henryscat.com

It's always nice to meet new people and the other day we met ambercis.org.uk a Charitable Insurance Services provider which was formed in 1983 with the goal to donate 100% of commission on insurance products to charitable causes.

Ambercis are including Bullying UK's details on their website to help spread knowledge of our vital service and to help visitors to choose Bullying UK as a recipient of any commission paid. 

You can learn more about the types of insurance services Ambercis provides here or read more about them as an organisation here.

Cyber bullying is a huge problem and Bullying UK is the first anti-bullying charity to explain step-by-step how to protect yourself from it and get it removed from the internet.

We've just uploaded 15 new pages of practical, easy-to-understand advice covering social networking websites like Bebo, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube.

We asked what you needed and you told us you don't want reams of detailed information which is hard to sort through, you just want the important basics, how to protect yourself in the first place and how to get rid of nasty comments as soon as you see them.

You can find it in the young people's, parents' and schools' cyber bullying sections of the Bullying UK website, along with lots of other information like how to spot dangerous websites and avoid internet scams.

We'll be adding more sections soon.
Liz Carnell

Eukanuba and Bullying UK have teamed up to offer puppy lovers & Bullying UK supporters everywhere a special treat.  Using our special link below order your puppy pack and Eukanuba will make a donation of 70p to the charity Bullying UK. (Order one and give the pack to a friend if you don't have a puppy) We really need your support and it won't cost you a penny, but the best reason is because the 70p Bullying UK will receive will help us support 7 people effected by bullying. Request your Puppy pack!