Bullying UK

Bullying UK is the new name for the award-winning charity Bullying Online which was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying, which included taking successful legal action against an education authority.

Liz has been researching and writing on school bullying issues for 14 years and identified the internet as the cheapest way to provide information and advice.

The UK's leading anti-bullying charity In the last eight years the charity's website has become the number one resource for people using search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo to find reliable information on a variety of bullying issues.

Since the charity was founded it has replied to more than 52,000 emails, 8,500+ of them last year. More than 500,000 people a year visit our website and in 2006-07 we distributed 150,000 leaflets.

The charity's work has expanded over the years and apart from giving practical information and advice to young people and their parents through the website and by email, it includes work with schools, youth organisations, police forces and health trusts, running workshops and speaking at conferences.

We also carried out The National Bullying Survey 2006 which was the largest survey into school bullying ever undertaken in the UK.

Awards

Our work is featured widely in the UK national media and overseas and has won a number of high profile awards, including the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Award 2005, the BT eWell-Being Award 2003 and the Big Issue Big Difference Award 2004.

Over the years our original trust document has been amended several times and in 2006 the trustees were advised by a firm of specialist charity lawyers to incorporate as a company to meet the needs of a modern charity.

At the same time, the charity was re-named Bullying UK to reflect the fact that we work extensively all over the UK and that we're the top destination for people who search for bullying advice on the internet.