SPIKED Knockout Bullying - The Campaign

The campaign has been put together between SPIKED Action Sports and Kidscape, the leading anti bullying charity in the UK.

About Kidscape

Kidscape is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.

Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from harm. The Kidscape staff equips vulnerable children with practical non-threatening knowledge and skills in how to keep themselves safe and reduce the likelihood of future harm.

Kidscape works with children and young people under the age of 16, their parents/carers, and those who work with them.

About Spiked

SPIKED Action sports are a lifestyle company focused on delivering 3 key messages

1 - Social Inclusion.  Making sport available to anyone, at any age, at any level

2 - Promoting a healthy lifestyle

3 - Building confidence through participation in action sports

The Aims

The knockout (KO) bullying campaign aims to raise the profile of bullying across UK schools and the UK public and deliver the message in easy steps. 

The KO bullying campaign creates an awareness of what bullying is and its effects, but clearly focuses on the building of confidence as a key tool for preventative and post event outcomes. 

The KO bullying campaign promotes the participation in urban and action sports to help promote the key values of social inclusion, building of confidence and living a healthy lifestyle. These are all key factors in helping people to be self reliant, feel good, feel confident and to help people respect themselves and others. 

The Next Steps

1 - Raise money through the selling of KO Bullying T-shirts

2 - Raise money through official KO Bullying fund raising day, supported by all ambassadors

3 - Deliver a printed leaflet throughout UK schools

4 - Deliver awareness sessions throughout UK schools focused on providing key information on bullying and taster sessions in defined action sports

5 - Deliver confidence building courses for bullied children focused on teaching children how to be focused, committed, how to build confidence through setting goals and targets through participation in action sports

6 - Provide a bullying certification for coaches and instructors how wish to align their training to an officially recognized bullying organization

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