Primary school children in Maldon have been learning why bullying in school is a no-no and how to stamp it out.
The Anti-Bullying Campaign (ABC), created as a Peer Education Project by a dozen members of Maldon's Carmelite Youth Centre, has won a host of awards and is now in line for a top national prize.
The latest batch of prizes - the annual High Sheriff's Shield plus certificates and the Essex Crime Beat Award - was awarded to the youngsters and their team leaders yesterday at the Fennes Estate in Bocking.
The project is now in the running for the National Crime Beat Award.
The public-spirited youngsters behind the ABC scheme are Kirsty Neave, Claire Brammer, Philip Tosh, Theresa Feeney, Lester Gash, Samantha Deer, Emma Goode, Tasha Stubbings, Amanda Reynolds, Helen Hill, Stuart MacGregor and Kayleigh Newton.
Part of the project involved the design and distribution in primary schools of a leaflet identifying forms of bullying, how it makes the victim feel and what they can do to stop it.
Published Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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