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British & Irish Anti-Bullying Forum

B&IABF

The British and Irish Anti-Bullying Forum (BIABF) is working towards strengthening information sharing between representatives, and opportunities for developing joint solutions to tackle bullying of children and young people.

Representatives include the lead government and non-government agencies concerned with the issue of bullying of children and young people, across the five jurisdictions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland North and South.

BIABF holds bi-annual meetings, hosted by each jurisdiction in rotation.  The most recent meeting was held on May 7th 2009 at Trinity College, Dublin.

The aims of the BIABF are:

  • To share information regularly and effectively across jurisdictions on anti-bullying work generally, and on emergent issues and priorities
  • To jointly consider policies and approaches that are used in one jurisdiction, to access if there is a wider learning or transfer that can be applied
  • To share information specifically on the planning of Anti-Bullying Week activities, and to look for areas of assistance or collaboration
  • To explore how active collaboration between BIABF members can be increased through joint initiatives and through links to members' respective websites.