Highland Council launches new anti-bullying policy
The Highland Council launched its new ‘Positive Relationships and Bullying Prevention Policy and Guidance’ last week at the High Life Highland Highland Youth Parliament (HYP) annual conference in Inverness.
This is the first care and learning policy developed by young people across Highland from initial consultation through to its launch.
The previous bullying prevention guidance was due for review in 2017.
Following a discussion between Bernadette Cairns, head of additional support needs, and members of the Misty Isle Youth Forum, where young people identified the previous policy no longer reflected the landscape across Highland schools, it was announced at the HYP conference in June 2017 the policy would be redeveloped by young people across Highland, launching at the conference in June 2018.
During the 2017/2018 academic session, young people from the Misty Isle Youth Forum consulted with young people from across Highland to create the new policy and guidance which was launched on Thursday.