During this workshop we typically discuss:

 

• Why friendships and bullying matters to your mental and physical wellbeing.

 

• Self-love.

 

• Beauty myths.

 

• What respect mean.

 

• How to choose your friends (including remembering that friendships are optional and that friends shouldn’t harm you).

 

• How the law protects students, by explaining that every school is legally required to provide an anti-bullying policy, that even friends can break the law and how to report harassment.

 

• How to defeat a bully and to question whether they have ever been a bully without realising.

 

• Trolling: why it happens and what to do when it does. The dangers of catfishing.

 

• Related campaigns students can support to feel empowered and make a difference.

 

Activities include: Discussing how strongly the students agree or disagree on a range of questions including those on competition amongst friends, how to deal with friends that have a different opinion to you, social media and cancel culture.