03/11/2003

New anti-bullying posters launched

The new Children's Commissioner for Northern Ireland has officially launched a new poster campaign aimed at bullying.

Children's Commissioner Nigel Williams launched the new anti-bullying posters, which are set to adorn all Western Education and Library Board buses from Limavady to Fermanagh, in Omagh today.

The launch coincided with the publication of the Education Board's anti-bullying policy.

It follows a survey in October which revealed that a quarter of 10 and 11-year-olds experience some form of bullying at school.

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