The Anti Bullying Alliance are the official organisers of Anti-Bullying Week and Odd Socks Day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th - Friday 15th November, with the theme: Choose Respect.
Odd Socks Day is taking place on Tuesday 12th November, with adults and children being encouraged to wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.
Visit the Anti Bullying Alliance website for more information and resources: Anti-Bullying Week 2024: Choose Respect (anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk)
The sudden and unexpected death of a baby is usually referred to by professionals as ‘sudden unexpected death in infancy’ (SUDI) or ‘sudden unexpected death in childhood’ (SUDC), if the baby was over 12 months old. The death of a baby which is unexpected is also sometimes referred to as ‘sudden infant death’.
Some sudden and unexpected deaths can be explained by the post-mortem examination, revealing, for example, an unforeseen infection or metabolic disorder. Deaths that remain unexplained after the post-mortem are usually registered as ‘sudden infant death syndrome’ (SIDS) or ‘sudden unexplained death in childhood’ (SUDC) in a child over 12 months. Sometimes other terms such as SUDI, SUDC or ‘unascertained’ may be used.
While SIDS is rare, it can still happen and there are steps you can take to help reduce the risk for your baby.
Click on the link below for advice from the Lullaby Trust:
How to reduce the risk of SIDS for your baby - The Lullaby Trust
Safer Sleep Week is The Lullaby Trust’s national awareness campaign targeting anyone looking after a young baby. It aims to raise awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the simple advice that reduces the risk of it occurring.
We know that greater awareness of safer sleep leads to a decrease in the numbers of babies dying.
Sadly around 3 babies a week still die from SIDS and if all parents were aware of safer sleep advice many lives could be saved. Around 700,000 babies are born every year in the UK and we need to continue to reach out to all new parents with our life-saving messages.
The Lullaby Trust would love you to get involved with Safer Sleep Week! Here are some of the common ways people join in:
The Lullaby Trust will be releasing resources to help you take part in Safer Sleep Week over the coming months. But for more information, or for Press enquiries, please email their Income and Engagement Team: communications@lullabytrust.org.uk
The National Child Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding Child Exploitation (CE); encouraging everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero-tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or children exploiting and abusing their peers.
Write a personal pledge on your hands to show support for our Helping Hands campaign. Post your photo on social media with the hashtags #HelpingHands #CEADay24 #CEnomorein24 to help us raise awareness of CSE and wider exploitation.
Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety. Each year Safer Internet Day covers online issue or themes that speak to the things young people are seeing and experiencing online.
Safer Internet Day is co-ordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre in partnership with Childnet.
On a local level, we have developed the theme to become more inclusive - as it is recognised that gender-based violence does not exclusively impact women.
This year, we and our partners are taking this opportunity to promote 5 key areas
This content will challenge the assumptions about how domestic and sexual violence may present itself in LGBT+ communities, younger people, and older generations.
This international period of awareness raising is also an opportunity to highlight the important work and support of private, public, charitable, and voluntary sectors.
We work alongside partners including Devon and Cornwall Police, NHS Devon, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, the Probation Service, and the other South West Peninsula Local Authorities; as well as the local Community and Voluntary Sector Standing Tall Partnership, to support people who are vulnerable to all forms of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
We commission the Torbay Domestic Abuse Service to provide support and safe places to stay and Intercom Trust to provide the Safer Rainbow Project – delivering specialist domestic abuse support to LGBT+ communities across Devon.
We also work with Devon Rape Crisis and the Sexual Assault Referral Service to ensure people experiencing sexual violence can receive support.
“As a Council we offer an inclusive service which is something we wanted to highlight during the 16 days of action. Although data clearly indicates that women are predominantly more vulnerable to cases of domestic abuse and sexual violence – we know that this issue is not exclusive to one gender.
