Beatbullying Cybermentors Service

EDM number 730 in 2009-10, proposed by Anne McGuire on 27/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Information technology.

That this House congratulates the charity Beatbullying for providing a safe online space for the 275,000 young people who have accessed the Cybermentors website to get help and support from their peers on the issue of bullying; honours the dedication of the 2200 11 to 15 year olds who sacrifice their time to help their peers by becoming cybermentors and senior cybermentors; recognises that 69 per cent. of children in the UK report being bullied, and that one in three 11 to 16 year olds have been the victim of cyber bullying; appreciates the devastating effect that bullying can have on a young person's life; calls on all hon. Members to support the initiative to combat bullying and cyberbullying in their constituencies; further recognises that Beatbullying's You can speak out advertisements for the Cybermentors service are being shown in cinemas and on billboards across the UK; and further calls on Clearcast to reconsider its decision to ban the advertisements from television.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.