Education

A self-organised group of LGBT people working or volunteering in education, including headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants, school governors.  The Group interacts using a private o

In our Campaigns section we report on the story so far, on our effort to persuade Bbristol City Council's Children and Young People's Services Directorate to deliver on their many promises in respe

Below is a collection of links and documents for those wishing to find out more about Government and Bristol City Council's policies and strategies on bullying.

If you are in immediate danger, call 999 NOW!  Else, to report a non-urgent homophobic incident, you can ring the Freephone helpline 0808 1000 143 (10am-4pm Mon-Fri and 10am-12pm Sat) or use the Email anonymous reporting facility: http://www.eachaction.org.uk/hir (you will need to register, to prevent hoax reports, but your details will remain anonymous).  EACH is a national charitable organisation set up to address homophobia through training and education. They provide a confidential Actionline for young people and adults affected by homophobia.   EACH also offer a Casework service covering Bristol and South Gloucestershire. 

Below are downloadable copies of the Report from the Open Meeting held at the Council House, on September 30th, last year.  Pologies for the delay, we had to ensure all spekers had an opportunity to view and send corrections of their section.  Please remember to download all the files.  If you do not have Microsoft Office, you can download the open source equivalent, OpenOffice, which will open tehse documents http://download-new-version.com/openoffice/index.asp

Kids will love it and Teachers will find it an invaluable educational resource to tackle Homophobic bullying in school.   We're talking about 'Fit', originally a play staged by Stonewall to tackle homophobic language and promoting LGBT inclusion, recently turned into a DVD and soon to be sent out to ALL UK secondary schools.

Below is a collection of links and downloadable dowcuments from Stonewall's "Education for All.", as well as a link to their Educational Champions Programme, which Councillor Hopkins assu