Bullying Times

Monthly Bullying News from Bully OnLine
November 2005

Workplace bullying | School bullying
Stress, health and PTSD | Media requests
Conferences and meetings etc
Support groups | Surveys | Web sites of interest
Achievements of bullying survivors
Books and articles | Tim Field on TV
Dealing with computer viruses and spam
Stockists of Bully in Sight and PTSD
What readers say about Bully in sight

General news

UK Ban Bullying At Work Day Monday 7 November 2005
An opportunity for everyone to get involved: banbullyingatwork/index.htm

Workplace Bullying

Guts needed to tackle NHS bullying culture
http://www.amicus-cphva.org/pressreleases/pr05/prsbulleying.htm

Claims of culture of fear in Plymouth mental health sector
People of Plymouth getting 'second-rate' mental health care: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=141529&command=displayContent&sourceNode=141513&contentPK=13176335&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

Irish workplace bullying laws on the way
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=158004212&p=y58xx49y8

School bullying

Bullying ends in murder of target's father
Marcus Gabadan jailed for minimum 10 years: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4319248.stm

Celebrities support Respect For Others week
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4324958.stm

Confronting bullies who wound with words
83 percent of sixth and seventh graders on Long Island said their schools had a bullying problem: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16lijour.html

Utah proposes state-wide anti-bullying guidelines
http://www.schools.utah.gov/board/summary/Bullyingproposal.pdf

Stress, health and PTSD

Suicide amongst UK vets four times the national average
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4310596.stm

Media requests

My name is Pam Lasuita, I'm a story researcher with CTV in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. A while back I had requested to correspond with people who had experienced Workplace Bullying. I want to let you know that we will be airing  a 3-5 minute feature on Workplace Bullies on the 6 pm news on Thurs November 10. It will be broadcast on CTV Edmonton, Channel 2 locally, and on Star Choice Channel 318 and Bell Express Vu Channel 77. (For those interested, you can also purchase a copy of the story, however it's $70 or $30 for a non-profit society. Call the switchboard at 780-483-3311). Thank you so much to all of you for sharing your most personal experiences. I really appreciate the time and effort people took to get back to me. I was overwhelmed by the positive responses from across the country, and inspired by the strength, courage and determination of so many. Thanks also to the Bully OnLine website; we couldn't have done the feature without their help. I hope by broadcasting this story it will open up the dialogue on Workplace Bullying in Canada even more.

Media requests are at media/media.htm

Conferences, meetings etc

Saturday 19 November 2005: Ensuring a Life-Work Balance, UK National Work-Stress Network 6th annual conference, Birmingham, England: http://www.workstress.net/

For more meetings and conferences see workbully/conf.htm and workbully/events.htm

Support groups etc

Support groups are listed at resources/groups.htm

Surveys, research requests etc

UK: Andrea Adams Trust National Workplace Bullying Survey
Take part in the Andrea Adams Trust National Workplace Bullying Survey at http://www.andreaadamstrust.org/employees/questionnaire.htm

Canada: No Bully For Me Survey
Take part in the Canadian No Bully For Me Bullying Survey : visit http://www.nobullyforme.ca/cgi-bin/esurvey.cgi?action=viewSurvey&id=1123717406

See workbully/surveys.htm for more surveys.

Web sites of interest

All about Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IBS is a classic symptom of stress: http://www.helpforibs.com/

Links to cyberbullying and Internet harassment
http://www.cyberbullying.us/aboutus.php

Testimonies and poems written by survivors of bullying
workbully/survivor.htm

Achievements of survivors of bullying

What survivors of bullying have gone on to achieve...

Books and articles etc

Dealing with computer viruses and spam

Are you bombarded with computer viruses and spam?
There's guidance for new (and not so new) users of the Internet regarding viruses, spam and scam: action/newuser.htm

Stockists of books published by Success Unlimited

What readers say about Bully in sight

"I cannot put into words how much your book has helped me and how grateful I am that you wrote it."

More reader feedback on Bully in sight at successunlimited/books/tstmbis.htm
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