Name

Ndanatsei 

School

Bramley St Peter's C of E Primary

Age

10

Issue

Stop bullying throughout schools and the community

Summary

Summarise your idea in once sentence

Bullying is wrong! Peace is right!

Your Idea (no more than 200 words)

If I was Children’s Mayor of Leeds….

I would try to minimise bullying around schools and the community. Did you know, bullying affects more than half of the people in Leeds: whether this be verbal bullying or physical bullying? Bullying harms not just children, but teenagers and adults too. Bullying can cause feelings such as: loneliness, shyness, feeling scared to go to school, and in very serious cases, taking one’s own life.

How will your idea make a difference? (no more than 100 words)

Awareness is crucial. Bullies can spread rumours which could cause one to feel ashamed of themselves; self esteem could be affected and a bully may feel as if they have ‘won’. Tackling bullies will mean children and young people would not feel ashamed, have higher self esteem and the bully will not have the satisfaction of thinking they have won.

Who will benefit from your idea? (no more than 100 words)

All children, teenagers and adults would benefit from my idea. As Children’s Mayor I would be able to tackle existing issues of bullying, which I myself have experienced, and also to try to prevent new incidences of bullying.

Low cost / no cost idea for how other children in the city can help with your manifesto

1. Firstly I would create posters to persuade people to stop bullying and also give people ideas on how to tackle the problem. I would print these out and send them to every school in Leeds, to libraries, to police stations, to hospitals, to parks and to community centres.
2. Secondly I would write letters to all teachers in Leeds to get them to inform the children in their care of how bad bullying is, why it needs to be stopped and what children and young people should do if they see it happening.
3. Finally I would raise a campaign where myself and other victims of bullying (and those who have witnessed bullying) can speak out.
4. The right way forward is to stop bullying and promote peace.

Thank you, Ndanatsei Chinyoka.