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Richard Crompton meets Secretary of State for Children, Ed Balls

Posted on: 08.03.2009
Young Anti-Bullying Alliance After recently being selected to take part in the Young Anti-Bullying Alliance network (a joint partnership with the Princess Diana Award and the Anti-Bullying Alliance), I was delighted to be invited down to London on 24th February to take part in a consultation with Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. After an extremely early start and an hour spent trying to get on the right tube lines, I finally arrived in Westminster at the new DCSF building. First thing first, most of us had to turn each other from perfect strangers into a close-knit team. After that, it was straight down to business. The morning comprised of various different consultations relating to how bullying amongst pupils can be prevented once they've left the school gates - for example on the bus. This was a fantastic opportunity to share good practice as this is something the Anti-Bullying Committee is researching at the moment. In the afternoon, after a very (un)healthy lunch, we spent a very imaginative two hours thinking of ways that Anti-Bullying Week 2009 could be launched - giving it the press coverage and media attention that it deserves. We then put our ideas forward to Ed Balls and his official aids. He was extremely down-to-earth and very receptive of our suggestions and thoughts. All in all, it was a fantastic day and I would just like to say thank you to Dr Bromley and Mrs Walker for making this opportunity possible! Richard Crompton Head Boy