Orange Rockcorps! Beat Bullying & Cyber Mentors!

I had the most wonderful afternoon yesterday volunteering for Orange Rockcorps!  I decided I wanted to spend my time being involved with Beatbullying & Cyber Mentors.  I was trained up by the lovely Chloe for a few hours and actually graduated as a Cyber Mentor!  I am so pleased as I went to boarding school as witnessed a lot of bullying go on.  I think it’s so important for young peeps to have people they can talk to & that can be there for them… Here is some info on the site…

 ”Beatbullying ‘s CyberMentors is a unique and pioneering programme to tackle cyberbullying and help keep safe the millions of children and young people that use social networking, mobile and text messaging services; designed by young people for young people.   CyberMentors are young people who help, assist and support their peers in an online virtual community, as well as on mobiles, helping to safeguard themselves and act as mentors and guides to young people they meet online.  

CyberMentors emphasis is still on peer to peer support, similar to existing peer mentoring schemes, except it also exists in an online capacity.  CyberMentors work with their peers in a virtual environment, assisting and mentoring their peers to ensure they are safe and can report cyberbullying safely and get the peer to peer support they need.  ”

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