Childline counselling for cyber-bullying continues to rise

    New figures released for Anti-Bullying Week reveal counselling sessions about cyber-bullying delivered by Childline were up by 12 per cent from the previous year.

    Since Childline, run by the NSPCC, specifically started recording cyber-bullying counselling sessions five years ago they have more than doubled.

    Name-calling, spreading rumours, death threats and blackmail posted publicly on social media profiles, blogs and online pictures were just some of the ways young people told counsellors they were being tormented. 

    This year Anti-Bullying Week looks at the theme 'All Different, All Equal' to empower children and young people to celebrate what makes them, and others, unique.

    Children as young as nine told Childline counsellors they were being targeted by online bullies, with girls and 12 to 15-year-olds receiving the most counselling sessions about this issue.

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