Funding for Anti-bullying Training for Parents

Issued : Sunday 6 April, 2014

€60,000 is being provided to support the delivery of anti-bullying training sessions for parents.  The Anti-Bullying Parent Training Programme is being run jointly by the National Parents Councils at Primary and Post Primary levels to support the implementation of the Action Plan on Bullying.  Announcing the funding Minister Quinn said, “This is the second year that my Department has supported this invaluable work which reaches out directly to parents”. 

The training sessions provide supports to parents to enable them to assist their children when issues of bullying arise. Bullying is not a problem schools can tackle alone. Parents, families and the wider community have an important role to play in tackling all forms of bullying and in teaching children how to manage relationships, be resilient and have empathy for others.

Last year 105 anti-bullying parent training sessions was delivered to 3,279 participants nationwide.