advice with bullying is the helpline Youth2Youth. It’s the UK’s first National Young Person’s helpline, run by young people, for young people. Everyone is specially trained and they offer emotional support for 11-19 year olds. They are a great organisation if you don’t want to talk to friends or family. Contact is by telephone, email via the site or online chat and is totally confidential.
You can also volunteer to help out – volunteers must be aged 16-21 and are carefully selected and trained so that they can help callers with a range of problems. Check out their website for the next training weekend.
☎ 020 8896 3675
(every Monday and Thursday evening from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.)
www.youth2youth.co.uk
My mum hugged me and said: ‘My darling, you’re gorgeous. Don’t listen to them.’
I LEFT Hawthorne School – thank God. I’d hardly been there because I kept suffering from tonsillitis and was off sick quite a bit. I was happy to leave. I hated it. I moved to another school called Westmark, which specialised in teaching kids with dyslexia. It was great. Aimee joined too.
On my first day, I met Molly and Tali, who instantly became my best friends. I walked into the classroom and I was immediately drawn to Molly, who had different colour bracelets going all the way up her arm. Tali was sitting next to her, laughing. They were the only two who seemed like fun. With the greatest of respect to them, we were known at school as the Three Fat Girls! I’m not joking. Some of the kids at school knew about my dad. Molly and Tali were not bothered and that’s why I wanted to be their friend. I’m still in touch with them now. Molly is a stylist to the stars. Tali works in communications in Israel.
Famous people who were bullied at school
Gok Wan
David and Victoria Beckham
Barack Obama
Will Young
Rihanna
Jonathan Ross
Jamie Redknapp
Jessica Alba
Get Connected offer a free, confidential helpline. They can put you in touch with somewhere safe to stay for the night, offer advice or even just a shoulder to cry on. Contact them by telephone, email or webchat.
☎ 0808 808 4994
[email protected]
www.getconnected.org.uk/home
Bullying UK is an award-winning charity which provides information and advice on bullying. They run workshops, speak at conferences and work with schools, youth organisations, the police and health trusts. Contact them via email, check out their site or Twitter.
[email protected]
www.bullying.co.uk
I became very Americanised thanks to those two. After school, everyone used to hang out at the nearest shopping mall and they took me with them. Our favourite was Century City, which is one of the biggest in Los Angeles. It was here that I did a lot of my growing up. The deal was we’d all go home straight after school and do our homework for an hour. Then my mum would drop me off outside where the valets would stand. That was another great thing about LA. Whenever you drive to a shopping mall or hotel, there is always someone waiting to meet you. They take your keys and park your car for you. It saves so much time not having to piss around looking for a parking space. That was the spot where my mum always used to drop me off. I would call her when I wanted pickingup. If I was making my own way home, I had to be back by 10 p.m. at the latest.
I’d run from the car and walk over this bridge that used to join Century City to a little field where we’d all hang out. The sun would still be hot at 5 p.m. and we’d all lie out and talk. It would usually be the girls in one corner and the guys in another. We used to keep running back to the shopping centre to grab a drink at Coffee Bean, which sells hot drinks, cold drinks, smoothies and cakes. In Los Angeles there are Coffee Beans on every bloody street corner. In the UK, they have pubs.
Some of the kids in my class that I used to hang out with had started smoking. And sure, I was interested in giving it a go
You can also volunteer to help out – volunteers must be aged 16-21 and are carefully selected and trained so that they can help callers with a range of problems. Check out their website for the next training weekend.
☎ 020 8896 3675
(every Monday and Thursday evening from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.)
www.youth2youth.co.uk
My mum hugged me and said: ‘My darling, you’re gorgeous. Don’t listen to them.’
I LEFT Hawthorne School – thank God. I’d hardly been there because I kept suffering from tonsillitis and was off sick quite a bit. I was happy to leave. I hated it. I moved to another school called Westmark, which specialised in teaching kids with dyslexia. It was great. Aimee joined too.
On my first day, I met Molly and Tali, who instantly became my best friends. I walked into the classroom and I was immediately drawn to Molly, who had different colour bracelets going all the way up her arm. Tali was sitting next to her, laughing. They were the only two who seemed like fun. With the greatest of respect to them, we were known at school as the Three Fat Girls! I’m not joking. Some of the kids at school knew about my dad. Molly and Tali were not bothered and that’s why I wanted to be their friend. I’m still in touch with them now. Molly is a stylist to the stars. Tali works in communications in Israel.
Famous people who were bullied at school
Gok Wan
David and Victoria Beckham
Barack Obama
Will Young
Rihanna
Jonathan Ross
Jamie Redknapp
Jessica Alba
Get Connected offer a free, confidential helpline. They can put you in touch with somewhere safe to stay for the night, offer advice or even just a shoulder to cry on. Contact them by telephone, email or webchat.
☎ 0808 808 4994
[email protected]
www.getconnected.org.uk/home
Bullying UK is an award-winning charity which provides information and advice on bullying. They run workshops, speak at conferences and work with schools, youth organisations, the police and health trusts. Contact them via email, check out their site or Twitter.
[email protected]
www.bullying.co.uk
I became very Americanised thanks to those two. After school, everyone used to hang out at the nearest shopping mall and they took me with them. Our favourite was Century City, which is one of the biggest in Los Angeles. It was here that I did a lot of my growing up. The deal was we’d all go home straight after school and do our homework for an hour. Then my mum would drop me off outside where the valets would stand. That was another great thing about LA. Whenever you drive to a shopping mall or hotel, there is always someone waiting to meet you. They take your keys and park your car for you. It saves so much time not having to piss around looking for a parking space. That was the spot where my mum always used to drop me off. I would call her when I wanted pickingup. If I was making my own way home, I had to be back by 10 p.m. at the latest.
I’d run from the car and walk over this bridge that used to join Century City to a little field where we’d all hang out. The sun would still be hot at 5 p.m. and we’d all lie out and talk. It would usually be the girls in one corner and the guys in another. We used to keep running back to the shopping centre to grab a drink at Coffee Bean, which sells hot drinks, cold drinks, smoothies and cakes. In Los Angeles there are Coffee Beans on every bloody street corner. In the UK, they have pubs.
Some of the kids in my class that I used to hang out with had started smoking. And sure, I was interested in giving it a go
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