#AreYouListeningNow
Friday 28th February 2025 is International Stand Up to Bullying Day.
We have chosen this day to recognise the ongoing trauma of bullying that many young people experience AND the bullying of children & families by schools, councils and legislation.
Join us for our 8 days of action (plus a day of rest!)
Friday 28th February 2025- Nationwide Digital Protest
Please note – this is not a placard, chain yourself to a fence, march around kinda protest.
It is a hang out with your friends and family, get the felt-tips out and eat cake (or carrots!) style protest.
There are reasons we are doing it this way – you can find out more here: click here
1. Choose your location
Home, at a friends, in the park, at a group or at work etc
2. Create a banner saying #AreYouListeningNow
You can do this ahead of time if you prefer
3. Photograph you (and your children/family/friends/organisation) holding it up
Children or anyone camera shy can be behind the banner/s!
4. Post to every social media group you are in – share, share, share!
Your profile, your village/town/city, family/parenting/childrens groups – tag in media, Government, MP’s & Councils
5. Include #AreYouListeningNow
And this link: www.doingeducationdifferently.co.uk/areyoulisteningnow
PRESS PACK COMING SOON!!
with templates to custimise and share with your local papers and media outlets
What do we want to achieve?
1. Local media to support children & families by sharing their stories – or the story of this protest.
2. National media to give us the same platform afforded to headteachers and policy makers.
3. For the voices of children and families to reach the 835 members of the House of Lords.
Primary Goal
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to be throroughly scrutinised and for the register of Children Not in School and the Unique Identifier policy to be removed, until it can be fully investigated and researched, with an impact assessment that engages broad stakeholder input.
Secondary Goal:
An full independent review of our mainstream schooling system with the purpose of building a strategic plan for how we can instigate meaningful reform – working with innovative organisations and individuals and looking to Scandinavia for insight into wellbeing and education.
We also support the following outcomes:
– Removal of the school fine system.
– Reversal of VAT on fee paying independent schools.
– Bridget Philipson MP beeing held accountable for her anti-family rhetoric.
