Forming an anti-bullying organisation

There are a lot of anti-bullying organisations in existence already, but from what I have found. there isn't much of a focus on making a change: it seems to be mainly just philosophy and reassuring the victim it is not their fault. This has a place, but it seems to me to be ineffective when dealing with bullying as a bully is unlikely to change his or her thinking soon, or to be concerned about the impact on others. Also, if it is tolerated it will continue. There is a system of laws, but unless the bullying is physical, it is difficult to involve the police in the matter, and it is something which is probably more appropriate to be dealt with by the ordinary citizen. But it does need to be dealt with, and the ordinary citizen needs the power to do so. Authority figures can help, but they have to be trustworthy, and this is not always the case - some are bullies themselves. Therefore, what I propose is to form something which involves incidents of bullying being reported and they are investigated accordingly (in an appropriate and civilised manner of course!) Working together will make this possible.
What I am stuck on is what procedures to employ if a bully is found out. This is only a possibility, and I am not formally planning to put it into existence as yet, but
I would also appreciate your feedback on the idea generally.

By 'working together' I meant people working together generally. I was not proposing forming an organisation on the forums.

As a slightly more than general idea - i think that it's a really good one.

I think that you've thought about this in quite a lot of detail already and am interested in hearing some more.

Therefore, what I propose is to form something which involves incidents of bullying being reported and they are investigated accordingly

^^ this organisation that you propose would be the ones investigating and following up on everything - what kind of bullies are you talking of here.. are you looking at investigating all of them from the childs classroom up to the workplace or are you specifically looking at targeting a certain group..? Maybe starting with a particular environment and then looking at expanding if things take off..?

The procedures if a bully is found out are difficult to work out.. you'd have to have the agreement of authorities or the voluntary participation of the bullies..
Can I suggest a visit to your local police station or somewhere..? might be useful as a starting point for what you could do
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scepticalblahblah wrote:As a slightly more than general idea - i think that it's a really good one.

I think that you've thought about this in quite a lot of detail already and am interested in hearing some more.

Therefore, what I propose is to form something which involves incidents of bullying being reported and they are investigated accordingly

^^ this organisation that you propose would be the ones investigating and following up on everything - what kind of bullies are you talking of here.. are you looking at investigating all of them from the childs classroom up to the workplace or are you specifically looking at targeting a certain group..? Maybe starting with a particular environment and then looking at expanding if things take off..?

The procedures if a bully is found out are difficult to work out.. you'd have to have the agreement of authorities or the voluntary participation of the bullies..
Can I suggest a visit to your local police station or somewhere..? might be useful as a starting point for what you could do
xx

I was proposing dealing with bullying among adults, particularly the workplace. It could be modelled on legal procedures but I would also like to involve some psychological elements such as coping skills. I think it needs more research overall. That is an option, but will need to be done after some planning. Thank you for the suggestion though.

I was proposing dealing with bullying among adults, particularly the workplace. It could be modelled on legal procedures but I would also like to involve some psychological elements such as coping skills. I think it needs more research overall. That is an option, but will need to be done after some planning. Thank you for the suggestion though.

^^ ah okay.. so you have your target group chosen.. cool

If you can keep posting updates as you get further with the research and solid planning stage then i'd really like that. It will be really nice to see someone doing something like this xx