Differences are celebrated so that children and young people feel accepted for who they are. They do not experience bullying or discrimination.

People in Leeds have a better understanding of diversity and therefore celebrate differences in abilities, ethnicity, family background, language, religion, sex and opinions. Children and young people feel accepted, included and valued. They have a greater awareness of their rights not to be bullied or discriminated against and know what to do if it happens.

Wish 4 in the Council

There is work taking place within Leeds City Council, lead by our ‘Wish Leads’, on Wish 4 right now. The short-term priorities are:

• Start Wish 4 planning and working groups to support with Anti-bullying & discrimination work.
• To carry out a consultation across the directorate to gather intelligence on bullying and discrimination. This consultation will extend to schools and settings and the findings will be analysed.
• Determine a broad directorate definition of bullying.
• Develop a ‘Services and Resources Hub’ of information for wish 4 on the School Wellbeing site.
• Analyse the data from the My Health My School survey and identify questions which could be
  impact measures for this wish.

The long-term priorities are:

• Bi-annual consultation with services and schools to be in place, to analyse the data/information gained and produce a report on the findings.
• Reduction in number of children and young people reporting bullying incidents in schools and
  learning settings to be determined by the data from the My Health, My School Survey.
• Work with young people to produce a video on bullying and discrimination that could be shared with schools and children and young people.

Download the Wish 4 badges to use in your e-signatures or on resources:

Highlights…

Empathy Week at Ireland Wood Primary School

A year of diversity awareness dates for your calendar!

Leeds CBeebies presenter George Webster on celebrating differences

How does Leeds celebrate and protect its diversity?

Other blog posts on a similar topic…

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  Equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives at Leeds United Foundation
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  The Leeds school teaching empathy to promote acceptance
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  How Leeds celebrates and protects its diversity
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  Leeds Online Safety Campaign with NSPCC
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  Spotlight on: George, a star Child Friendly Leeds Ambassador
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  What is screen-time doing to children’s mental health?

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