NO to Gervay's son bullied. YES to Gervay joining SCOUTS in their FIRST Anti-Bullying Program to 1600 kids at Scouts Cuboree Sept 29-3rd Oct
FIRST TIME anti-bullying focus by SCOUTS. It begins with1600 girls and boys at Cub Scouts Cuboree 29 Sept- 3rd October a 5 day camp at Appin NSW.
Adventures with hikes, bush craft, ropes, canoeing, obstacle courses, rock climbing that:-
- Empower to new levels of achievement and develop strength, trust, teamwork through adventure
- Facilitate friendship, excitement and learning
- FIRST TIME foster leadership in ANTI-BULLYING.
As one of the leading non-formal educational movement in the world, SCOUTS understands their unique position to delver this anti-bullying program.
Scouts NSW Youth Protection Team created an anti-bullying package to help youth members recognise the five areas of bullying - physical, verbal, relational, group and cyber. This will be presented for the FIRST time to an audience at Cuboree. It was developed in response to the increasing number of children experiencing bullying within their communities. Scouts NSW Executive Manager Renee Jensen said. 'These workshops will give them an opportunity for self-reflection.'
SCOUTS
With over 17,000 youth and adult members from various cultural and religious backgrounds and with varying abilities, Scouts is one of the largest and most successful youth organisations in the world.
Sign up, volunteer and/or join - scoutsnsw.com.au
SUSANNE GERVAY OAM
Susanne Gervay OAM educational consultant and author, has been awarded the Social Justice Literature Award by International Literacy Association for her body of work. She is a strong advocate against bullying in all her books. In particular, her 'I AM JACK' books tackle the issue of human rights. As a child of refugees, human rights is the core to justice. Her JACK books are on the curriculum and she is especially thrilled to be working with SCOUTS. sgervay.com
Key Facts:
SCOUTS! First time Anti-Bullying program from one of the leading non-formal educational movements in the world.
1600 girls and boys of the cub SCOUTS will foster the anti-bullying movement
Cub Scouts advocate Youth leadership
All kids, diverse, from everywhere to lead the campaign for anti-bullying.
SCOUTS empower youth to bring justice to all kids through the world.
SCOUTS and Susanne Gervay join forces against bullying.
Contact details:
Media Contact: SCOUTS
Samuel Spurr [email protected]
M: +61 438 501 005
Susanne [email protected]
M: +61 413 050 922