Archives for June 2009
Stressed out?
Last week I went to an event about supporting young people’s mental health. People sometimes say silly things about mental health. Maybe they don’t really understand what it means. But the truth is that all of us have days when we feel rubbish from time to time. When bad stuff happens, or people hurt us [...]
Need something fun to do this weekend? Check out the cool stuff going on for Refugee Week
A refugee is someone who has had to run away from their home country because it’s not safe to be there. It may be that they have had to leave because of war or because armed gangs or corrupt people in power are making it very dangerous for them. There are lots of cool [...]
Enquire talks to Vice Chair of Scottish Youth Parliament
Met up with Kris from the Scottish Youth Parliament this week to find out all the gossip and get info about their latest campaign ‘Being Young is Not a Crime’. The Scottish Youth Parliament are about to celebrate their 10th birthday – lots of cool stuff planned, as Kris explains in this interview. So Enquire [...]
Enquire talks to Leith Primary about drama, bullying and making school a better place
This week I met up with Liam, Kyle, Natasha and Sara at Leith Primary. Together with 4 other friends at school they came up with a fantastic drama about racist bullying. The drama won them a prize at a talent show put on by ELREC (Edinburgh and Lothian Race Equality Council). Have a listen, They’ve [...]
Respect is the word of the week
Met up with some of the lovely folk at RespectMe a few days ago. RespectMe is Scotland’s campaign to stop bullying. I thought this poster below was really cool – it has a very important message. Being bullied hurts and knowing what to do to make it stop and who to turn to for [...]
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