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Youth activities
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Youth activities can help young people to make friends, gain new
skills and build confidence and resilience. But a few can find they
are always left out. If permitted to continue, these situations can
send a message to the group that bullying is acceptable.
Many young people look to the youth club as a refuge from
bullying they are experiencing elsewhere. Some groups form in
response to a particular need, such as to support newcomers, carers
or a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender group – these groups
report high levels of bullying experienced, but not necessarily
within the group. Some of the young people in youth clubs consulted
for the development of this guidance reported having been bullied
‘a lot’, although many of these said that the bullying had taken
place some time ago.