A charity has received an award for saving schools thousands of pounds with its anti-bullying campaign Click, Create and Print. Bullying UK used to print posters for Anti-Bullying Week and charge £3.50 for them, however it now allows children to create posters online and print them at school. The charity received an Innovation In The Community Award at the House of Lords last week and a £2,000 grant to help develop the scheme. John Carnell, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bullying UK, said the charity is proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s most innovative organisations. “Some 18 months ago we identified Quick Response codes as being key to the uptake of the mobile web and the filling in of another bit of the digital divide,” he added. The poster project was funded by friends and family of Ben Vodden, who killed himself after he was bullied on the school bus in 2006. Anti-Bullying Week takes place from November 17th to 21st this year.

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17 November 2008
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