The Anti Bullying Alliance is funded by the Department to deliver a three year programme of work from April 2008 to (i) raise awareness of how to recognise, prevent and tackle bullying in the education sector, and (ii) offer support and challenge to local authorities and schools to help embed anti-bullying work effectively on the ground.
The funding allocated to this work, excluding VAT, in each of the next three years is shown in the table.
Awareness raising Embedding work 2008-09 299,174 550,000 2009-10 298,950 550,000 2010-11 308,603 550,000