Submitted on Wednesday 28th September 2016
Published on Thursday 29th September 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Signatures: 119
Introduce personal safety & criminal action awareness training in schools in UK
We are teachers & self defence instructors that work with children of all ages and last year we surveyed a number of pupils in secondary schools in South Yorkshire. 6/10 freely admitted that they had a fear of violence from other pupils. 4/10 pupils freely admitted being attacked in the community.
violent Crime figures are rising year by year and from 2015-2016 grow by 27%. Our survey showed that the fear of physical violence, harassment or abuse was making 2/10 children severely depressed and had a dramatic effect on the learner of others. The fear of peer pressure and threats of violence had a dramatic effect on Girls taking part Physical education. Only 2/10 children surveyed said they would know or be confident in what to do to protect themselves against aggression or violence,
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