The Active Bystander training programme aims to empower students to challenge poor behaviours, and bring about cultural change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour in the session you will gain

An understanding of what bystander apathy is and the importance of being an active bystander
Learn skills and techniques to positively challenge bullying, harassment, micro-aggressions and other inappropriate behaviours
Agreed steps to take to be an effective bystander
Decision-making techniques to help you overcome fear and self-doubt when faced with a challenging situation
Assertiveness techniques to give you confidence and tools to speak out, whether they are dealing with the challenge directly or calling for help from others

In this 60 minute session you will learn decision-making and personal effectiveness techniques to overcome the initial fear of tackling challenging situations. You will learn how you can personally intervene when you see, feel or hear any type of behaviour directed at you or others that you think is hurtful or discriminatory. You will work though a number of scenarios and identify what options you have. You will be able to implement the learning from this session immediately.

No pre-work is needed, please note that the content of this course might tigger uncomfortable feelings/memories we advise that you allow yourself 30 minutes after the course just to gather your thoughts or reach out to a trusted person or student wellbeing services.

The session will be facilitated a trainer from the Active Bystander Training company. The session will be delivered via Teams and you will be sent the link for the live session 3 days before your session. Please do make sure you have kept the time free in your calendar and please consider booking a bit of refection time immediately after the session.

Below are some useful links that you may wish to access following the course

Report and Support  provides resources and support as well as being a tool for reporting any form of bullying, harassment, discrimination or abuse.    

Our Harassment Contacts are here to provide support to staff and students if they are being bullied or harassed.

Mental health and wellbeing support services are here to support you right from one to one support to self-help resources.