Introduce personal safety & criminal action awareness training in schools in UK

Closed 119 signatures

What the petition asks

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,

Timeline

29 Sep 2016	Petition opened for signatures
29 Mar 2017	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 119

Status Closed

Opened 29 Sep 2016

Closed 29 Mar 2017

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