There were lots more ideas and great comments. Here are some of them:

• Make sure what has been said today takes action
• This type of event should be replicated at a local level across the city to include more schools and youth
• Can we set up a multi-agency forum to meet regularly?
• A national schools competition – poster and slogan, prize for the best slogan to be displayed in all Birmingham schools
• Have young people on steering groups
• Find out why bullies bully
• Everyone should work as a team to fight against bullies
• Make sure school policy clear to students and their families
• Share conference experience with schools
• No schools to be in denial. Give them 6 months to feedback progress, then 12 months feedback
• Ensure all are represented at next summit eg Special Schools
• Change targets so that schools don’t pretend bullying doesn’t exist to look good
• Teach how to make friends
• Introduce “respect” into the curriculum
• Screen savers which can be downloaded (silent protest)
• Anti-bullying champions – celebrity endorsement
• Tackle by-stander culture
• Handbook for adults to understand how to combat bullying
• Workshops for carers and parents
• Confidential help by text, email etc – City Service
• Show bullies how it is to be bullied by showing pictures of bullying
• I think to stop bullies in the future, we should listen to the bully’s point of view or even make bullies listen to the victim
• Teenagers/children might find it easier to talk to other teens/children
• Make areas safe for children when not in school
• Use cameras so the bullies know they are being watched
• We must encourage more working together with our children to construct together strong shared and cool messages on our right to freedom from bullying. It is not grassing – it is standing up for freedom
• Focus partnership working/resources in “bullying” hotspots – areas of greater need