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NORTHERN IRELAND Children 'silent over bullying' The NSPCC launches a public education initiative A third of Northern Ireland teenagers know another young person being harmed through bullying, parental fighting or self-inflicted harm, according to a new survey. However, it found most teenagers who knew a friend being harmed had not told an adult about it. The NSPCC survey, published on Tuesday, showed children instead chose to confide in other friends. But if a friend confided in them about a harmful experience, one in four would not do anything about it, said the charity. The findings coincide with the launch of NSPCC Northern Ireland's next phase of its campaign to give children and young people someone to turn to. It is a public education initiative to encourage every child to speak to someone they trust if they are worried about anything. New resources for schools, fundraising initiatives and a call for increased peer support schemes in schools form the basis for the campaign. It will include Someone to Turn To talks for secondary schools. The NSPCC's director in Northern Ireland, Ian Elliott,
said: “Vulnerable young teenagers are being exposed to many serious,
sometimes life-threatening situations.
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