About Friends

Leading the fight to end bullying and protect every child’s right to safety

Friends is the leading force against bullying, working to ensure that every child grows up free from bullying, harassment and degrading treatment. Friends equips children and adults with the insights, skills, courage, and tools necessary to create meaningful change. Friends focuses on engaging and empowering adults at every level of society to act to prevent and reduce bullying. Friends works to increase knowledge and awareness about bullying, its consequences, and effective evidence-based interventions—in everyday life, in schools, online, and within sports. Friends provides advice and support for children and youth who have experienced bullying, and advocates towards decision-makers to strengthen children’s right to safety.

We want to create a society without bullying

Where every child feels loved and respected. Where nobody goes to sleep feeling sad, wakes up feeling anxious and leaves for school with a sinking feeling in their stomach. Where self-esteem wins out over self-hate. Children need our support, and we need yours. Together we can stop bullying!