Real Lives, Real Stories
Read our true stories about people who have experienced bullying.
They show that bullying can affect very different people in very different contexts. But there is one common message to these stories: that hope and change is always possible, even when everything seems to be against you.
Rick Stevens
Kidscape ambassador Rick Stevens, who featured on TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins, has raised thousands of pounds to support our work after opening up about his own experiences of bullying. He reveals how he turned his life around after leaving school by refusing to let his tormentors grind him down…
Rick Stevens
Kidscape ambassador Rick Stevens, who featured on TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins, has raised thousands of pounds to support our work after opening up about his own experiences of bullying. He reveals how he turned his life around after leaving school by refusing to let his tormentors grind him down…
Sarah
Sarah took part in a ZAP workshop in March 2019 with her daughter Chloe, then eight, who was being bullied at school. Here, the mum-of-three explains how she heard about Kidscape and the impact it’s had on her family’s lives…
Sarah
Sarah took part in a ZAP workshop in March 2019 with her daughter Chloe, then eight, who was being bullied at school. Here, the mum-of-three explains how she heard about Kidscape and the impact it’s had on her family’s lives…
Ben
Ben a passionate athlete and sports journalist, shares his story of bullying during secondary school and how he is now using his experiences to empower others to not suffer in silence...
Ben
Ben a passionate athlete and sports journalist, shares his story of bullying during secondary school and how he is now using his experiences to empower others to not suffer in silence...
Maria
Maria attended a ZAP anti-bulling virtual workshop in April 2020 with her son Tommy who was bullied at his primary school. The mum-of-three explains how Tommy - and her own - experience inspired her to write a children’s book about bullying…
Maria
Maria attended a ZAP anti-bulling virtual workshop in April 2020 with her son Tommy who was bullied at his primary school. The mum-of-three explains how Tommy - and her own - experience inspired her to write a children’s book about bullying…