Liam Hackett
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 33 |
| Date of birth | January 19,1991 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | St Helens |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | Ditch The Label |
| Education | University of Sussex |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1314621 |
Liam Hackett Life story
Liam Hackett is an activist and entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of the global equality and anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label. Hackett is also known as one of the stars of Huffington Post's reality series, 'The New Activists'.
TikTok suppressed disabled users' videos
... It is concerning that young people with disabilities have been actively excluded from participating on a platform that prides itself as being fun and inclusive, said chief executive Liam Hackett...
Bullying: Fifth of young people in UK have been victims in past year - report
... Its annual survey has become its flagship piece of research, chief executive officer Dr Liam Hackett said...
Transgender people treated ‘inhumanely' online
... This report uncovers the shocking and inhumane ways in which transgender people are targeted, harassed, and abused on digital platforms, said Ditch the Label s chief Liam Hackett...
Brighton Pride sorry over lack of disabled access to Kylie's show
... She was joined in the disabled tent with no view of Kylie by Liam Hackett and his mum, who s an amputee, and gran, who uses a wheelchair...
Bullying: Fifth of young people in UK have been victims in past year - report
A fifth of Young People in the UK have been bullied in The Past 12 months, an annual report has found.
Three out of four people who were bullied said it affected their Mental Health and nearly half became depressed as a result, according to.
These figures were almost identical to those from last year's survey.
Children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said "more needs to be done" in light of the "worrying" data.
More Than 2,000 Young People aged between 12 and 20 provided responses for the survey about their experiences of bullying and the impact it has had on their lives in The Past year.
It also assessed prejudice-based views including racism, sexism, homophobia, disablism and transphobia in an effort to better understand bullying behaviour.
Ditch the Label is an international charity supporting Young People aged 12 to 25 to help tackle the "root issues" around bullying. Its annual survey has become its "flagship" piece of research, chief executive officer Dr Liam Hackett said.
The seventh annual survey found:
Ms Longfield said the impact bullying has On Children can be "enormous", affecting their confidence, self-esteem and Mental Health .
"More needs to be done at home and in schools to help those who are The Victims of bullying and also, crucially, to prevent children from bullying in the First Place ," she added.
'No Escape 'Some children who were bullied described cyberbullying as a major part of the problem, with one 14-year-old boy adding: "I go to school and get bullied. Go Home and online and still get bullied. I can't ever escape it. "
Others cited teachers' unhelpful reaction to bullies, with one 15-year-old boy saying his teacher was homophobic: "Whenever anyone in class makes comments, they just laugh and do nothing about it. "
The Report comes as analysis of NHS figures suggests the health service cancelled 175,000 Mental Health appointments for children and Young People in The Past year.
Mental Health charity Mind has published data indicating a 25% increase in The Number of cancelled or postponed appointments for Young People accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
It suggests 175,094 appointments were cancelled or postponed by the NHS service between August 2018 and July 2019 compared with 140,327 in the same period the year before.
Mind said the figures were taken from the Nhs Digital Mental Health Services Data Set .
racism, homophobia, mental health, bullying, children, children' s commissioner for england, sexism
Source of news: bbc.com
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