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Theatre, film, education, anti-bullying and empowerment. Touring to schools, colleges, prisons and theatres all over the UK and abroad.

Actionwork uses creative activities to deal with, explore and challenge difficult issues including bullying, racism and homophobia. We also provide skills training, INSET for teachers and workshops for students, parents and professionals. We make films with and for young people and we produce the annual anti-bullying roadshow. We produced the UK's first national anti-bullying conference for young people. We produced the world's first anti-bullying festival. Our work has taken us across the world performing in theatres, schools, youth centres, universities, public buildings and open air spaces. Actionwork specialises in educational theatre and theatre for communities. In addition to producing high quality theatre we tackle issues of bullying, violence, racism, homophobia and drug misuse. We produced Britains first ever national anti-bullying conference for young people in 2003 and the worlds first festival and largest anti-bullying event in 2006. Films include 'Silent Scream', 'A taste of Tie', 'Violence in Camden', '1000 Voices', 'The anti-Bullying Spies' and 'How to Stop Bullying'. For more information please see our website http://www.actionwork.com and please see our YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/actionwork and follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ #!/touringschools

30/09/2026

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me....

22/09/2026

Amazing!

Anti Bullying Week is getting closer.

Schools, families and organisations are beginning to think about what they might do this year, so this feels like a good time to introduce a new home for this page.

AntiBullyingWeek.co.uk is now live.

The new website has free activities and resources, ideas for Anti Bullying Week 2026, information and support for schools and parents, research, the history of Anti Bullying Week and perspectives on bullying from around the world. There are also some rather different ways to explore the subject, including the Definition Wheel, the Bullying Metro and an interactive Globe.

But the website isn't intended to tell everyone what anti bullying work should look like. Instead, I hope it encourages people to explore, question, talk and develop approaches that make sense for their own young people and communities.

And there's one question at the heart of it: Do we make anti bullying work for young people, or with them?

The website is independent and free to use. Have a look around, try things out, and please share anything you think might be useful to someone else.

AntiBullyingWeek.co.uk

01/09/2026

When does something online become harm?

A joke. An image. A share. A laugh. Then it spreads.

Our new free 2-minute safeguarding film, When Does It Become Harm?, invites young people to explore online behaviour, responsibility and the choices that can change what happens next.

There’s no single correct answer.

The film comes with a free, no-prep Watch • Discuss • Play • Reflect classroom activity for KS2–KS4.

When did it become harm?
Who could have changed what happened?

Free to use and share with schools and educational settings.

https://youtu.be/ewNh9tLw0LQ?si=gH7kcJLUDWJdbCQ9

10/08/2026

How does your school play?

Every year the UK celebrates National Play day in August. As part o...

08/06/2026

Now booking for Anti Bullying Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCGwfFvGsGI

Cyberbullying does not stop at the school gate. It follows young pe...

07/05/2026

All about Actionwork
https://youtu.be/8ODqYOsUKMg?si=RwYmBWqxCHPgwFLW
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Welcome to Actionwork Theatre and Films.This channel is where schools, colleges and communities come for creative anti-bullying, Social Theatre and empowerme...

30/04/2026

Proactive Play, trauma and resilience.
https://youtu.be/PeBVxqQj4uA?si=z8tZvb0IZIk6EGU1

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17/02/2026

Watch Episode 17 of the Play Absolutely Podcast. Join us for the debate and share your questions live on air. Recreation - Recreate, Conflict, Nature and more. We'd love to see you. Neuro-Dramatic-Play NDP Play Wild CIC CHILDREN AT PLAY WORLD WIDE

In this episode of the Play Absolutely podcast, Dr. Andy Hickson and Dr Sue Jennings discuss the evolving landscape of play in education, highlighting recent...

03/02/2026

We keep saying it: theatre changes lives.
But when we claim “transformation,” what do we actually mean, and what evidence backs it up?

Romancing the Change: Theatre. Power. Transformation. challenges the grand impact stories often told in applied and social theatre, and asks a sharper question: when does hope become a claim. This isn’t anti-theatre. It’s pro-honesty, pro-rigour, and pro-young people’s power.

Watch it, then tell me: what would count as real evidence of change for you?

We keep saying it. Theatre changes lives.But when practitioners claim “transformation,” what do they actually mean, and what evidence backs it up. This short...

13/01/2026

What's the difference between Applied Theatre and Social Theatre?

A respectful myth-busting guide with examples, overlap maps, and the Italian “teatro sociale” lens.People use “Applied Theatre” and “Social Theatre” like the...

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