Daniel’s Trust
FIGHT AGAINST BULLYING
All the weary mothers of the earth will
finally rest
we will take their babies in our arms and
do our best
When the sun is low upon the field
To love and music they will yeild
And the weary mothers of the earth shall
restshall rest
joan beaz 1972
Our first campaign will be stating early
June with the arrival of our first lot of FAB (bully) bands
made specially for Daniel’s Trust
We intend to distribute as many bands as
possible to serving military personnel complete with details of
helpline numbers. We will be visiting as many camps as
possible and will keep this site update with our progress
If you would like to purchase a FAB band
they are £2.00 each please
There are two sizes please specify
Adult or Ladies/children
On the 7th June parents from Deepcut & Beyond and
the Trust held a meeting in London. FAB bands were
given to Nicholas Blake QC and MPs present at that meeting.
Bands were also sent to the Prime Minister and his
family, MPs that had sat on the last Defence Select Committee
and the Ministry of Defence
A few days latter Daniel’s Trust
received a letter of thanks from the Prime Minster
The BBC contacted the trust for it’s
comments on the video
Secret filming
The Army has begun an investigation into
the training of young recruits after the BBC obtained video
footage. Amateur film by a soldier at the Army's School
of Infantry in Catterick last year appears to show a soldier
putting his boot on a recruit's neck.
Anti-bullying campaigner Lynn Farr said
the "fine line" between discipline and abuse is
"crossed over far too much". Last month the MoD
accepted there had to be a complete change of culture in the
training of recruits. It followed a House of Commons
committee report which criticised the MoD for failing in its
"duty of care" towards young soldiers.
One British Army soldier garrisoned at
Catterick said he has been persistently bullied in his unit and
is now absent without leave. "It scares me now, the
thought of going back there. Imagine going to work every day
and wondering if you are going to be hit in the face, in the
chest," he said. BBC defence correspondent Paul Wood
said the Army certainly has a duty of care to ensure its
recruits are not bullied, but it also has another duty of care
"to ensure they know the job of an infantryman" and
how to survive in combat. "But they are aren't supposed to
be humiliated," he said.
Our correspondent added that some of
these pictures "are uncomfortably similar to images of
prisoner abuse in Iraq". Campaigners are calling for
a new complaints procedure, outside the chain of command in the
Army. Mrs Farr has campaigned to stop abuse in the
forces since her 18-year-old son Daniel died in Catterick in
1997. She said soldiers are frequently seeking help from
her.
However, Hughie Monro, the Commandant of
the Army School of Infantry, told the BBC the Army had
"turned a corner". "We really are going
forwards in a proper and positive way. I am very proud of what
goes on here. "I think there's a lot still to be
done and I am certainly not saying to you we've got this right
yet. There's a long way to go but we are going in the right
direction."
Click on the picture to view the edited
video
First published on Saturday 13 August 2005:
Awol soldier gets discharge
by Liz Lamb (Exclusive)
Delegates from Daniel's Trust and the
Forces Helpline, both set up to help bullied Armed Forces
staff, were invited to visit the infantry training centre at
Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, which is part of the
Army's School of Infantry, and trains about 2,000 recruits a
year.
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Anti Bullying Week November
2005
The Trust took part in the East Riding of
Yorkshire’s Anit Bullying Week for young people
Anti-bullying week is being run, co-ordinated and held by the anti-bullying alliance, which is a DfES funded initiative. Members
from the trust were able to distribute wrist bands, information
and helpline numbers to young people that were looking to join
the Armed Forces
Ban Bullying At Work Day
Daniel’s Trust helped promote
Bullying at Work Day on the 6th November 2005 by supporting the
Anrea Adams Trust with the event
Joan Humble MP for Blackpool presented an
Early Day Motion in Parliament in support of the
organisations’ work
Members of the Trust have been lobbying
MPs to sign in support of the EDM
