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From Monday 11 November to Friday 15 November 2019 it is Anti-Bullying Week in England and today, Tuesday 12 November, is Odd Socks Day.
Anti-Bullying Week aims to raise awareness and provide schools, parents, carers, children and young people with the information and tools they need to try and help stop bullying and bring lasting change to children’s lives.
One of the initiatives that forms part of Anti-Bullying Week each year is Odd Socks Day – but what does that mean and why do we wear odd socks for one specific day in November?
Why do we wear odd socks during Anti-Bullying week?
Designed to be a fun and light-hearted way to encourage people to express themselves, Odd Socks Day is one of the ways that the organisers behind Anti-Bullying Week, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), hope to raise awareness of bullying.
‘It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique,’ the ABA explains on their website.
‘There is no pressure to wear the latest fashion or for parents to buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to your school or workplace, it couldn’t be simpler!’
Last year, the ABA found that almost one in five young people said that they were bullied face-to-face at least once a week over the past six months and over a third of young people had experienced bullying online at some stage.
91 per cent of teachers and 96 per cent of pupils agree that Anti-Bullying Week helps raise awareness of bullying and wearing odd socks today, November 12, 2019, is just one simple way to help do that.
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