The Honda Foundation Stands Up to Bullying

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – May 29, 2009: The Honda Foundation, in conjunction with Tynan Motors in Sydney, has donated $10,000 to Enough is Enough, a not-for-profit organisation that addresses violence in the community, to assist with anti-bullying programs throughout New South Wales.

Enough is Enough is a unique organisation based in Sydney, that has successfully rolled out a number of projects in schools across metropolitan and regional New South Wales that focus on reducing the impact of bullying in school communities.

The donation from The Honda Foundation will help pay for handbooks and training presentations for the anti-bullying program that will be run at 27 secondary schools across the Sutherland Shire of New South Wales during 2009. The program will be provided free of charge to these schools.

The program aims to address domestic violence and its effects on families, discuss child-protection issues and help prevent children becoming victims, promote life-long learning, assist with the prevention of crime and develop community networks and partnerships.

Chairman of The Honda Foundation Mr. Lindsay Smalley, said the Foundation is pleased to support a program that will have immediate, positive effects at the grassroots level. “This program will be a valuable resource for students and teachers to develop the necessary skills to tackle the issue of bullying head-on.

“Bullying is a serious problem in some parts of the community and can have life-long effects. Enough is Enough is being proactive in addressing these issues and the Foundation wanted to show its support,” Mr. Smalley said.

In conjunction with the program in schools, Enough is Enough staged an anti-bullying conference titled “Positive Solutions – anti-bullying” in Sydney during March this year. The conference focused on practical strategies for dealing with bullying and violence in the community.

The conference ran over two days and was attended by a number of high profile community members, including Jessica Rowe and Mike Munro, who will be filmed and featured on a DVD that will used in the anti-bullying program.