As part of anti-bullying week, 52 Lives visited the Paragon School in Bath and Nottingham Girls High School to run a schools kindness workshop to let them know about an amazing boy called Toby.

Toby was the victim of a vicious attack by a group of boys. He was severely outnumbered and beaten, and they kept beating him and kicking him when he was on the ground trying to protect himself. One of the boys filmed the attack and posted it on Snapchat. Toby has also been on the receiving end of various forms of bullying for nearly all his school life, mainly because of the colour of his hair. The attack came at the end of the hardest year of Toby’s life. Last December Toby’s mum died after many years of illness, and then in April this year his step-mum died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage.

The Kindness Workshop was a tremendous success where we discussed the negative affects of bullying and of course the positive and far reaching effects of kindness. Toby's story really struck a cord with many of the children and teachers. The wonderful children at Paragon and NGHS schools wanted to let Toby just how amazing and loved he is by making cards, writing letters, making gifts and filming video messages of support. Toby was overwhelmed by all the love and kindness sent by these two incredible schools.