What is bullying?
Bullying is never okay. It can be difficult to understand what it is unless you’ve experienced or witnessed it.
Bullying is offensive, abusive, intimidating, or malicious behaviour or abuse of power which makes the recipient feel threatened, humiliated or vulnerable, causes physical or emotional harm, and undermines their confidence. It might be a regular pattern of behaviour or a one-off incident.
Examples include:
- Shouting at someone
- Persistent and unfair criticism
- Ostracising someone e.g. deliberately excluding someone
- Threatening someone
- Inappropriate use of email
- Spreading malicious rumours
- Constantly undermining efforts
- Removing areas of responsibility or imposing inappropriate tasks.
On Report and Support you can report bullying that you are experiencing or something you have witnessed happening to someone-else. All reports go to the NT's People & Culture team for confidential follow up.
You can report a one-off incident or a series of events.
If you report with your contact details, we will be able to follow up with you to find out more, discuss next steps and the direct action we will be able to take.
If you report anonymously this will limit the direct action we can take but it will allow us to potentially investigate if there are multiple reports relating to the same person or a specific team or department at the NT.
Alternatively you can opt to report verbally in person. To do this, send an email people@nationaltheatre.org.uk asking to meet with a member of the People & Culture team to make a report in person. They will get back to you to arrange a time.
Alongside the practical support that the People & Culture team will be able to offer you, the NT's Welfare and Wellbeing team are also available to provide you with space and support to process what has happened to you or what you have witnessed. You can find out more about what is available here.