H.M. Queen Mary walked onto the floor of the Østerbrohuset community hall on Thursday, stepping directly into a room filled with the energy of children from seven different sports associations.
The occasion marked the 10-year anniversary of Antibulli, an anti-bullying initiative established by the Mary Foundation.
Ten Years of Cultivating Safe Spaces in Sport Communities
The Copenhagen gathering drew young athletes and their coaches together for an afternoon centered squarely on play, community, and inclusion.
Among those on the floor were 11 children and a coach representing the Copenhagen Badminton Club (KBK). Youth representatives from six other sporting codes joined them. The milestone celebration showed how structured play helps children forge tighter bonds with teammates while equipping coaches with practical methods to ensure every single participant feels genuinely valued.
Antibulli first rolled out inside Danish team handball before branching into various other disciplines, including badminton.
The program equips coaches with structured exercises and actionable advice built to foster safe environments where bullying finds no room to take root. Every participating sport brings its own distinct visual identity to these gatherings. At Østerbrohuset, the young badminton players stood out clearly, wearing athletic shirts marked with green Antibulli branding.
Embedding Well-Being into Danish Badminton
For Badminton Denmark, adopting the anti-bullying framework has turned into a foundational piece of grassroots development and coaching education alike.
Ulrik Ditlev Jansen, education and development manager at Badminton Danmark, pointed directly to the tangible mark the initiative has left on daily club operations.
“We are pleased that the Mary Foundation invited us into the Antibulli community,” Jansen said. “It has helped us sharpen our focus on community and well-being, providing clubs and coaches with concrete tools to work with it in everyday life.”
Digital Integration and the Coaching Curriculum
The scope of the initiative stretches far past isolated events.
Antibulli Badminton runs a dedicated digital universe and sits fully integrated inside the national federation’s official coaching education curriculum. It also features prominently on the online training platform, “Learn to Play Badminton” (Badminton.dk).
Jansen emphasized that the federation actively urges coaches to strengthen what he calls the “community muscle” throughout every single practice session held in the hall.
Chain Tag Highlights an Afternoon of Play
Outside of the formal milestone recognition, the atmosphere inside Østerbrohuset stayed remarkably lighthearted and active.
During a massive game of chain tag—a classic playground staple meant to spark cooperation and swift movement—one of the young badminton players from the Copenhagen Badminton Club managed to tag H.M. Queen Mary, sparking a joyful moment for the kids in attendance.
Ambassadors and representatives from the remaining participating sports jumped into the rotation, cycling through games designed to put collaboration ahead of raw competition.
Clubs, team leaders, and coaches hunting for additional resources, exercises, and inspiration can tap directly into open-source materials by visiting the official portal at Antibulli.dk, which holds an archive of tested exercises built for youth sports environments across Denmark.
