Act Against Bullying

Act Against Bullying (also known as AAB) is a national charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2003 by Louise Burfitt-Dons. The charity's purpose is to help children who are bullied at school - by providing them with confidential advice - and to campaign to raise public awareness of the suffering of victims. The AAB website offers supportive messages and information on all forms of systematic bullying, in particular psychological bullying. The site also features advice on current forms of bullying such as exclusion bullying and cyberbullying.

In 2000 Louise Burfitt-Dons a playwright (born Louise Byres), published in 2001 a series of 40 anti-bullying monologues called Act Against Bullying for teachers to use in the classroom because her daughter had been bullied at school, Burfitt-Dons was concerned that the current advice given to victims to simply report the abuse could lead to further abuse. The monologues accurately portrayed the insidiousness of the newer forms of bullying and gave people an insight into what they could do about something with which they had little solution. ‘I didn’t realise what I had started,’ said Burfitt-Dons. The voluntary organisation Act Against Bullying she formed in 2002 to be able to provide some practical advice about identification and resolution of the abuse.

The charity began issue advisory leaflets by which to, among others, profile and identify the subtle abuse to come from bullying by Exclusion to Cause Distress based on deliberate isolation from any community especially in the world of those ages of children/people that have the mental capacity to carry out abusive actions toward others but do not realize the long-term impact of those actions. More importantly, the organization provided coping tips for teenage victims. The organisation began attracting funds and was registered with the Charity Commission in October 2003. The effectiveness for the charity has not been thwarted by its all volunteer staffed and has helped inestimable situations where children and their parents have worked alone through their anti-bullying experiences by reviewing the Act Against Bullying website. AAB was shortlisted for The Guardian Charity Award 2008.

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