ASB Help is a registered charity in England and Wales and is funded by The Persula Foundation founded by Julian Richer.
ASB Help is set up to provide advice and support to victims of anti-social behaviour. ASB Help aims to provide information and advice to interested parties and members of the public involved with and suffering from anti-social behaviour. Following such high-profile cases of vulnerable victims who did not receive any help from the authorities, we believe there is a clear need for coordinated information and advice that is readily accessible to those who need it.
“To create better outcomes for both the victims experiencing and the practitioners tackling ASB.”
• To act as a national collective voice by lobbying and campaigning for victims of ASB.
• To provide effective support and advice to victims of ASB.
• To support practitioners in preventing escalation and responding effectively to ASB.
• To develop national good practice on the effective use of the ASB Case Review by encouraging sign up to The ASB Help PLEDGE.
• To promote and train on effective use of the ASB tools and powers.
• To seek and understand the national picture and trends of ASB.
How do we work towards our vision?
Our Victims Hub – equipping victims of ASB with necessary tools to report incidents.
Our Practitioners Hub – offering guidance, templates and advice to practitioners working in the ASB field.
Personalised victim and practitioner advice – providing informed, tailored advice and guidance to victims of ASB and practitioners working to tackle ASB.
Training for practitioners – equipping practitioners with skills and knowledge to effectively support more victims of ASB using best practices.
The ASB Help PLEDGE – recognises organisations for their use of best practice in the ASB Case Review process.
ASB Research – collating evidence around ASB and lobbying for change in relation to laws and practices so victims are better supported.
Government consultation – we sit on the ASB Strategic Board, influencing national ASB policy.
We have a particular interest in the ASB Case Review, introduced in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. We hope that we can assist victims in accessing their local ASB Case Review and undertake lobbying at a national level to ensure it is fit for purpose.
Fiona Pilkington
This website is dedicated to the memory of Fiona Pilkington from Leicester who in 2007 killed herself and her 18-year-old disabled daughter Francecca after Leicester police failed to investigate her 33 complaints to them about harassment they endured over the course of 10 years from a group of local youths.
2 years later, an inquest into their deaths ruled that Fiona and her family had been failed by the local councils in the area, as well as the police, and that those failings had contributed to her death.
Fiona Pilkington’s experience is not an isolated case and given the number of suspected cases of unreported crime and anti-social behaviour, there could be many vulnerable people whose lives are being blighted by persistent anti-social behaviour. Often, they do not know where to turn, are too scared to formally report it, or suspect reporting it will not make any difference or could even make things worse.
Our founder, Julian Richer was deeply affected by the death of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter Francecca and in his words:
“When I searched for agencies to support victims of ASB there was precious little around – so I set up ASB Help to do something about it.”
