What can you do if you're suffering with Harassment?
Don't ignore harassment!
If you are experiencing harassment, intimidating behaviour or harassment, please don't ignore it - most of the time it's unlikely to go away without some kind of action.
Get help and support
Inform and ask your Local Police for help. Ask them about the Protection From Harassment Act of 1997 (PFHA '97) and other possible legal avenues that could be open to you. Ask the Police if they are able to take action on your behalf under relevant legislation and in particular the PFHA '97.
You could also:
Talk to a harassment adviser (you may have one in your workplace or organisation).
A counsellor where appropriate may offer guidance.
Get professionally qualified legal help (e.g. from a solicitor).
Ask a friend for support.
A workmate or union representative could assist you.
Where it happens in work, your personnel/human resources department should be there to advise.
Ask the person who is harassing you to stop: May be difficult, unrealistic or impossible, but could help.
Do not ever approach your neighbour or person who is harassing you if you are in any way worried that there may be actual physical danger or threatened violence. Call your Police at once if this is the case.
If you do decide to approach the person responsible for causing you harassment, take very careful actions and due care over your safety. Don't go alone, take a friend or relative with you.
Going alone could put you in danger. By taking a witness it could be useful to have a third party account of what was said and done - the harasser then also cannot claim as you didn't ask them to stop their harassing behaviour, they felt it was acceptable behaviour (because you didn't object to it in the first place).
You can also join the NFHiB forum board to ask for more help and information. It's very busy and has a lot of good information, we also have many thousands of members who understand what you're going through.
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