Louise Burfitt-Dons, FRSA (née Byres; born 22 October 1953) is a British novelist, humanitarian, and former Conservative candidate.

Feeling the need to express what the public was confiding in her she designed a range of campaigns to promote human dignity and individuality in modern society.

The Scotsman quoted her as suggesting Celebrity Big Brother was legitimising the growing trend of bullying behaviour in classrooms around the country.

[12] She spoke at the Conservative Women's Organisation Forum[13] at the House of Commons on cyber bullying claiming that today "children have to be as savvy as celebrities but without the pr support".

[14][15] She appeared on BBC Breakfast on the first Kindness Day UK on 13 November 2010 alongside Kathy Lette who claimed that English people were condescending and unfriendly.

In May 2009 she was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in recognition of her work with children as well as to acknowledge her efforts as a campaigner and speaker on humanitarian and environmental issues.

In October 2009 she was part of the freshers feminist debate at Cambridge University[21][22] with Cosmopolitan Magazine editor Louise Court and Edwina Currie.

[30] She has challenged Nottingham City Council over its Workplace Parking Levy policy as "short-term thinking" at its worst, and suggested that it was a political decision rather than an economic one.

[33] Burfitt-Dons has written TV movies for Lifetime, including Maternal Secrets,[34] Kidnapped to the Island, The Ex Next Door, and Christmas at the Castle.