Gloucester salon opening in murdered hairdresser’s memory

The salon is being launched as a collaboration between the Hollie Gazzard Trust – a charity set up to help organisations spot warning signs of abuse and empower them to act – and Bridge Training, an alternative education provider.

Jane Harvey, Hollie Gazzard Trust CEO, said that opening the salon shows “something positive has come out of an absolutely devastating tragedy”.

“Educating young people is the most important thing that we can do to prevent things from happening at the level that Hollie experienced, empowering them with the confidence to set boundaries and to have healthy relationships and to recognise those warning signs,” Harvey said.

Hollie was stabbed multiple times by an ex-partner, Asher Maslin, in February 2014 while she was at work at a salon in the centre of Gloucester.

Maslin was jailed for life in 2014, and ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years.

In the 12 years since Hollie was murdered, violence against women and girls “hasn’t dissipated or reduced at all”, Harvey added.