Missing People is an independent charity which offers a lifeline when someone disappears. On 25th May 2012 it launched a new free helpline (116 000) to help reconnect vulnerable missing adults with their family. This initiative is a response to the Government’s Missing Children and Adults Strategy, launched in December 2011.
Missing People says: “A reconnection with family or significant other may, in some cases, offer an early way of helping rough sleepers off the streets. If a rough sleeper wants support in reconnecting with family that they are out of touch with, the charity Missing People offers free 24 hour confidential support, help and advice by phone, e-mail and text, including the opportunity to reconnect by exchanging messages or being supported in their reconnection via a 3-way call involving Missing People’s helpline staff. They can be contacted on 116000.”
If you would like to know more or would like to be sent Missing People’s 116000 promotional material, including 116000 ‘business cards’ that can be passed to those you work with, then please contact Jonathan Hirst on 020 8392 4509 or email him at jonathan.hirst@missingpeople.org.uk
