National Missing Persons Helpline

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Missing People
Founder(s)	Mary Asprey and Janet Newman
Type	Charity
Founded	April 1993
Headquarters	London
Key people	The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron; Trevor McDonald, Richard Branson, Stephen Gately, Vice Patrons; Paul Tuohy, CEO
Area served	UK, Worldwide
Volunteers	140
Employees	70
Slogan	The UK's only charity that works with young runaways, missing and unidentified people, their families and others who care for them.
Website	www.missingpeople.org.uk

Missing People (formerly National Missing Persons Helpline) (0500 700 700) is the UK’s only charity that works with young runaways, missing and unidentified people, their families and others who care for them.

1 Mission
2 Vision
3 Services
4 History
5 Working with the police
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Mission

To advise and support people affected by 'missing' and to facilitate a reduction in the number of missing people.

[edit] Vision

A society that recognises the impact of missing on individuals, families and communities and that co-ordinates its services and resources to support and empower those affected and those working in the arena.

[edit] Services

As well as actively searching for missing people and supporting those who are trying to find them, Missing People offers three other services; Runaway Helpline, Message Home and Identification. Runaway Helpline is a 24 hour confidential helpline for runaways, offering help and advice to young people who have run away from home or care, or who have been forced to leave. Runaway Helpline offers a Freefone number and email service for young people seeking confidential help and advice. Message Home is a unique confidential service offering help, advice and support to adults who are missing. Message Home is a 24 hour Freefone service that helps people contact their family or carers via a message or three-way call. Identification is a specialist service to support police, coroners, hospitals and social services to resolve cases of unidentified people (alive or dead).

[edit] History

Missing People has established itself as central to the search for and support of missing people, and those left behind, for more than a decade. The history of the charity is as varied as its work and is a true testament to the energy and passion of all those that have worked and volunteered, steering it from its humble origins to the much-respected organisation it is today. Started as the National Missing Persons Helpline in 1993, Missing People has grown to become the largest UK charity dedicated to finding missing people and offering emotional and practical support to families searching for their loved ones.

[edit] Working with the police

Missing People works in partnership with police and other agencies to help find missing children and adults and support their family or carer. There is a formal agreement in place between Missing People, ACPO (on behalf of all forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and NPIA which is the mechanism for police - on a case by case basis - to agree which services Missing People provides.^[1] These services are available at no direct cost to forces. Missing People offer other services including publicity opportunities, liaison between forces, and identification services such as forensic artwork.^[2]