We areasking that as many people as possible contact their MP to request that they show support for the Missing Rights campaign by signing Early Day Motion 1158. You can read the text of this motion here. It is important that we get as many MPs to sign this as possible to show the Government just how much support there is to get these families the emotional, practical and legal help they so desperately need.

If you would like to lobby your MP on this matter, we have prepared a template email which details the Missing Rights campaign and Early Day Motion. This can be found below, and you can either cut and paste the text into an email or use it as a model for your own message. The email will be most powerful if you can personalise it and – if you have been touched by the missing persons issue – feel free to include any details of your own experience.

To find out who your MP is and how to contact them, please click here, and make sure to send your address with your message so that they can see that you are one of their constituents.

Missing People needs as many MPs to sign the Early Day Motion as possible, so once you have sent your own email, please pass this weblink onto any other friends and family who may also get involved.

With your help, we can ensure that families of missing people feel supported as they face the pain of having a missing loved one.

If you have any questions about contacting your MP around the Missing Rights campaign, please contact Holly Towell at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or on 020 8392 4566.

TEMPLATE EMAIL copy and paste this into your email  and add your MP's name, and your's where specified.

Dear NAME MP,

As one of your constituents, I am writing to ask that you show your support for the charity Missing People’s Missing Rights campaign by signing EDM 1158.

The Missing Rights campaign calls for families of missing people to have access to specialist emotional, practical and legal support to help them deal with the unique challenges they face. Never has this been more important – the campaign comes as new figures reveal that an astonishing 330,000 reports of missing people were made across the United Kingdom last year.

We must support the families that these missing adults and children leave behind.

Those affected can face a range of problems, including being forced into otherwise avoidable debt, which can lead to their homes being seized, jobs being lost, suicidal thoughts, social stigma and family breakdown. The Missing Rights campaign has three aims based upon Missing People’s research to help these families deal with the unique emotional, practical and legal challenges they face. Together, we want:

• 1. Families of missing people to know that everything possible is being done to find their missing loved one
• 2. Families affected by a disappearance to have access to support
• 3. Families left behind to be spared the additional pain of unnecessary financial and legal bureaucracy

You can find out more about the work the charity is undertaking to achieve these aims atwww.missingpeople.org.uk/missingrights. This includes projects with the banking and insurance sectors and the police to ensure their policies account for the needs of families of missing people.

I believe it is critically important to help these families, and so I ask you to sign EDM 1158 in support of the Missing Rights campaign – together we can ensure that families of missing people feel supported as they face the pain of having a missing loved one.

Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to your reply.

With best wishes,

NAME