Home for Christmas? Help us be there for those who aren’t.

How your donation helps

£5 could send life saving messages

By texting 10 missing people in crisis to let them know someone is here to support them.

£11 could answer a Helpline call

There for the missing, and those who love them, every day. To listen. To talk. To find a way through at a difficult time.

£33 could give three families a reassuring call from a Support Worker

Providing practical advice and emotional support to help families. There when they need it the most.

Could you make a monthly donation?

Monthly donations are vital. The search for someone can be a long, painful journey. Your monthly gift could help us be there for the long haul, however long it takes.

Set-up a quick one-off donation of £5 (plus one standard network rate message) by simply texting the word HOPE to 70660. You can read terms and conditions here.

Call 02034047251 to make a donation over the phone. Please note, the number is only available from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm excluding bank holidays.

Please include your address details when sending a cheque to Missing People via free post or complete this downloadable form and enclose with the reference ‘XMAS’ and your cheque to:

Freepost Plus RRKY–XSEC–XAEC

Missing People

Roebuck House

284 Upper Richmond Road West

London, SW14 7JE

Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK. That means life is lonely, scary and uncertain for 170,000 families every year.

Right now, people are searching for children, fearing for their safety. Searching too for mums, dads, siblings and grandparents who suddenly feel very vulnerable.

For them, this Christmas will be tough.

But with donations, we can be there for the missing and those who love them. There for as long as it takes. There at Christmas.

Please donate today and help someone find support and safety.

Andrew and Kevin’s Story

Andrew, then aged 14, went missing 17 years ago. His dad, Kevin told us about the almost constant pain over the years since Andrew’s disappearance. He misses his son intensely every single day.

When Andrew was 10 or 11, he read if you planted an acorn, roots would form and eventually it would grow into an oak tree. At the time, Kevin planted half a dozen acorns in a tub. And over the years, as they’ve grown, those oak trees are now an important reminder to him of Andrew.

While Andrew is still missing, thanks to the incredible generosity of people like you, our Support Workers have been there for Kevin throughout the years. Providing support when he has needed it most.

With your donation, we can be there for Kevin, for Andrew, and anyone else who needs us.

“Almost every day since he disappeared, I have struggled with anxiety and depression, to the extent that it is barely possible to function. What would we have done without Missing People? Having had support for 17 years, I can literally tell you it’s a lifesaver and you just can’t put a value on it.”
Kevin Gosden, father of Andew Gosden who went missing in 2007