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EXPLAINED: Missing people - The Real Truth

‘My son went to a party two years ago and didn’t come home – every day is a struggle but I won’t give up hope’

Jack O’Sullivan’s family have been left with ‘no idea’ what happened to him and are ‘desperate’ for answers

The Independent UK

Inside the vital lifeline helping missing children across the UK

A few weeks after its launch, SafeCall is providing essential help and support for children in crisis

The Independent UK

‘Every day I think of her’: Mother’s heartbreak of spending Mother’s Day without her missing daughter

SAFECALL CAMPAIGN: Andrea Gharsallah hasn’t seen Georgina since she called, ‘Bye mummy, love you,’ and said she’d see her later – eight years ago. Now she cares for her daughter’s sons and tries to keep her story alive, she tells Tara Cobham

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£300,000 raised at gala to help fund vital services for people who have gone missing

Families of missing loved ones and supporters of the Missing People charity came together to raise funds for the charity’s vital services

The Independent UK

‘Police got my son’s ethnicity wrong twice – I blame them for why he’s still missing seven years later’

SAFECALL CAMPAIGN: ‘I used to have to go down to the police station every single day about my son, crying’ – parents open up to Tara Cobham about the trauma of not feeling listened to

The Independent UK

Missing People launches new SafeCall lifeline after The Independent’s successful campaign

With the support of our readers, the charity has officially launched SafeCall, a new lifeline designed to reach the 72,000 children who disappear in the UK every year

The Independent UK

‘I’m 73 and terrified I’ll die without knowing what happened to my missing son’

SAFECALL APPEAL: In 1996, 16-year-old Damien Nettles disappeared on the Isle of Wight without a trace. His mother tells Harriette Boucher she fears she will die without ever getting an answer

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How the actions of two passionate sisters have helped hundreds of missing people

As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign hits its target of £165,000 alongside Missing People, it heard from those who witnessed the charity’s modest beginnings

The Independent UK

Labour’s deputy leader joins PM in backing The Independent’s SafeCall campaign for missing children

Lucy Powell supports ‘innovative’ new service for 72,000 young people who disappear each year, as other high-profile figures hail generosity of donors after £165,000 target hit

The Independent UK

‘My sister vanished from a supermarket on her second birthday and was never seen again’

SAFECALL APPEAL: Katrice Lee was two years old when she vanished from a German supermarket in 1981. Her sister tells Harriette Boucher how she remembers the day vividly and remains hopeful that she will eventually get answers

The Independent UK

Mary Flanagan vanished 66 years ago. A look inside the UK’s longest-running missing person case

IN DEPTH: Her family thought she was going to a New Year’s Eve party. She was never seen again. Six decades on, Mary Flanagan’s disappearance remains one of Britain’s most haunting mysteries. Harriette Boucher looks inside Britain’s longest missing person case

The Independent UK

‘My family has been left in limbo for 25 years. I need to know what happened to my daughter’

SAFECALL: More than 25 years after Carmel Fenech disappeared, her family are no closer to knowing what happened to her. Harriette Boucher reports on their enduring search for answers and their refusal to give up hope

The Independent UK

Urgent appeal for teenage girl who went missing days before Christmas

Runcorn police are searching for a young girl who has been described as “5'9" tall, with dyed red hair, brown eyes, and has a tattoo on her middle finger of an infinity symbol

The Independent UK

Thanks to Independent readers, young people will have a safe haven to call for help

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Our readers have generously donated £165,000 in our Christmas appeal, so Missing People is now well on its way to launching SafeCall to give a supportive ear to a young person in distress

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‘There’s always an empty space’: The families who spend Christmas waiting for someone who never comes home

SAFECALL APPEAL: For families of missing children, Christmas can be the hardest time of all. As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign reaches £165,000, parents and siblings open up about the ‘horrific’ pain of the festive season. Tara Cobham and Harriette Boucher report

The Independent UK

The Independent hits target of £165,000 to help missing children across UK in SafeCall campaign

An extraordinary public response means the free, round-the-clock service can now be launched, reaching the 72,000 young people who go missing every year

The Independent UK

The hope and heartbreak of Kate McCann

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By supporting SafeCall, the mother of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in 2007, hopes her experience will be a light in the dark for the 72,000 children who disappear every year

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Kate McCann describes how her life changed after Madeleine went missing as she backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

SafeCall ‘represents hope, compassion, and the possibility of a different ending’ for young people in danger, says the mother of Madeleine McCann

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‘I sing to my son’: Father of missing teen on finding support through choir

A father of a missing teen has described feeling as if he’s singing to his son in the Missing People choir.

The Independent UK

‘I feel as though I’m singing to my son’: Inside the choir helping reunite missing people with their families

What began in 2014 as a support group for people with missing loved ones has since taken the Missing People Choir to the O2 Arena, the final of Britain’s Got Talent, and even helped reunite two missing people with their families. Harriette Boucher reports

The Independent UK

‘Hidden crisis’ of 40,000 women and girls going missing every year due to violence

Women open up about abuse that led to disappearance, after government VAWG strategy is silent on missing people, as The Independent hopes to launch national lifeline SafeCall

The Independent UK

Vinette Robinson makes child safety plea as actor supports The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

Vinette Robinson has backed The Independent’s SafeCall campaign, which aims to raise £165,000 to support the 70,000 children who go missing every year in the UK.

The Independent UK

AI deepfakes and armchair sleuths: The families of missing people being trolled online

Around 430,000 people are affected by a child going missing each year. Already living through a nightmare, several of them will also have to face online harassment and abuse

The Independent UK

‘I was £4,000 in debt and I wanted to disappear forever’

SAFECALL APPEAL: Buried in debt, Dillon Duffy felt as if he had no other option but to disappear for good. A year on, he tells Harriette Boucher that those in similar situations must reach out for support instead

The Independent UK

Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign with major donation

The former chief executive of Marie Curie has made a sizeable donation to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign as he urges others to support its aim to provide a vital free service for missing children

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