100,000 young people under the age of 16 runaway from home overnight every year….

Many young people runaway from home as they are experiencing;

• problems at home or school
• have difficulties with their parents or with friends
• personal problems that they can’t deal with….

...running away sometimes feels like the only option.

There are people out there who want to help and who will help you resolve these difficulties…..

If you want someone to listen or someone to help or simply want to let someone know you are safe…in confidence then telephone one of the numbers below…

RUNAWAY HELPLINE

0808 800 7070

A 24 hour confidential helpline for runaways operated by the charity Missing People, 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

0800 700 740 - 24hrs

www.missingpeople.org.uk/messagehome 

A unique confidential service run by the charity Missing People 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.

CHILDLINE

0800 11 11 - 24hrs

www.childline.org.uk 

Gives comfort, advice and protection to children and young people up to 18yrs who are worried about any problem.

Remember:

~ Always let an adult know where you are going.

~ Always let an adult know when you will be back.

~ Always let an adult know whom you are going with.

~ Always let an adult know what you will be doing.

~ Always try to call home if you are going to be late.

~ ALWAYS TRY AND KEEP YOUR PROMISES.

Sometimes when we are busy, we don’t always realise what time it is.

We want to stay out as long as our mates.

We don’t want to be treated like babies.

We want to be allowed to stay out later.

But if we don’t go home on time or let an adult know where we are, mum might worry so much that we are reported as a ‘missing person’ to the police.

The police will have to look for us and come and make sure that we o.k. when we get home.