CONTACT POINTS & USEFUL ADDRESSES
Central Authority for Scotland
International and Human Rights Branch
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
Scotland
Contact
Martin McPheely Tel: 44 (0) 131 244 4827
martin.mcpheely@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Elizabeth Mathison Tel: 44 (0) 131 244 4825
elizabeth.mathison@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Fax: 44 (0) 131 244 4848
ChildLine
ChildLine is the UK 's free, 24-hour helpline for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise and protect children and young people who may feel they have nowhere else to turn.
45 Folgate Street , London E1 6GL
Tel: 020 7650 3200
Fax: 020 7650 3201
24-hour helpline 0800 1111
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Child Abduction Unit
Consular Division
G58
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2PA
Tel: 44 (0) 20 7008 8737/1500
www.fco.gov.uk
reunite International Child Abduction Centre
PO Box 7124
Leicster
LE1 7XX
Admin Line: 0116 2555 345
Advice Line: 0116 2556 234
Fax: 0116 2556 370
email: mailto:renunite@dircon.co.uk
Website: www.reunite.org
Central Authority for England & Wales
The Child Abduction Unit
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
4 th Floor
81 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1DD
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7911 7045/7047
email: enquiries@offsol.gsi.gov.uk
www.offsol.demon.co.uk
Fax: 020 7911 7248
Central Authority for Northern Ireland,
Northern Ireland Courts Service,
Windsor House
9-15 Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7LT
Tel: 44 (0) 2890 328 594
www.nics.gov.uk
Fax: 44 (0) 2890 314 854
United Kingdom Passport Service
London Passport Office,Globe House
89 Eccleston Square
London, SW1V 1PN
Tel: 44 (0) 20 7901 2002 (general enquiries)
Tel: 44 (0) 8705 210 410 (UK passport advice line)
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7271 8403
The United Kingdom Passport Service - can provide information on issuing or withholding passports for children.
Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
Scheveningsweg 6
2517 KT, The Hague
The Netherlands
email: secretariat@hcch.net
www.hcch.net
Missing Persons Helpline
Tel: 0500 700 700
This is a free phone number from within the U.K. If you are calling from outside the U.K., you can reach the Missing Persons Helpline on
Tel: 44 (0) 20 8392 4545
www.missingpersons.org
The Law Society of Scotland
26 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh
EH3 7YR
Tel: 44 (0) 131 226 7411
email: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
www.lawscot.org.uk
Fax: 44 (0) 131 225 2934