Emergency help

When safety cannot wait.

If a child is in immediate danger, contact emergency services now. If you are in the UK, call 999. For urgent mental health support that is not immediately life-threatening, use NHS 111 or local urgent mental health routes.

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Immediate danger

Call emergency services. Do not wait for an online answer if a child may be at risk right now.

Online exploitation concern

In the UK, use CEOP for child sexual exploitation concerns. Preserve usernames, URLs, timestamps and message context.

School or peer harm

If bullying involves classmates, contact the school safeguarding or pastoral lead with a calm summary and evidence.