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London Marathon 2025 in aid of Missing People

Hello Chiswick!My name is Ella and I'm a born and bred local running London Marathon 2025 in aid of Missing People. I've had the privilege of working for the charity for 18 months, and in a mission to reach my target, I'm reaching out to my neighbours to ask for their support.Missing People (originally the National Missing Persons Helpline) was created in response the disappearance of estate agent, Suzy Lamplugh, from Fulham in July 1986. Over 30 years since registering as a charity, Missing People's office is still in East Sheen. If you would like to support, please donate here: https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ella-mccallum - social media shares would also be a huge help, as I understand that financial support is not always possible.What your donations means:£11 could answer a call from someone in a mental health crisis, providing the support and reassurance they desperately need.£25 could send a TextSafe message to 5 missing children, scared and alone and at risk of harm, offering free, confidential support and help to stay safe.£50 could provide specialist counselling to a family living in limbo when a loved one has gone missing.Our vision is for every missing child and adult, and every loved one left behind, to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect.A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK, that's a staggering 170,000 missing people every year. As the only charity lifeline for anyone affected by a person going missing, we want to ensure we have the best chance to find all of these people. Ella x

Ella McCallum ● 106d7 Comments ● 65d

When is a crime not a crime?

Last week I was walking home with my daughter and we cut through the stretch of Acton Lane that passes by the Stag Pub and Kitchen Network takeaway.All of a sudden 4 men on two motorized scooters, whizzed by us, jumped off and began attacking a white car with clubs. They were smashing the car and attempting to club the driver who was frantically trying to reverse out of Berrymede Road (which he did, knocking over a young tree), eventually driving off. A fifth helmeted delivery driver ran out of the Kitchen Network and joined in with "his friends". Smashing the careening car.My young daughter was distraught, as it was very violent and scary, and in fact I contemplated trying to capture a license plate on my phone but it was so intense I was scared I might be seen and turned on so I walked her back away from the scene (there were others looking out of local shops at what was going on).Afterwards, I reported the incident to the police online, with as much detail as I could.However to my disappointment I got a response the next day saying that the incident was not considered a crime and so would not be recorded.Given the extreme level of violence (my daughter now keeps asking me if she's safe), I am angry that this is dismissed and presumably not recorded in any official figures. While no-one was killed, surely attacking people (presumably thus is a gang in gang fight) should not be tolerated and normalised? What kind of message does this send? Am I wrong?

Tim Mackinnon ● 166d21 Comments ● 145d