We provide free, confidential and expert advice to whistleblowers, helping you to decide how best to raise your concern, advising you on what protection you are entitled to and what you can do if things go wrong.
Contacting the Advice Line
- You can get in touch with us by phone on 0203 117 2520 or by webform. If you leave a webform or voicemail, we will aim to get back to you within 3 working days.
- If you work or volunteer in the charity sector, please use our Charity Sector webform.
If you require any reasonable adjustments due to a disability, please let your adviser know and we will do our best to accommodate these. We also provide translation services, including for BSL. If you would be more comfortable talking with us about your concern in another language, please contact us and we can make arrangements.
We will need to get details from you on the nature of your case in order to provide full advice. Our advisers will need to ask questions about your situation, and it may be helpful if you have any relevant dates or details to hand when you call us if possible. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with our privacy policy.
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What is whistleblowing?
Find out how we define whistleblowing, whether it differs from 'speaking up', when it is best to raise a grievance and more.
Also, check out our video on the elements of a 'protected disclosure': when you raise concerns, what should you say so that your disclosure is more likely to be protected by whistleblowing law?
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Information communicated to us has lawyer-client privilege – this means all communications between us and people who contact us for advice cannot be disclosed without the permission of the individual who contacted us. Protect is a legal advice service and our solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.