Coldcroft Shires 2023 Charity Fundraising

IMPORTANT UPDATE – DUE TO ONE OF THE HORSES BEING INJURED THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

SEE BBC NEWS REPORT – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65996564

If your into Shire horses this could be an event for you…. 🙂

Coldcroft Shires pic 4

Coldcroft Shires pic 4

Friday 23rd June 2023 will see the start of Coldcroft Shires Three Counties Challenge 2023, which will see Jamie Alcock drive his two shire horses – Willam and Millie  – across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire in the space of three weeks.

The epic 180-mile effort is in memory of Jamie’s brother PC John Alcock, who sadly died in 2017 – 14 years after suffering catastrophic injuries while on duty. It is the third event of its type and Jamie will be looking to add to the ÂŁ60,000+ he has raised for charity over the past two years, with Police Care UK, The Samaritans and The RAF Association the key beneficiaries of this year’s effort.

Coldcroft Shires pic 1

Coldcroft Shires pic 1

Coldcroft Shires Poster2 2023

Coldcroft Shires Three Counties Challenge 2023

Intended schedule
23rd June – Depart Coldcroft Farm, visit Gloucester Police station & collect uniformed officers, visit Gloucester
cathedral late morning 11am with full charity presence (Police Care UK members, RAFA Standard bearers & the
Samaritans members and van), Richard Graham MP, Mr Henry Robinson High Sheriff, Chief Constable Hansen
(possibly), Gloucester Town Crier?, Gloucestershire Constabulary Mounted unit, Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller, local ATC
& Police cadets then visit Gloucestershire Constabulary HQ in Quedgeley, Police & ATC cadets and then head to
Frampton Manor for overnight stay.

24th/25th June – go up to Uley, visit Uley Brewery & fundraising on afternoon of 24th at the brewery. Two-night stay
at Newbrook Farm Equestrian with fundraising event at Newbrook on 25th.

26th June – head towards Stroud, visit Stroud police station and Stroud centre with Dursley RAFA branch presence &
Police Cadets. Stay overnight near Sheepscombe.

27th June – visit Upton St Leonards, Brockworth, Churchdown etc. Stay overnight at Police Mounted unit near
Staverton.

28th June – head to Cheltenham, visit Cheltenham Police station then visit the town centre with Cheltenham RAFA
branch presence & standard bearer and Police Cadets, Cheltenham Samaritans branch presence, (finer details being
arranged at present). Stay overnight near Coombe Hill.

29th June -head to Tewkesbury, then head to near Worcester via Bredon and Pershore. Stay overnight just south-east
of Worcester.

30th June – visit Worcester cathedral late morning 11am with full charity presence (see above), West Mercia police
presence. Robin Walker MP?, Mrs Hewett High Sheriff, visit Worcester Police station. Head up to Hanbury
Countryside show ground.

1st July – all day at Hanbury Countryside Show. A big fundraising opportunity. Overnight stay at showground.

2nd July – visit suitable fundraising places outside east of Worcester. Stay overnight just south-east of Worcester.

3rd July – visit West Mercia Police HQ, head west towards Ledbury, visit town and police station.

4th to 6th July – leave Ledbury area and head to Bromyard & visit police station. Leave Bromyard area and head to
Hereford via Wye Valley Brewery.

7th July – visit Hereford Cathedral at 10am with full charity presence, West Mercia police presence, Jesse Norman
MP?, Mr Robert Robinson High Sheriff, visit Hereford police station. Head out of Hereford.

8th July to 9th July – slowly make journey to Ross-on-Wye via best fundraising opportunities.

10th July – visit Ross-on-Wye police station and surrounds.

11 – 12th July- head via Crowe Hill, Linton, and Upton Bishop towards Much Marcle and arrive at Westons Cider Mill.

13th July – fundraising all day at Westons. Overnight stay at Westons.

14th July – head to Newent for official journey’s end by the lake. Horse and wagon arrival planned for 4pm. Full
charity presence, Mark Harper MP, Glos Constabulary Mounted Unit, Rod Hansen Glos Constabulary Chief Constable,
West Mercia police officers, Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller, Tony Butler retd Chief Constable, Mr Henry Robinson High
Sheriff, Charles Martell previous High Sheriff, ATC Sqn 186 (Newent), Volunteer Police Cadets Forest of Dean Unit,
Newent RFC members will be manning the bar with drinks kindly donated by Westons Cider (all proceeds going to
the charities’ fund), and others have been invited too

Pension for Life Case DISMISSED

Dear Members,

Sadly the below has been received from NARPO HQ’s 

Circulated to Branch Secretaries

This morning , we received the judgment from Mr Justice Fordham who dismissed the claims but granted the permission to appeal on two specified grounds; the application of the right to marry and the Judge’s decision on justification.

The President and myself have been in discussions with our legal team and Connect regarding the implications of this judgment.

Connect has prepared a press statement which is on our website, along with the judgment – https://www.narpo.org/widows-pension-life/

We will be discussing these matters and the next steps with the Police Federation next week.

Appeal for Game Show Contestants

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Employment Opportunity – South Glos Council – Community Safety Officer

Dear Members, we have received the below from South Glos Council ….

We a vacancy for a full-time limited term contract for 7 months as a Community Safety Officer. The requirement is to cover maternity absence.

This might be particularly suited to a retired member who does not want to commit to a new career but has spare capacity to take on a role until the end of January 2023.

It is anticipated there will be a limited training requirement, dependant upon the police background roles previously performed. As a guide, this role has some similarities to neighbourhood policing but face to face work with the public is very much discretionary. It is not a patrol function but focuses on partnership working with statutory agencies in the response to anti-social behaviour. There is no confrontational element to this role.

The job involves flexible working from home with occasional attendance at our offices in Yate. Such attendance is mostly managed by the post holder at their discretion.

Salary is (pro rata) ÂŁ30,095

The following link will take you to the job application on the South Gloucestershire Council website.

https://apply.careers.southglos.gov.uk/vacancies/2296/community-safety-officer.html

If anyone would like to contact me directly for an informal conversation about the role, they would be most welcome. My contact details are below. You have my full permission to disclose my personal information below in any publication you see fit in order to promote this employment opportunity.

Yours faithfully,

Antony Ducker
Senior Community Safety Officer
Stronger Communities
South Gloucestershire Council

Tel: 01454 868910
Email: Antony.Ducker@southglos.gov.uk

TV Show “Hunted” looking for contestants.

Circulated to all Branch Secretaries for information of Members

Channel 4 are currently casting for the next series of Hunted, which follows several volunteers as they try to go off grid and become a fugitive in the UK. If any of your members are interested in applying, further information can be found on our website: https://www.narpo.org/casting-call-for-channel-4s-new-series-of-hunted/

2022 01 21 – Underpayment of Women’s State Pensions

Circulated to NEC and Branch Secretaries

Dear Colleague

Our Parliamentary Advisors, Connect, has sent us the following information on this report, which may be of interest to your Members-

The Public Accounts Committee has published a report which finds that the Department for Work & Pensions estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1 billion of their State Pension entitlement, with some of the errors dating as far back as 1985.

Please see key conclusions and recommendations from the report below.

Conclusions

  • For decades, the Department has been relying on a State Pension payment system that is not fit for purpose.
  • The Department’s complacency about the level of underpayments inherent in its approach to administering State Pension has led it to fail pensioners.
  • The Department has not given people who are worried they have been underpaid enough information to find out what they should do, with the risk that many may still miss out on money they should receive.
  • The Department has not been sufficiently transparent to Parliament about the State Pension underpayments.
  • In paying pensioners, a lump sum of their arrears, the Department may not be fully restoring them to the position that they would be in had the Department paid them correctly in the first place.
  • Given the nature of the underpayments identified there must be a risk that similar, unidentified errors exist elsewhere in the State Pension caseload.

Recommendations

The Department should:

  • whether there are cost-effective ways to upgrade its IT systems and enhance its administrative processes to ensure the quality and timeliness of management information and reduce the risk of repeated errors.
  • start treating underpayments on State Pension as seriously as overpayments and set out to the Committee in its Treasury Minute response to this report what it is going to do both to prevent future errors and to strengthen its detection of systemic issues that lead to errors.
  • improve the clarity and availability of information on State Pension underpayments, and what people who are concerned that they have been underpaid should do. This should include information for groups the Department finds hard to reach such as the next of kin of deceased customers.
  • provide periodic updates to this Committee and the Parliament on the progress of the State Pension LEAP exercise and the speed of processing the backlog in the new State Pension.
  • establish the full extent of the impact on pensioners of receiving a lump sum of arrears of benefit, particularly for larger sums of arrears.
  • write to the Committee to explain how it has assessed the risk of systemic underpayments to divorced women. It should also explain how it will review other detected underpayments to assess whether there is a systemic cause and take steps to extend the correction exercise as required.

Pensions Judicial Review – Outcome

Hi to All,

The below has been circulated to ALL Branches for the information of members… 

Circulated to NEC, NARPO Pensions Board and Branch Secretaries

Please see the below link to a Press Statement from the Police Superintendents Association on the outcome of their Judicial Review and the ruling that the consultation on public services pensions schemes carried out this year was unlawful and that the Government had breached its Public Sector Equality Duty.

The full judgement and the PSA press statement can be viewed here:

https://www.policesupers.com/news/police-leaders-deem-unlawful-treatment-by-government-as-deceitful-and-showing-complete-contempt-for-officers-in-months-of-underhand-and-unfair-actions-towards-police

This is also on our website- https://www.narpo.org/pensions-challenge-update/

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Police Covenant – Consultation

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British Red Cross seeking Volunteers

We have been asked to circulate the below to members …

Do you want to make a difference and support the British Red Cross? You can do both when
you join as a Wheelchair Volunteer!

The Coronavirus pandemic has meant that people need our support more than ever. By
joining our Mobility Aids Team as a Wheelchair Volunteer, you can be there for people when
they need it the most, whilst making a difference in your community.
If you can spare a few hours per week you can help get people moving again after an illness
or injury.

For more information email us at wheelchairvolunteer@redcross.org.uk or call us
on 03000 040309.

 

We are looking for 1 regular shift per week with a six month commitment.

The customer service volunteer is between 10am – 2pm  Monday to Friday and the volunteer driver is a few hours a week on a Tuesday or a Wednesday .

Volunteer Driver – Quedgeley

Customer Service Volunteer – Quedgeley

Widows Pension for Life — Update

Hi to All

I know that many are following the progress of NARPO’s claim against HM Gov regarding the widow/er  claim against the unfairness of the loss of their pension should any widow or widower cohabit of marry …

The link below gives the latest update –

https://www.narpo.org/widows-pension-life/

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