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The 2023 Oscar Kilo Awards are now open for submissions. If your force has created a project or programme that is making a difference to the wellbeing of your officers and staff, then why not enter it for one of our awards.

This blog is from David Stubbs from Staffordshire Police. David, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour, shares his journey and talks positively about the importance of getting checked out if you don't feel well and how good supervision can assist recovery.

Monday 23 January sees the start of national neighbourhood policing week of action. Find out what's going on and how you can get involved.

DEC 2022 UPDATE: You may have heard of the recent rise in cases of Monkeypox, our Senior Medical Officer, John Harrison has produced this guidance which gives details on the virus and a risk assessment of catching monkeypox

2022 has been a busy year for the National Police Wellbeing Service, we've put together a quick review of the last 12 months to remind you of all the fantastic work taking place to support police wellbeing.

Today (14 December 2022) sees the launch of a brand-new short film and mental health awareness package entitled; ‘Purpose’.  

Nutritionist Anna Earl, who is hosting our nutrition for wellbeing webinars, has put together a short video looking at the challenges to eating healthily at this time of the year.

We have published the November / December edition of our new regular bulletins. Read about it and how to access these regular updates.

The College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have worked with forces and neurodiverse officers and staff to bring together national guidance, public resources and policing case studies in a workplace adjustments toolkit.

Over 500 officers and staff have responded to a research project focused on understanding how police officers and staff felt during the pandemic, and how their wellbeing was affected.

Tonight (Wednesday 30 November), our Service Director, Andy Rhodes and programme lead, Liz Mead will be taking part in a WeCops chat about our new service improvement and stress reduction (SISR) programme.

We are proud to be involved and to be supporting the College of Paramedics, and other emergency responder organisations at the Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium 2022 at Silverstone this week.