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Branch Xmas Lunch Wednesday 8th December 2021
To be held at Lumb Farm Country Club 12.30pm for 1.00pm. Please see here for menu and booking details.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
To be held at Lumb Farm Country Club 12.30pm for 1.00pm. Please see here for menu and booking details.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
COVID-19 UPDATES - The latest Government advice can be found here.
03/12/21 Obituary
It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the death yesterday, Thursday 2nd December 2021, of ex PC 118 Frederick (Fred) James BROWN, 86 years. Please see obituary for further details.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the death yesterday, Thursday 2nd December 2021, of ex PC 118 Frederick (Fred) James BROWN, 86 years. Please see obituary for further details.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
3/12/21 Invitation to take part in research about the Police Covenant in England and Wales
Dear All
Please see the below email message from the Home Office Communications Directorate inviting stakeholders to take part in research about the Police Covenant. Members may wish to take part, and if so, please use the link in the email.
This is also on our website- https://www.narpo.org/invitation-to-take-part-in-research-about-the-police-covenant-in-england-and-wales/
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
We are looking for volunteers to take part in research that will help shape a campaign around the new Police Covenant for England and Wales. As part of the creation of the Police Covenant, the Home Office is developing a campaign to inform current and former police officers, staff and volunteers as well as their families about what the Covenant is, how it will make a difference to them, and the support that will be available. To inform this process, we are inviting people to take part in one-to-one discussions to share their views, including serving officers, staff, retired officers, and policing volunteers.
The research is being carried out by BritainThinks, an independent research agency conducting the project on behalf of the Home Office. Taking part will involve a 60-minute video-call discussion with a researcher from BritainThinks, arranged at a time that is convenient. These will take place between 13th December 2021 and 14th January 2022.
If you are interested in taking part, please visit this link to complete the short survey and indicate your availability. We are keen to include a wide range of views and every conversation will enable us to produce the best possible campaign to raise awareness of the support available through the Covenant. Taking part is anonymous and confidential, only BritainThinks will hold the contact details of those that take part and results will be reported anonymously to the Home Office in the final report.
Dear All
Please see the below email message from the Home Office Communications Directorate inviting stakeholders to take part in research about the Police Covenant. Members may wish to take part, and if so, please use the link in the email.
This is also on our website- https://www.narpo.org/invitation-to-take-part-in-research-about-the-police-covenant-in-england-and-wales/
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
We are looking for volunteers to take part in research that will help shape a campaign around the new Police Covenant for England and Wales. As part of the creation of the Police Covenant, the Home Office is developing a campaign to inform current and former police officers, staff and volunteers as well as their families about what the Covenant is, how it will make a difference to them, and the support that will be available. To inform this process, we are inviting people to take part in one-to-one discussions to share their views, including serving officers, staff, retired officers, and policing volunteers.
The research is being carried out by BritainThinks, an independent research agency conducting the project on behalf of the Home Office. Taking part will involve a 60-minute video-call discussion with a researcher from BritainThinks, arranged at a time that is convenient. These will take place between 13th December 2021 and 14th January 2022.
If you are interested in taking part, please visit this link to complete the short survey and indicate your availability. We are keen to include a wide range of views and every conversation will enable us to produce the best possible campaign to raise awareness of the support available through the Covenant. Taking part is anonymous and confidential, only BritainThinks will hold the contact details of those that take part and results will be reported anonymously to the Home Office in the final report.
25/11/21 Presentation of “Community Officer of the Year” Award 2021
At the end of October 2021 our Branch Chairman, Dave Ashley had the pleasure and privilege of joining his daughter, Superintendent Sarah McAughtrie at St. Mary’s Wharf Police Station to present “The Community Officer of the Year” Award to PC Amy Ratcliffe. The Derbyshire Branch of NARPO has sponsored this award for three years now as one of a series of measures aimed at ensuring that we maintain a sound, professional relationship with the force. Please see here for full details.
Dave Ashley (Chairman)
At the end of October 2021 our Branch Chairman, Dave Ashley had the pleasure and privilege of joining his daughter, Superintendent Sarah McAughtrie at St. Mary’s Wharf Police Station to present “The Community Officer of the Year” Award to PC Amy Ratcliffe. The Derbyshire Branch of NARPO has sponsored this award for three years now as one of a series of measures aimed at ensuring that we maintain a sound, professional relationship with the force. Please see here for full details.
Dave Ashley (Chairman)
25/11/21 Sports Club Lottery Draw for November 2021
The following members were lucky winners in the Sports Club Lottery Draw for November 2021: Mr P Hill, Robert Bowns, R J Potts, Julie Rossington, T Corbett and F J Brown. Our congratulations to them.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
The following members were lucky winners in the Sports Club Lottery Draw for November 2021: Mr P Hill, Robert Bowns, R J Potts, Julie Rossington, T Corbett and F J Brown. Our congratulations to them.
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
25/11/21 Volunteering Opportunity
Please see below volunteering opportunity with the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). Anyone interested please contact Kerry Wright by email at Kerry.Wright741@mod.gov.uk
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
Dear All,
Defence Business Services, VeteransUK, has just launched this year’s recruitment drive for the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC), a Non-Departmental Public Body whose Chairs and Members are appointed by The Minister for Defence People and Veterans. The adverts for Members are now on the Public Appointments website. I circulate the details as widely as I can in order to generate more interest and a diversity of candidates. Not all of the regional committees are recruiting this year and I apologise if your area is not one of them. However, if you are aware of anyone that falls into one of the 8 regions needing new members I would be grateful if you would make them aware. I would be very grateful if you could assist in promoting the vacancies by circulating the following links to the adverts, that are currently posted on The Public Appointments website, as widely as you can, to anyone who you think maybe interested and, if possible, publish them on your intranet/internet sites. I have attached a flyer which would be a really good promotional front page from which to access the links.
A separate advert has been published for each region, so rather than send you 8 different links here is the link to the Public Appointments vacancy page: https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/search-appointments/ if you type the word veterans in the "keyword" search box at the top of the page the list of adverts will pop up.
Many thanks,
Kerry Wright
Veterans UK
Please see below volunteering opportunity with the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC). Anyone interested please contact Kerry Wright by email at Kerry.Wright741@mod.gov.uk
Sean Murphy (Secretary)
Dear All,
Defence Business Services, VeteransUK, has just launched this year’s recruitment drive for the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee (VAPC), a Non-Departmental Public Body whose Chairs and Members are appointed by The Minister for Defence People and Veterans. The adverts for Members are now on the Public Appointments website. I circulate the details as widely as I can in order to generate more interest and a diversity of candidates. Not all of the regional committees are recruiting this year and I apologise if your area is not one of them. However, if you are aware of anyone that falls into one of the 8 regions needing new members I would be grateful if you would make them aware. I would be very grateful if you could assist in promoting the vacancies by circulating the following links to the adverts, that are currently posted on The Public Appointments website, as widely as you can, to anyone who you think maybe interested and, if possible, publish them on your intranet/internet sites. I have attached a flyer which would be a really good promotional front page from which to access the links.
A separate advert has been published for each region, so rather than send you 8 different links here is the link to the Public Appointments vacancy page: https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/search-appointments/ if you type the word veterans in the "keyword" search box at the top of the page the list of adverts will pop up.
Many thanks,
Kerry Wright
Veterans UK
16/11/21 Branch Lunch Photos
Photographs from the November Branch Lunch are now displayed in the photos section.
Pete Wise
Photographs from the November Branch Lunch are now displayed in the photos section.
Pete Wise
15/11/21 Butterley Walking Club Xmas Walk - Saturday 4th December 2021
Details of the Xmas Walk can be found on the Walking Club page.
Pete Wise
Details of the Xmas Walk can be found on the Walking Club page.
Pete Wise
12/11/21 McCloud/Sargeant remedy: phase one (prospective) regulations consultation - Police Pensions Scheme
Please see the below which is also on our website- https://www.narpo.org/pensions-challenge-update/
There will be a Police Scheme Advisory Board meeting later this month or early December, when NARPO will be in attendance to discuss the public consultation document.
Please see the below which is also on our website- https://www.narpo.org/pensions-challenge-update/
There will be a Police Scheme Advisory Board meeting later this month or early December, when NARPO will be in attendance to discuss the public consultation document.
The Home Office has launched a consultation on amendments to police pension schemes in England and Wales, to enact the first phase of the remedy in the McCloud/Sargeant cases.
The first phase of the remedy is to make changes to the scheme regulations, in line with the Public Service Pensions & Judicial Offices Bill, which will close the legacy pension schemes to future accrual from 31 March 2022 and ensure all members who remain in service from 1 April 2022 do so as members of the reformed scheme. This is intended to ensure future equal treatment going forwards.
This consultation on the Police Pension Scheme seeks responses from interested parties on the amendments to the regulations needed to enact the first phase of the remedy, as set out in the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill. The intention is that these come into force on 1 April 2022.
Consultation responses can be sent to Policepensionspublicservicepensionsremedy@homeoffice.gov.uk. The consultation will close at 3pm on the 2nd of January 2022.
Regards,
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
The first phase of the remedy is to make changes to the scheme regulations, in line with the Public Service Pensions & Judicial Offices Bill, which will close the legacy pension schemes to future accrual from 31 March 2022 and ensure all members who remain in service from 1 April 2022 do so as members of the reformed scheme. This is intended to ensure future equal treatment going forwards.
This consultation on the Police Pension Scheme seeks responses from interested parties on the amendments to the regulations needed to enact the first phase of the remedy, as set out in the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill. The intention is that these come into force on 1 April 2022.
Consultation responses can be sent to Policepensionspublicservicepensionsremedy@homeoffice.gov.uk. The consultation will close at 3pm on the 2nd of January 2022.
Regards,
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
11/11/21 The Great British Bake Off - looking for brand new bakers!
Dear All,
Please see the below, which may be of interest to Members
This is also on our website - https://www.narpo.org/the-great-british-bake-off-looking-for-brand-new-bakers/
Regards,
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the tent? Could you be in the class of 2022?
Applications for THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF are NOW open!
Who’s the best baker you know?
If you or someone you know is a smart cookie in the kitchen maybe it’s time to take a whisk and apply!
Visit www.applyforbakeoff.co.uk or call/text 07512 754 340 for an application form.
Closing date for applications is 19.59 on Sunday 5th December 2021.
Good Luck!
Kat Healy (Assistant Producer)
Dear All,
Please see the below, which may be of interest to Members
This is also on our website - https://www.narpo.org/the-great-british-bake-off-looking-for-brand-new-bakers/
Regards,
Alan Lees (Dep CEO NARPO)
Have YOU got what it takes to bake in the tent? Could you be in the class of 2022?
Applications for THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF are NOW open!
Who’s the best baker you know?
If you or someone you know is a smart cookie in the kitchen maybe it’s time to take a whisk and apply!
Visit www.applyforbakeoff.co.uk or call/text 07512 754 340 for an application form.
Closing date for applications is 19.59 on Sunday 5th December 2021.
Good Luck!
Kat Healy (Assistant Producer)