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What Have Competition
PFOA NEWS

We Been Up To? Thanks to our friends at 5.11 Tactical we have an exciting new competition

W e are embarking on an uplift of that’s free and you don’t have to do anything to enter…apart from be a
PFOA member!
PFOA Coaches starting in October.
For the next four editions of Top Cover we will draw a number from our
This is mainly due to the block
membership of 2000 Ministry of
Defence Police Officers we are taking on at the membership database, the winning member will be the new owner of a 5.11
beginning of October. Stu Brown and Clive Mackrow
will look after our new Coaches. We have increased XBT 355 torch and a Recon Outbound Holdall.
the numbers in Scotland to look after over 900 MDP
officers at various locations as well as members in
Police Scotland. The Coaches will attend a course The draw will take place on Friday 31st September 2014 at PFOA HQ. The
being delivered by Ali Campbell, who is one of the member’s number will be chosen at random by an independent person who
world’s top Life Coaches. Ali found out about the
work we do and after a meeting in London offered will pick a number between 1 and 5940. The winner will be notified by phone
his services at a vastly reduced rate to support the • Specialist wheelchair purchased for officer’s or work email.
PFOA. daughter recovering from cancer
• Respite break for officer and his wife following an
PFOA members get extensive support. Whilst we RTC whereby the officer sustained a serious head The competition is NOT open to any PFOA employees, Trustees or Directors!
provide counselling, coaching, hypnotherapy, injury
EMDR and CBT therapy, we also provide additional • IPAD and Beats Headphones and other goodies
support for you and your family such as respite for son of an officer who has leukemia for the
breaks, out of pocket expenses, medical assistance second time Good luck and a massive thanks to
for injuries and illnesses and peer support. No fuss, • Retired officer having brain tumour removed –
no means testing, just prompt support. hotel and expenses for his wife to stay nearby to Neil Francombe and all at 5.11 tactical.
hospital
PFOA Coaches:
PFOA Lead Coaches: Counselling:
Stuart Brown – Lincolnshire (North) • Bereavement counselling for officer whose father
Clive Mackrow - London (South) passed away
• Counselling for officer suffering from PTSD
Our Coaches have been busy assisting officers all • Counselling for several officers who are involved
over the country with various issues. The results we in ongoing investigations
are having utilizing the Coaches are remarkable.
The not so small print!
These are some recent examples where we have The trustees will consider all requests for support.
assisted members and their families: Each request will be decided on its own merits. The
• Officer suffering from insomnia PFOA is not a replacement for private healthcare.
• Pain management Whilst we will take a view on any request for
• Several Officers having problems with assistance, we will not fund private care such
classification shoots – all have passed shoots as Physiotherapy, MRI Scans etc unless there is
after speaking with a Coach clear evidence of hardship or where OH and NHS
services are unacceptably delayed. All requests for
Family assistance: counselling and Coaching will be dealt with by a
• Continued support to Principal Officers and their contact officer. We will contact you within 48 hours
families or sooner to arrange support. This includes all close
• Travel Costs for officer visiting terminally ill family members. Financial support is not for settling
relative debt, it is to compliment support we are giving to
• Spa day for wife of officer suffering with you or your family i.e. travel costs, childcare etc. For
depression further details please call us on 01354 742444 or
• Referral to PFOA medical advisor for officer email info@pfoa.co.uk
seriously injured at work, urgent physiotherapy
paid for
MARK WILLIAMS
mark@pfoa.co.uk