Police Care UK

Since the 1960s, Police Care UK (formally known as the Police Dependants’ Trust (PDT)) has provided financial support to police officers and their families in the event of that officer being killed or seriously incapacitated while on duty. It was set up in December 1966 following the murder of three police officers by armed criminals.

Police Care UK believe that police and families should always have someone to turn to that understands their situation and can respond effectively to their needs. By providing a specialist and confidential programme of practical, emotional, and financial support, they help more people effectively recover and rebuild their lives. They believe that caring for their people is the duty of every police organisation. Their role is to complement this care, and help identify gaps through targeted services, projects, and programmes.

Police Care UK:

Ensure everyone is aware of the harm experienced in policing - believes everyone should understand the dangers police face everyday, and how the harm they suffer can affect them and their families. Through improving awareness, they help develop appropriate services to support them, and reduce the shame of physical and psychological injuries so that people can get the care they need with dignity.
Enable police and families to recover and rebuild their lives - believes that police and families should always have someone to turn to that understands their situation and can respond effectively to their needs. By providing a specialist and confidential programme of practical, emotional, and financial support, they help more people effectively recover and rebuild their lives.
Engage with the police service to do all it can to reduce or prevent harm - believes that caring for their people is the duty of every police organisation. Their role is to complement this care, and help identify gaps through targeted services, projects, and programmes.

Confidential Careline:

Police Care UK understand the impact the job can have on officers' emotional wellbeing and are there to support them. If you need to talk, you can call their welfare team for access to their Confidential Careline. To access the Confidential Careline, please call 0300 012 0030.

More information is available on their website - Police Care UK. For more information on signing up for Police Care UK, please email Dominique Allen at Dominique.allen@leics.police.uk.

Volunteering:

Police Care UK are recruiting volunteers across the UK. This is a great opportunity for providing support when dealing with colleagues in crisis, who have suffered hard as a result of policing. A number of introduction events are being held across the UK, should you wish to attend.

More details can be found here:

https://www.policecare.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

Force Ill-Health Retirement Commitment:

Police Care UK launched to all UK forces and the public the 'Police Care UK - Force Ill-Health Retirement Commitment' on 1st September 2022. This Ill-Health Retirement Commitment was developed through feedback and advice from their beneficiaries who came to them seeking peer support, as they went through the IHR and Injury on Duty process themselves. Their commitment does not seek to change the process, but rather offers options on improving engagement, and seeks to challenge common cultures around Ill-Health retirement and Injury on Duty processes. They have developed this commitment in collaboration with a few UK Police forces, Federation Reps in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and representatives from the Police Superintendent’s Associations, National Association of Retired Police Officers, and Injury on Duty Pensioners Association.

Please click the attached link to view their Ill-Health Retirement Commitment - Ill Health Retirement Commitment - Police Care UK