Our News
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A New Trustee’s Perspective
We are delighted to welcome Jon Ross, a Devon and Cornwall Police Federation Representative, as a new Trustee of Police Children’s Fund. Jon kindly shared a few words with us following his attendance at his first trustees’ meeting: Why is the charity so important?I’m passionate about looking after the kids of police officers and making…
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Sherral’s Update
Hi everyone and welcome to my final update of 2024. The end of October marked the first anniversary of our new name and re-brand as we continue to provide police children with financial support and stability throughout their educational and developmental years. Earlier this month we held our quarterly trustees’ meeting where just over £83k…
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Valuing Support
Today, everyone at Police Children’s Fund would like to say a special ‘thank you’ to Uniform Mortgages who recently became a supporter of the Fund. Uniform Mortgages have been arranging mortgages for key workers for over twenty years and their service is free for police officers. We have recently entered a partnership with the organisation…
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A Little Help & A Big Bright Future
One of our lovely Hampshire beneficiaries has recently graduated from Winchester University and attended her graduation ceremony last week. Police Children’s Fund has supported Katie for ten years throughout her education, providing grants to help with her studies and she has now officially started her job as a primary school teacher. Katie says “It was…
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Welcoming a New Trustee
What better way to end Trustees’ Week than to welcome a new trustee on to our Board. Warren Franklin of Kent Police is the Secretary of the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales and one of three new trustees recently welcomed to Police Children’s Fund. We asked Warren why he chose to support us…
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Trustees’ Week – Time to Say ‘Thank You’
Trustees’ Week is a time for us to celebrate our trustees and a million other trustees across the UK for their time, commitment and skills which help our charities thrive, enabling the good work to continue to make a positive difference to the lives of many. The trustees of Police Children’s Fund bring a wealth…
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Supporting Sport & Safari in SA
One of our Dyfed-Powys beneficiaries turned 18 this year and after the amazing success of his A Level results he is taking a year out of education before heading off to Swansea University next year. He will spend this year working as a teaching assistant, lifeguarding for children with additional needs and enjoying travelling. Llew wanted…
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Out & About in Sussex
On 16th October, Police Children’s Fund visited Sussex Police HQ to meet newly recruited police officers following their attestation ceremony. This event takes place four times a year in Sussex and we have been invited to attend future events to spread the word about the good work we do in the hope that new recruits…
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PCUK – Working Together
Earlier this week, as a member of Police Charities UK (PCUK), we met with representatives of the other member charities for the second formal meeting this year. PCUK is a unique group of police charities who collaborate for the benefit of serving/former members of UK police forces and their families. Guest speakers included lady Bathurst…
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A Family’s Story – The Fund in Action
In the spring of this year, a Sussex family was referred to the Fund and the dad, a serving police officer, has very courageously agreed to share his family’s experience to show how Police Children’s Fund can help when it is most needed. Here is his story. “On the 26th of February 2023, Janine passed…
