A SPELL of rest and relaxation will be offered to 15 police officers – who are suffering from the impact of stress – thanks to a cheque presented at Warrington Police Museum.
Chair of the museum trustees Chris Upham serves on the Prize Draw Committee of the No 1 Copperpot Credit Union – which is one of the biggest and most successful in the country. It provides advantageous saving and loan rates for police officers and members of the police family.
The credit union runs a successful prize draw which pays out significant prizes, and also contributes towards staff training and marketing.
Chris said: “In addition, this year we decided we would make some donations to worthy charities related to the police service.”
In line with this retired Greater Manchester Police officer Andrea Quinton visited the museum to receive a £10,000 cheque from Chris for the Thin Blue Line charity, which supports officers with stress-related problems.
Chris said: “I think it suffice to say that there is significant evidence that stress is an increasing problem within the police service and there is not always sufficient counselling services provided by the service.
“Charities like The Thin Blue Line do their best with limited resources to support as many officers as they can. The £10k will be used to take 15 officers away on a retreat to try and give some respite from their mental struggles.”
Pictured (left to right) are Paul Kelly and Paul Hennessy from Copperpot, museum manager Peter Hampson (with the museum’s recently-awarded Kings Award for Voluntary Service), Andrea and Chris.
