1. ALL BRANCH SECRETARIES – PLEASE ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY BELOW.
Later Life Ambitions members survey – the Budget
What would you do you like to see in the Chancellor’s forthcoming Budget on March 11th?
NARPO is a Member of Later Life Ambitions and we are asking our members to fill out this short survey to tell us what issues older people would like the Government to prioritise.
CHAIRMAN AND NATIONAL PRESIDENT BRIAN BURDUS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
I hope that all members had a very Merry Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year.
2019 has been an eventful year for our Branch, 2 members reached 100 years of age, and with NARPO as an organisation also being 100 years old it was a special year for all concerned
I have attended many meetings and Centenary Celebrations around the country the most outstanding was at the Tower of London where in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal, Princess Anne and enjoyable evening was had by all and I know representatives from Notts NARPO attended.
We tried to arrange events within the county and apart from the River Cruise on the Trent others were not so well supported and had to be cancelled.
Nottinghamshire stood out well this year having a number of items published in the NARPO News Magazine, and one that stands out is that Roger Barker and his ‘Stepping Stones’ initiative in Newark. Full details have been published in the Magazine and the last Newsletter and I would like to thank Roger for his sterling work.
I will take this opportunity of personally thanking Brian Marshall, Brian has been the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for organising Trips, Ladies Day and Summer Socials together with being the main point of contact when a member or their spouse sadly dies.
Brian has decided that the time is right for him to stand down at the next AGM in April, although he is going to arrange Ladies Day in June.
In the New Year most of Brian’s work will in the interim pass to the Secretary John Kennedy, what we need urgently is someone to take over the role of Assistant Secretary with a view to becoming the Branch Secretary in the not too distant future, none of the committee are getting any younger and as age catches up on us it is time to hand the reins to a younger person.
EMAIL ADDRESSES AND UPDATES OF ADDRESSES
The system of sending out emails has again changed, not of this Branches making, to comply with GDPR and Cyber Security, we now use the National Database for all our information and have a direct email address of Nottinghamshire@narpo.org, our remaining email address will remain open as will the website but this too will move to the National Website at www.narpo.org and are monitored on a daily basis. Since the new system has come into use we are now getting bounce backs from ’email no longer in use’ to ‘inbox full’ sadly this will mean that the current email address we hold for you will be deleted if it is bounced back, until such time as a new email address is received.
We need to maintain an accurate up to date address, recently XPS have contacted the Secretary with regards to Pay Advice Letters being returned as ‘Not Known at This Address’ whilst we do not share personal information with any outside agency. XPS can by law cease paying your pension until a upto date address is received and this has happened on a number of occasions.
Over the next few weeks there are to be major changes on our web pages and the way emails are sent out, we are developing a new Data Protection and Privacy Policy and until that time we will be using the Policy as found at the National Site on www.narpo.org.
This will affect how we keep personal information and to whom it is disclosed, members should rest assured that no personal information is disclosed to a third party without your express consent, this includes Nottinghamshire Police and XPS Pensions. All information sent out by Notts NARPO is for the recipient’s own information and should not be disclosed any further whether by email or other social media, if you wish to disclose the information further, even by Social Media, you will need your own Data Protection and Privacy Policy to ensure Notts NARPO and your site complies with GDPR to fail to does so is a breach, further information on this subject can be obtained from the Secretary.
NARPO AGM
The next AGM is due to take place at Ramsdale Park Golf Club on Friday 17th April 2020 starting at 7pm, if you are intending attending please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter and return to the Secretary for catering arrangements, If you would like to join the Committee please contact the Secretary for a Nomination Form.
LADIES DAY
Ladies Day will take place on Saturday 6th June 2020 starting at 1pm, at the Stadium Club on Nottingham Road, Basford. This is a special event solely for the Widows/ers of the Branch, if you wish to attend please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter and return to Brian Marshall for catering and travel arrangements,
POLICE PADRE RETIRING
The Reverent David Henson is retiring from the Ministry from the 29th December 2019. David is a retired Police Officer and on retiring from the Police became the vicar at Misterton and neighbouring Parish’s. He was also the lead Police Padre for Nottinghamshire Police which includes NARPO.
On your behalf I would like to thank David for all the assistance he has given to NARPO and wish him a long and happy retirement.
David also volunteered to hold a NARPO Coffin Drape which he took to the undertakers in the North of the County on the death of a Member.
100 YEARS YOUNG
Nottinghamshire Branch Member and Police Widow Mrs Noreen McCullough celebrated her 100th Birthday in the week after the 2019 NARPO National Conference. As she now lives near York, Nottinghamshire Branch Vice Chair Bruce Cameron and Committee Member Marion Alflatt took the opportunity to divert across country on their way back to Nottingham.
Noreen is the Widow of Tom McCullough QPM (known universally as ‘Mac’), Mac Joined Nottingham City Police after National Service in Rhodesia and retired in the Mid 70’s as Head of CID with the Rank of Detective Chief Superintendent, he was awarded the Queens Police Medal for outstanding service.
Noreen is remarkably fit and active and still lives independently in sheltered accommodation, she was presented with various gifts from the Nottinghamshire Branch including a NARPO Centenary Medallion, flowers, cake and a card signed by National President and Branch Chair Brian Burdus. A few days later, on Noreen’s actual Birthday, York Branch kindly arranged for a visit by a serving North Yorkshire Police Senior Detective and for local member Keith Meadley to present Noreen with a bouquet and card from the York Branch of NARPO.
COMMITTEEMEMBERS.President: The Chief Constable. ChairmanBrian BurdusSecretaryJohn Kennedy Tel 0115 8409277 Mobile 07851430645 Nottinghamshirenarpo@narpo.org 9 Jessop’s Lane Gedling Nottingham NG4 4BQ Vice ChairmanBruce CameronAss SecretaryBrian Marshall Tel 0115 9556563 nottinghamshirenarpo@gmail.com Committee Members: David Wheeldon Ged Clowes Marian Alflatt Brian George Heidi DuffyCarolann Henderson Anne Berrington Tony Berrington Anne EvansKeith NewmanDorothy NewmanMalcolm Holmes
MEMBERSHIP PAGE
A warm welcome is extended to the following new members:
Grace Spicer, Anne Clewer, Lesley Wing, Gwendoline Bombroffe,
Enid Burnett, Gwenda Hunt, Steve Carr, Shaun White, Gary Oscroft
Doreen Harrison, Margot Howell, Gillian Cheetham, Brenda Birtles,
Tim Murphy, David Kirk, James Greely, Diederik Coetzee, Shaun Stokes,
Peter Crawley, Doreen Musson, Marjorie Rhodes, Christine Redfern
Jan Campbell.
It is with regret that I must inform you of the death of the
following members since our last publication. Our deepest sympathies are
extended to their next of kin:
Members Retired. Date Retired. Died
Elaine Cheetham Constable 31/03/86 14/05/19
David Parker Sergeant 1994 15/08/19
Jeffrey Hunt Inspector 10/09/92 21/09/19
Richard Cheetham Constable 1993 11/09/19
Kevin Neale Constable 29/01/2000 12/09/19
Edward Birtles Inspector 21/05/77 08/09/19
Richard Taylor Constable 02/12/75 19/09/19
Dennis Harrison Constable 02/12/19 19/09/19
Geoffrey Howell Sergeant 31/03/89 30/09/19
Roy Broughton Sergeant 02/10/77 20/10/19
Peter Coles Superintendent 05/06/96 19/10/19
Bernard Morris Sergeant 1975 28/10/19
Peter Redfern Constable 13/03/82 27/10/19
David Wilkinson Inspector 06/09/81 15/10/19
Barry Whetton Constable 15/01/93 08/11/19
Michael Dobbs Inspector 14/08/85 07/11/19
Nicholas Skerritt Sergeant 10/11/92 12/11/19
James Rhodes Constable 06/01/74 21/11/19
Peter Abbey Inspector 30/09/88 21/11/19
Melvin (Mel) Musson Sergeant 1988 06/12/19
Frederick Melliott Constable 18/12/88 11/12/19
Widow Members: Died Widow of: –
Dorothy Smith 15/06/19 Leonard Smith
Janet Rattenbury 18/06/19 Peter Rattenbury
Jeanette Faulkner 07/06/19 Harold Faulkner
Betty Willmott 10/01/19 Bill Willmott
Dorothy Wyld 24/08/19 Harry Wyld
Mildred Stafford 03/09/19 James Stafford
Iris Evans 12/09/19 Unknown
Mary Laws 07/11/19 Derek Laws
Spouse of Member Died Wife of
Mary Penniston 16/10/19 Ronald Penniston
Irene Green 03/03/19 Ramon Green
Pamela Ping 11/11/19 Alan Ping
Wedding Anniversary –
Alan & Margaret Newton celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday 24th October 2019.
John & Marilyn Kennedy celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Friday 20th December 2019
I wish to attend the NARPO AGM on Friday 17th April 2020
To be held at Ramsdale Park Golf Club, start time 7pm
Name__________________________________
Contact Details__________________________
Special Dietary Arrangements__________________________
I wish to attend Ladies Day on Saturday 6th June 2020 at The Stadium, Nottingham Road, Basford, Nottingham
Name__________________________________
Contact Details__________________________
Special Dietary Arrangements_______________________ I Do/Do Notrequiretransport
Please forward to Brian Marshall, 4 Hartington Avenue, Hucknall, Nottm, NG15 6TA or Email nottinghamshirenarpo@gmail.com or 0115 9556563
Editorial Apology
Regretfully in the last Newsletter due to computer problems a number of deaths were missed from the list, this has been rectified and they all appear in this edition, one that stands out for comment is that of Elaine Cheetham, who after retirement was a Pensions Officer at the County Council, Elaine provided immense help to the Secretary after he took up the role in 2004 and for many years after with pensions queries and will be sadly missed, on behalf of the Branch and Committee we would like to offer somewhat belated condolences to her husband David Cheetham.
Good morning, my name is Gary Keeling and I am a
retired Staffordshire Detective Constable having retired in November 2012.
In 2015 I gained employment with the Chaffinch Group who deal with archive
storage, confidential waste destruction and their seasonal role of Student
University Storage known as “Chaffinch Student” running from May to October.
Since 2015 I have been involved in a variety of roles within the Chaffinch
Group and more recently had the opportunity to become self employed working
alongside Chaffinch providing logistic and storage support for their student
storage business. This self employed role I have very much enjoyed.
I currently, through Chaffinch Student cover Staffordshire Universities and a
former Merseyside detective provides the same cover in Liverpool and Chester.
Due to rapid growth within other sectors of the Chaffinch Group Chaffinch are
currently able to offer franchise opportunities with Chaffinch Student.
With the nature of the business being seasonal it was decided that the most
suitable people to offer these opportunities to is former police officers
giving them the opportunity to work with ultimate flexibility and having the
right skill set for the role.
I have attached a job specification for your attention and information and
would very much appreciate if you could circulate this to your NARPO members.
Although NARPO members are the preferred people of choice who we would like to
pass on the opportunity to work alongside Chaffinch we would welcome other
individuals who may be suitable.
The role is a very customer facing role requiring great organisation skills and
flexibility with working hours so would certainly suit persons within the
police family or retired support staff.
It would be great if you could give me a call to discuss further on the number
detailed below.
See below message from Warrington Branch Secretary:
The Warrington & Halton Branch Secretary is after your assistance.
He intends to contact his local MP regarding ‘Unmarried Partners’ not being entitled to a Police Widow’s Pension under the 1987 Police Pension Regulations.
Can you contact him direct if you have any members in a similar position.
Apparently the trek to Everest Base Camp is the most popular ‘bucket list’ item – ever.
Suitably fit NARPO members now have an opportunity to make the iconic trek for a reduced price thanks to national child victims of crime charity, Embrace.
Taking place between 2 November and 21 November, and guided by Sherpa Dawa Geljen and his experienced team, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The all-inclusive price of air fares, transfers, accommodation and meals, is just £2,500, a saving of £350.
A recent case in the High Court has ruled that Police Authorities had a duty to inform those leaving the Force and being re-employed had a duty to notify those members of their tax liabilities upon re-employment.
The case concerned the tax liabilities on pensions, where the appellant police officers had retired before the normal minimum pension age of 55. The appellants appealed against a decision of the Pensions Ombudsman dismissing their complaints that they had not been made aware that retiring when they had done would make them liable to additional tax. The Chancery Division held that the appeal of two appellants against the Avon and Somerset police authority would be allowed. The case of three appellants against the Essex police authority would be remitted to the Pensions Ombudsman. However, the relevant chief constables were not liable to the appellants for the adverse tax consequences of what had occurred.
This will be particularly helpful for those members who are still in dispute with their Forces in relation to this issue.
The full case is attached and a resume can be found on our website at:
Derbyshire are organising a Centenary Dinner at Chatsworth House on Friday 13th September, for those interested the details are below
Derbyshire Branch Centenary Gala Dinner
Carriage House Restaurant, Chatsworth
Friday, 13th September, 2019
To celebrate the centenary of the National Association of Retired Police Officers, the Derbyshire Branch is holding a gala dinner in The Carriage House Restaurant at the iconic Chatsworth House on Friday, 13th September 2019. Dress will be formal. (Men – DJ or lounge suit. Ladies – cocktail dress or similar). Free parking will be available adjacent to the Restaurant. Police Cadets will be on duty to assist and to direct guests to the Carriage House Restaurant.
The evening will start at 5.45pm with a Drinks Reception. The meal will be served at 7pm with musical entertainment during the meal being provided by a local harpist, Laura-Rose Gee. A table magician, Ian Barradell, will provide further entertainment during the service of the meal.
Menu
Smoked pork belly terrine with tomato chutney & sourdough croute.
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Garlic and mint roasted leg of lamb, confit potatoes, red wine jus served with seasonal vegetables.
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Bakewell tart with clotted cream ice cream.
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Tea and Coffee.
Please specify any dietary requirements on the rear of the Ticket Application Form.
The Chief Constable, the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff and the National President of NARPO have all accepted invitations to attend. After the meal and once the formalities of the evening are complete, Michael Moore a brilliant local singer will provide musical entertainment for us until carriages at 11pm.
Tickets for the event, heavily subsidised by the Branch, will be available to Derbyshire NARPO members and partners on receipt of the Annual Report at £35 each – on a first come first served basis. Tickets for non-members will be £50.
Payment can be made by cheque, payable to ‘Derbyshire NARPO’ or by electronic transfer to the Derbyshire NARPO Account No: 80597408.Sort code:60-14-15. Please give your name as the sender’s reference.
This is likely to be a very popular event so to avoid disappointment please book your tickets early. Entry to the event will be strictly by ticket only. Complete the enclosed Ticket Application Form and return it asap together with your cheque or details of your electronic payment, to David Ashley, 27 Lowlands Road, Belper, DE56 1HN or by email to dave.ashley782@hotmail.co.uk Your tickets will then be forwarded to you. Should you require any further information about the Gala Dinner please give Dave a ring on 07738 552178 or email him on dave.ashley782@hotmail.co.uk
NARPO Centenary Gala Dinner and Entertainment at Carriage House Restaurant, Chatsworth House. Friday, 13th September, 2019
Names of NARPO members/ non NARPO members for whom tickets are requested.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Is / Is not a NARPO member. Any specific dietary needs Y / N
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I require _____ tickets at £35 each for NARPO member(s) Total Cost £ _______
I require _____ tickets at £50 each for non-NARPO member(s) Total Cost £ _______
Tickets will only be despatched on receipt of full payment.
Maximum number of Tickets per application form is four (4).
Please photocopy for additional tickets
The organisers will do their best to seat everyone named on one application form on the same table. Please indicate overleaf if you wish any / all of the above named to be seated on the same table as persons named on a different Application Form. Tables will be a maximum of ten persons.
# If any of your party has specific dietary requirements please give full details, including a contact telephone number on the reverse of this form
I enclose a cheque(s) in the sum of £ _________ for these tickets
I have made electronic payment in the sum of £_________into the Derbyshire NARPO Account
Your tickets will be forwarded to you once receipt of your payment has been confirmed.
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