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This Sunday is World Mental Health Day. Oscar Kilo, the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) works really hard all year supporting your forces so they can support you if you are suffering from poor mental health.

A new paper has been published which looks at trauma therapy for police officers and staff with symptoms of Simple and Complex PTSD.

Cleveland Police have launched their first two OK9 wellbeing and trauma support dogs.

On this page you can read about all the winning entries from the Oscar Kilo Awards 2021.

A scheme which uses surf therapy to help tackle PTSD, stress and mental health issues is to be extended to police officers across England and Wales

Wellbeing and trauma support dogs don’t just support our officers and staff around the country, some of them support their families. We just had to share this heartwarming story of how Baloo, wellbeing dog from Essex Police helped Charlie.

In this blog, Phil talks about the journey he and his family have been through after his daughter was diagnosed with anorexia and how they have pulled together to support each other and to improve her mental health.

Rachel Blackwell talks about how she got into mindfulness and why she thinks it is a useful part of any police officer’s kit both in our professional and personal lives. She has also included some short mindfulness sessions that you can try at home.

This time of year can be financially challenging for many and it is even more difficult to see light at the end of the tunnel during a global pandemic. We want to encourage officers who are struggling to make ends meet, to seek support and realise that there is help available.

An updated guidance document ‘Responding to Trauma in Policing’ has been published by the College of Policing. The document, originally published in 2018, has been updated to reflect the current policing landscape, including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The menopause will affect us all at some point. Read on to find out about the work West Mercia Police have been doing to improve awareness of the menopause.