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Keeping you informed

Planting a tree at Beamish with SCC Chair Christos Parginos

Meeting group in South Shields

Always willing to help and support any IPA event it was my absolute pleasure to present Caroline with a Presidential Award whilst at the meeting. Well done! It was a busy agenda and very successful. But some of the events around the meeting were for me an absolute delight. Do you remember the front cover of Volume 2 of this year with the Police UK disability sport report about adaptive sports and wheelchair rugby.? As part of our programme, we attended an adaptive sport exhibition at the Beacon of Light Centre in Newcastle, where IPA member and founder Gary Callier gave us a presentation, followed by an exhibition match which was exciting to watch. He then invited us to try it out. Goodness me, hard work, really hard work. But a great opportunity and thanks to Gary for putting that on. The following day we went to the Beamish Museum which I’m sure many of you will have visited and as part of our visit we planted trees for each of the attending sections as part of the Green IPA strategy.

What was particularly nice to see was IPA members from around the country joining us at the event making new friends and contacts. So thank you to Sandra, Philipp, Liz, Ian, Frank, Margaret, Maureen and Vincent. Now looking forward to our big celebration next year in 2025. I’m delighted that her Royal Highness the Princess Royal confirms that she will be our Patron, and I am liaising with her staff to see if her diary may permit a visit to one of our special events, I do hope so. There’s a saying about giving someone else the bullet to shoot well, Bill Lloyd your National Treasurer asked me to inform you there will be a small increase in subs in line with the NCM agreement of £1 from January. Any comments can of course be directly sent to him!” On a sad note, I have just been informed of the passing of Kevin Troop, Arthur’s son, in Stamford. I understand he had recently been in a care home. I await further details and will of course ensure we are suitably represented at the funeral. Finally, as we approach the festive season , my thanks and appreciation goes to all serving members of the Section. Keeping us safe keeps you away from your family so thank you on behalf of all our members for all that you do. I wish you all a peaceful festive season and very much look forward to a special anniversary year in 2025. In Friendship. Clive Wood,

Me trying Wheelchair Rugby

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POLICE WORLD Vol 69 No.4, 2024