COVID-19 Knowledge Hub & Branch Best Practice
Welcome to our COVID-19 Knowledge Hub and Best Practice area. Here we have brought together all the official advice on what you need to do, how you can manage your health and wellbeing and how NARPO can help during the global health crisis. The COVID-19 global pandemic has turned life as we know it upside […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Please use the following links to information in relation to the ongoing situation- https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office https://gov.wales/coronavirus https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/ For queries on the NARPO Group Travel Insurance, please use the following link- https://narpo.org/life/insurance/travel-insurance/ Coronavirus- Retired Police Officers During this national Public Health Emergency, we have received some requests for clarification of NARPO’s position on the […]
New State Pension and Contracting Out
As Police Officers you were ‘contracted out’ of the State Second Pension and only paid class 2 NI contributions. As a result you may not have the required 35 years to qualify for the New State Pension. Use the links below for new Single Tier State Pension information: Your State Pension Statement Explained Check your State […]
HM Treasury consultation on proposals relating to the 2015 public service pension scheme reforms
HM Treasury has published a new consultation that seeks views on proposals relating to the 2015 public service pension scheme reforms. Following the Court of Appeal judgment in December 2018, the Government has been working to fix the discrimination identified in the policy of transitional protection that was part of the 2015 reforms to public […]
Police Charities UK – a single place to find a police charity
The purpose of this website is to act as a reference guide for anyone who may need to access the services of the various UK police charities. This website is not necessarily exhaustive but is a starting point to summarise the main charities throughout the UK.
Later Life Ambitions / Associated Retirement Community Operators survey
Later Life Ambitions is working with ARCO (the Associated Retirement Community Operators), the trade association for operators of housing-with-care developments for older people to improve our understanding of what specialist housing and support people might want in later life. The findings of this research will be launched later in the summer and used to inform […]
Local MP calls for more support for retired police officers
Bishop Auckland MP, Dehenna Davison has recently put on record her commitment to support the mental health of retired police officers, after a meeting with the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO). Davison, who is a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, met with NARPO to find out more about their work and […]
Later Life Ambitions letter to the Chancellor regarding the Triple Lock
Despite previous assurances that the Triple Lock would remain in place there have been reports of pressure on the Government to scrap the Triple Lock to help pay for the mounting costs of the Coronavirus crisis. A letter was sent to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak from LLA on 17th June urging the Government […]
Later Life Ambitions COVID-19 Survey Results
Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over a quarter of a million pensioners through the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance, and us the National Association of Retired Police Officers. Back in April LLA ran a Coronavirus survey to find out how the Pandemic was impacting Members, the […]
Mental health and wellbeing support for retired police officers – written questions answered
Dehenna Davison MP tabled the following questions in Parliament on mental health and wellbeing on NARPO’s behalf. Please note that all the questions received the same answer which is below. NARPO will continue to monitor the Government’s response to the Police Covenant consultation but it is positive that mental health and wellbeing support specially for […]