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BAWP Awards

16/03/2010

The following Awards will be presented on Monday 19th April at our Annual Awards Dinner prior to our Professional Development Day. Congratulations to all the winners, and commiserations to those who were not successful this year. There were 110 nominations in total over all the categories, so competition was, as always, fierce. Our greatful thanks go to all the judges, who had to work so hard to make the selections, and the sponsors who enable us to operate the whole scheme.

Name	Force	Award	Award Sponsor
Vicki Hastings	Cumbria Constabulary	Benenden Healthcare Award	Benenden Healthcare Society
PC Sarah Hogan	Leicestershire Constabulary	Bravery	Lion Apparel
PC Paula Rutherford	Northamptonshire Police	Bravery
PCSO Nicola Yates	West Midlands Police	Community Service	British Transport Police
PC Janet Humphrey	Suffolk Constabulary	Excellence in Performance	Haix Shoes
Sgt Isabella McManus	MOD Police & Guarding Agency	Leadership	The Garnett Foundation
Claire Sykes	South Yorkshire Police	Mentoring	The Springboard Consultancy
PC Elizabeth Mumford	West Midlands Police	Officer of the Year	PMAS
Helen Ivory	Cumbria Constabulary	Police Staff Achievement	Magnum Boots
PCs Andrew Pope & Andrew Wolstencroft	Staffordshire Police	Special Recognition	Cooneen Watts and Stone
C Supt Lynn Harris	Derbyshire Constabulary	Lifetime Achievement
Supt Shirley Tulloch	Metropolitan Police Service	Lifetime Achievement

BAWP Spring PDD

15/03/2010

The next in our series of acclaimed Professional Development Days will take place at the Leicester Marriott on Tuesday 20 April, with the theme "Service Delivery - Are we making the right connections?". The programme for this is now available here, but for information on costs and to book, please visit www.bawpevents.co.uk.

Fawcett Society Report

11/02/2010

The Fawcett Society has launched a new report which may be of interest. Realising rights: increasing ethnic minority women’s access to justice examines the experiences of ethnic minority women throughout the criminal justice system – as offenders, victims and workers in the justice sector. It explores the intersectional discrimination on the grounds of race and sex that these women frequently face and the realities of a justice system which too often overlooks the needs of ethnic minority women in policy development and practice. Download the report here

Gender Pay Gap

11/02/2010

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced that employers that choose to analyse and report publicly their gender pay gaps will receive limited immunity from investigation. As part of the Commission's drive to increase gender equality in the workplace, this unprecedented step aims to encourage businesses to adopt voluntary measures to analyse and make public their gender pay gaps. For more information click here.

Looking for a coach?

11/02/2010

We are talking about for professional working purposes here, not sporting prowess! In addition to others previously mentioned on this site, Angela Hackett has now launched her website for her company The Way Consulting . She has already done work with senior women in policing, amongst others.

Need help valuing jewellery?

07/02/2010

SafeGuard is the Premier Independent Jewellery, Watch & Silverware valuation service in the UK and is a wholly owned division of The Birmingham Assay Office. The team of expert, experienced and highly qualified Valuers are proud of the work they do with Police Forces throughout the country. SafeGuard provides a range of jewellery, watch and silerware valuation services and can value items ranging from the everyday contemporary to the most intricate, individual and complicated antique piece. The SafeGuard team of highly qualified expert valuers will give you an independent valuation as we do NOT buy or sell jewellery products. We therefore have no vested interest in the product, or its replacement value and promise you an unbiased opinion every time.

If you think that we may be able to help you please contact us. For all your enquiries Tel: 0871 423 7922 or email safeguard@theassayoffice.co.uk For more information please visit www.safegaurdvaluations.com

PMAS launch new ISAs

07/02/2010

PMAS has launched a new range of ISAs to help police people make the most of their tax-free savings allowance. For more information please see their press release.

Benefit for BAWP members

06/01/2010

LadyCare are currently offering a 20% discount to any member who wished to purchase one of their magnetic products designed to reduce the discomfort that can be caused during the menstrual cycle or menopause. Details and a direct link are available on the Members' Page. If you haven't already registered to access it, then please use the link on the left, and wait a couple of days for it to be authorised.