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After our wellbeing dogs and their handlers have been on visits we tend to get lots of feedback about the work they do and it is always overwhelmingly positive. Here is a collection of feedback about wellbeing dog Darcy and her handler PC Cathy Veale from Devon, Cornwall and Dorset Police Alliance, they are so great we decided she should be our first OK9 top dog.

We have teamed up with The Sleep Scientist Dr Sophie Bostock, to launch a brand new 'Better Sleep Toolkit' aimed at supporting police officers, staff and volunteers with fatigue and sleep problems, read about it, and find out how to access it.

We have teamed up with experts at the University of Surrey to launch a new sleep disorders education and screening programme aimed at reducing fatigue and sleep problems in police officers and staff.

In this blog, Catherine Pritchard from Cheshire Constabulary talks about her breast cancer diagnosis and how she is supporting others.

We are delighted to be holding a brand new, second series of 'Better Sleep' webinars hosted once again by The Sleep Scientist Dr Sophie Bostock.

On Tuesday, 25 November 2021, the Royal Foundation launched the Blue Light Together programme and Mental Health at Work Commitment at their Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium, hosted by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.

On the 10th of November 2021, the fantastic @WeCops team allowed us the opportunity to host a chat covering Operation Hampshire.

More than 36,000 police officers, staff, and volunteers across UK policing have given their views on how the service can best support them by filling in the national police wellbeing survey.

As part of our work on Op Hampshire, we were interested to understand if the Microsoft 365 productivity tools being rolled out across the country could be used to monitor assaults on officers and staff, and the support provided after such incidents.

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.