Category: Donation

HOWDY PARTNERS!

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RIDING OF INTO THE SUNSET
The SPBF would just like to say a big thankyou to the PSOS Equestrian section. They have been giddying up and supporting the charity this year and have raised nearly £1900 pounds so far.   
(Pictured: Eilidh Black, Ricky Wood and members of the equestrian section at the wellbeing camp.)
Their support started in July of last year when they hosted the Blue Light’s Horse Show and Police Sport UK Championships. Proceeds from the awards dinner went to support SPBF and two other important charities, the Nicol Hughs Memorial Fund and Hero Paws.
They recently held a wellbeing camp at Lindores Equestrian Centre near Cupar where they held a race night and raffle. Our very own Wild Bill Hickock, otherwise known as Secretary, Ricky Wood, saddled up and managed to catch up with Eilidh Black, Chair of the Equestrian section and other members of the team at the camp. He was kindly presented with a cheque for £1881.90, the funds raised so far.  Yeeeha!
Since this event, at the end of May, they have raised an additional £312 at the SPRA Family Day where they had a kids hobby horse course and raffle. That’s neigh bad eh!  (Ok, we will lay of the bad horsey jokes now!)
We wish them all the best as they get ready for and organise the SPRA Hooves & Heroes Championships this coming August.
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RETIRED BUT DEF NOT TIRED!

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RPOAS 2026 Conference
In early April our secretary, Ricky Wood, attended the 79th Retired Police Officers Association Scotland (RPOAS), conference.
This was his third time attending the conference and as in previous years, he was made to feel very welcome. Ricky stated:

“It’s always a pleasure to reconnect with familiar faces throughout the day and at the evening event. I found this year’s conference particularly insightful, especially the discussions that took place during the workshops.”

Ricky addressed conference and provided an update on the charitable activities undertaken by the SPBF in the past year.

The RPOAS continue to show their support for the SPBF, as they and Care of Police Survivors (COPS), as per last year, were recipients of the proceeds from the evening raffle.
The SPBF expresses their gratitude to RPOAS for their continued support. The £500 donation will be put to valuable use in assisting serving and retired officers and staff when they need it most.

Pictured: Matt Hamilton (Secretary RPOAS). Derrick Cronie (President RPOAS) Ricky Wood (Secretary SPBF).

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OLDIES BUT GOLDIES !

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On the 3rd and 4th April, 2025 at the Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld, the Retired Police Officers Association (RPOAS) held their 78th Annual conference.

Whilst maybe retired, these men and women are certainly not sitting about doing nothing and regularly meet and get involved to look after the interests of retired Police officers and their families.  They also do a lot behind the scenes supporting and promoting the various Police Charities for which we are very grateful.

During the meal at the conference, the members held a raffle to raise funds to donate to their chosen charities.  On this occasion, the members chose to donate the funds equally between ourselves and COPS (Care of Police Survivors).  Over £700 was raised which is a fantastic amount and the SPBF subsequently received a donation of £385 from the RPOAS.

We would like to that the opportunity to thank all the members of RPOAS for their kind donation, especially those at the conference who made it possible.  This money will be put to good use supporting our Officers and Support Staff, past and present who are or were members of the SPBF.   Thank you!

The SPBF were in attendance at the conference with our intrepid duo, Ricky Wood (Secretary) & John Turley (Eastern Area Trustee) acting on our behalf.  Any similarities and suggestions that they were mistaken for Jack & Victor are entirely without foundation……;)  But as ever they were there with a smile and goodies to give out and a good time was had by all.   If you are at an event or conference and see our stall, then please come over and say hello!   They don’t bite we promise!! and you may get some nice goodies to take away with you.

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IT’S A WRAP!

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Another year is coming to a close, but not before Santa came bearing an early Christmas present for the charity!!

The Trustees met at Castlebrae for the Annual General Meeting in November as planned where the charities accountants were able to report a clean bill of health again for the charity in regards to its financial responsibilities and status in respect of OSCAR compliance.  The governing body that regulates charities in Scotland.

(Our Trustees in attendance at AGM)

We also were delighted to welcome Matt Hamilton, Secretary of the Retired Police Officers Association Scotland, Tayside Branch.

Matt attended to listen to the AGM report, but also kindly came to present a cheque on behalf of the members of the Tayside Branch of the RPOAS, who donated £2,000 to the SPBF.  This was very unexpected but much appreciated donation and the Trustees would like to thank Matt and the members of the Tayside Branch for their kindness.  We shall certainly put it to good use, and of course the charity continues to support our retired members and their families in times of need.  Thanks again Matt and all at Tayside.

Matt (without the Santa suit!) presenting the cheque to our Chair, Lynne Gray

If you would like to make a donation to the SPBF then simply click on the donate link in the menu and follow the easy to use instructions.  It really is as easy as that, and rest assured your donation will make a difference to our officers and support staff, who work to keep everyone safe 24/7, but sometimes need someone looking out for them too.  It is only through such kind donations SPBF can continue to make that happen.

On behalf of all the SPBF Trustees, our staff and of course our local volunteers in the three areas without whom we couldn’t operate, we wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

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