Oscar Kilo hosts wellbeing seminar

10 February 2021

Improve your wellbeing and resilience with the help of webinars from Oscar Kilo.

The National Police Wellbeing Service is running a series of online sessions which aim to support officers’ mental health and welfare through the pandemic and beyond.

Humberside Police Federation chair Pete Musgrave said: “The pandemic has brought wellbeing to the forefront of everyone’s thinking so it’s great to see Oscar Kilo putting on these webinars and online sessions to support officers and staff.

“Our work is challenging and stressful at the best of times, but the pressures of policing the pandemic have added to that for many officers.

“These sessions can help members with the issues that Covid-19 has thrown up, such as sleep, isolation and loss, as well as improve their resilience through the pandemic and beyond.”

Oscar Kilo has teamed up with BACP-accredited psychotherapist Alexis Powell-Howard, of Grimsby-based Fortis Therapy and Training, for the new resilience webinars. Alexis already works in partnership with Humberside Police Federation to offer support to members.

The first webinar called Duty of Self Care took place on Tuesday (9 February) and looked at serving the public, the impact of the job on your mental health and how to look after yourself and avoid burn-out.

The second - The Masks We Wear – takes place on 15 March at 11am and looks at how we present ourselves and respond to others.

Members can also access a series of coronavirus-themed resilience sessions, funded by the National Police Wellbeing Service and run by Bailey and French.

Sessions include home schooling (10 February), vaccinations (11 February), returning to normal (19 February), lockdown (23 February) and staying connected with others (25 February).

Find out more details and sign up.

Oscar Kilo has also teamed up with sleep scientist Dr Sophie Bostock to produce Better Sleep webinars.

The first four covered banishing the winter blues, sleep strategies for shift workers, solving stubborn sleep problems, and nightmares, snoring, sleep-walking and other challenges.

The next session – Sleepless Parents’ Survival Guide – takes place on Thursday 4 March at 11am. You can sign up for the webinar now.

Find out more about all of the webinars and sessions in the special February edition of the Oscar Kilo newsletter.