Oscar Kilo hosting wellbeing seminars
10 February 2021
West Midlands Police Federation chair Jon Nott has welcomed a new series of coronavirus-themed webinar sessions to help police officers and staff with their resilience.
Funded by Oscar Kilo, the National Police Wellbeing Service, the online sessions cover home schooling (10 February), vaccinations (11 February), returning to normal (19 February), lockdown (23 February) and staying connected with others (25 February).
“These are uncertain times for us all,” Jon said, “The pandemic is impacting us all in different ways, such as home schooling, caring for a loved one or our own emotional wellbeing.
“Oscar Kilo is putting on these individual resilience sessions on common themes that are affecting many of us. You will join fellow officers and have the chance to discuss these issues and share your experiences.
“The aim is to help officers attending the sessions and give them optimism and resilience, which is great.”
Oscar Kilo has 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.
Oscar Kilo is also running new resilience webinars to support officers and staff with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The first webinar called Duty of Self Care was held 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.
They are hosted by BACP-accredited psychotherapist Alexis Powell-Howard, of Grimsby-based Fortis Therapy and Training.
Find out more about all of the webinars and sessions in the special February edition of the Oscar Kilo newsletter.
