Tomorrow, Call4Backup features in the Society suppliment of the Guardian Newspaper while the online article has already gone live. It features Trustee Rob Webber alongside a spread of information on the charity and into Police Officer Mental Health. The article features facts and figures that were gleaned from serving officers in our survey completed between April and May 2015
It has been a while since we have provided any sort of an update on our News section of our site and we can tell you there is good reason for that. We have been very busy working towards our main aim of setting up the support services and during the course of this we have been constantly working on
After almost 5 months since its inception Call4Backup has reached its first real milestone. Today we officially became charity registered in England and Wales with the Charities Commission. This is such a big step and now opens the doorway to so much more that Call4Backup can do for all those colleagues on the front line of policing.
On 16th May 2015, Former Essex Police Constable, Liam Harvey, took part in a messy, muddy Marathon through an obstacle course in Brentwood, Essex raising money for Call4Backup while he did it.
We launched the “Support Kevin Szabo” campaign after we had money donated to us followed by a message asking for the funds to be donated to Kevin himself, then we thought it would be nice to set up a page so that people who wanted to support Kevin in his recovery could.
A month has passed since Call4Backup and Joker Comedy Club joined forces to bring the first event designed to raise money for Call4Backup with a Charity Comedy Night dubbed “Call4Standup.”
You may have seen some changes to the website recently and I’m sure as time goes on more changes will happen. The reason for the recent changes to a box style site is purely and simply to make it easier to view in all browser types. It makes scripting the site much quicker, faster and sleeker looking for me too.
The new shop is now up and running and selling Wristbands and Lapel Pins at £1 and Lanyards at £2. The initial purchases have surpassed all expectations with over 50 units shifting in the first 24hrs.
This is where we stand, together, not alone, supporting each other. The website itself is all up and running with help from Thomas Dumow and GreyFish Media and I must say that the amount I have messaged him the last few days must have resulted in the need for all his devices to be permanently on charge! The facebook page