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Advice Your Federation offers members FREE advice and expertise in a multitude of areas… Police Regulations Gary Nuttall, the Federation in-house Police Regulations expert, answers all questions members may have on Police Regulations and pensions advice. Call Gary on 0121 700 1200 and select option 1 to speak about regulations advice or email GNuttall@westmids.polfed.org with your query. Financial Education Caroline Harris, our Specialist Money Expert who works for George Burrows, offers a free service to help officers make sense of their finances. In 2014 she gave 220 hours of free support and guidance to members. 206 Officers attended a free financial surgery at Guardians House in 2014. Mortgage Advice 98 mortgage advice surgeries were held in 8 different stations around the West Midlands in 2014. 291 officers were given free mortgage advice, and 83% or 241 officers went on to take out a mortgage from this advice. Family Law Advice 71 family law advice surgeries were held in 2014 Managing Money and Planning for Retirement The Federation is here to make the transition into retirement as simple as possible for you. 9 retirement courses were held in 2014, 144 officers attended Feedback on our retirement seminars... “A very informative input covering a number “Thank you, a really of key areas that I useful & informative day, had not previously well worth giving up a considered.” rest day for!!” DS Michael Griffiths 5 47905 WMPF Annual Report 2014.indd 5 30/04/2015 12:06