Page 31 - Federation Magazine June / July 2017

Pioneer Keeley
takes award

Nottingham DC Keeley Mansell has been

awarded the Women in Policing Award 2017

after bringing the ‘taboo’ topic of the impact

of the menopause in the police workforce

into the open.

Keeley, who suffered from early onset

menopause, found her own force was

ill-equipped to support her at work through

the debilitating effects - and nor were any

other forces.

So she went to work to research the

issue. She held focus meetings, working

groups, established a Management Guide

and Policy for police forces and worked

online to highlight the issues.

Presenting her with the award at

conference, Dame Vera Baird, chair of the

Association of Police and Crime

Commissioners, praised the many excellent

nominees for the award but said Keeley had

been a ‘pioneer’ in the police service and

wider afield.

Accepting the award, Keeley said: “When

I started on this journey I wanted to get

people to talk about this taboo subject and

to recognise the implications it can have. I

hope many women and men feel supported
in the workforce because of the work I have
done.”

DC Keeley Mansell (right) being presented with the award by DameVera Baird.

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