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‘Don’t bottle it up’ – Cameron’s

Pay off your costly loans coasters spread the word

with a single affordable ameron Grant always someone you can talk to”

was just 21 message on one side, while the other
consolidation loan from PCU Cwhen he took has contact details and help resources
relevant to the community where the
his own life in
POLICECU.CO.UK November 2014. coaster is used.
Intelligent and These have now been tailored to
caring, he had the individual needs of more than 80
suffered from colleges and universities with
depression for seven 250,000 coasters having been sent
years but managed to out. They are already being used by West Midlands Police Federation
• Loans from £250 - £25,000 for hide it from his family Wasps RFC at the Ricoh Arena and  0121 700 1200  westmidlandspf@polfed.org
IBM Warwick, and there are plans to
and everyone who knew him.
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Underpinning these figures, one in 10
Force since Cameron’s aunt is
OVERDRAFT
young people – or around three in every serving West Midlands Police officer
• No fees to pay classroom - are experiencing mental health Fran George.
“Cameron’s death came as such a shock.

problems at any given time with many, just
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like Cameron, suffering in silence. He was doing well at Royal Holloway, used to continue to produce the coasters and
Carol and Evan, still reeling from their
• Life cover at no extra cost to pay off own loss, decided they had to at least try to University of London where he was studying also to produce credit cards listing contact
details for organisations offering help and
geology and wanted to go on to do a
loan in full ** do something to try to tackle this issue. Master’s degree,” says Fran. support to young people.
The Cameron Grant Memorial Trust was “None of us had any idea that Cameron l This project was launched to encourage
born and aims to raise awareness of suicide was feeling so low and the main aim of the people to ask for help rather than to
• Don’t rely on APRs - check out what and the difficulties caused by poor mental charity is to encourage people, and young suffer in silence as Cameron did. If you
you will actually pay health, especially in young people, by men in particular, to speak up because there know of a community that might benefit
is always someone they can talk to.”
from Cameron’s coasters, then please get
communicating as widely as possible.
Start your It mainly concentrates on doing this by Funding for the coasters has come from in touch on info@camgrant.org.uk.
savings off with a working with existing communities such as the Aviva Community Fund, the St James’ l If you want to support the charity, you
can take part in Cameron’s 3rd Night
Place Foundation and Police Mutual ‘Force
villages, schools, universities, sports clubs
£10 bonus! and other charities and has found a very for Good’ but family and friends have also Walk – a 4.5 mile walk on Friday 6
October 2017. Visit http://www.
simple way of reaching its target audiences.
been heavily involved in fund-raising.
Enter PROMO 17 urging people to speak up if they feel they Cameron’s family and friends to climb camgrant.org.uk/events/camerons-3rd-
Fran was one of 14 members of
It produces a ‘beer mat’ style coaster,
night-walk/ to find out more and to
on your online need support and offering a list of contact Mount Kilimanjaro last year to raise money register.
application Call 0121 700 1222 details for organisations that may be able to for the charity but also to honour Cameron’s Programme article on Page 6 and the feature
Please also see the Welfare Support
memory since it was a must-do on his
help.
All of Cameron’s Coasters carry the same bucket list. with the Force’s mental health lead on Pages
Email enquiries@policecu.co.uk “Feeling low? Don’t bottle it up. There is The £15,500 raised by the family will be 24 and 25.
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so, with this in mind, West Midlands Police Federation organises l Investments and finances.
seminars to ensure members are properly prepared. The next seminar on 7 September is fully booked but
The seminars are open to officers in their last three years of there are spaces available on:
service and are also open to their husband, wife or partner. 19 October 2017
*Subject to terms and conditions.
They are held at the West Midlands Police Federation office at 14 December 2017
Guardians House in Sheldon. 1 February 2018
Topics covered include: 12 April 2018
l Managing change and uncertainty 24 May 2018
FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT l CV writing and interview techniques 5 July 2018
Honorary President: Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, QPM, DL l Transferable skills To book a place email westmidlandspf@polfed.org with
l Police and state pensions your name, work email address, personal email address,
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