NESPWF sent £25 Christmas gift vouchers to the 181 police widows whose addresses were known to the Board in December 2025.

I am pleased to offer for sale, on behalf of the North East Scotland Police Welfare Fund (NESPWF), these Grampian Police Commemorative Coins – or ‘Challenge Coins’ as they are well known globally. Such coins are growing in popularity amongst Police Officers around the world as a collectable item and are available now to buy for the price of £7 (+ postage) with all funds going to the NESPWF – a charity which exists to support you, the Police Family of the North East of Scotland.

Side 1 features the familiar Grampian Police Crest upon a subdued chequered background in a nod to the diced band of our hats, with the crest flanked by a small Saltire on each side in acknowledgement of the fact the force became part of Police Scotland.

Side 2 boasts an outline of the Grampian region, along the top is the strapline ‘Keeping our communities safe’, along the bottom are the years 1975 – 2013, the years in which the force operated. On each side of the map of Grampian there is a nod to the forces which came before Grampian – ‘SNECC 1949 – 1975’ and ‘ACP 1818-1975’. The entire coin is bound by a gold rope detailing.

These coins are an ideal collectors item, a small memento of your time in the force or indeed would make an ideal gift to friends and family with an interest in Policing.

To order a coin please complete an order form at the following link https://forms.gle/tbW3BDieiR4DMmJV7

We’ve had huge interest already, so there will be a delay in delivery of over a month at least however you won’t be asked for payment until your order is sent out.

Pete McAndie
Email – petemcandie@gmail.com
On behalf of the North East Scotland Police Welfare Fund

The Annual General Meeting of the North East Scotland Police Welfare Fund (NESPWF), Scottish Charity No SC044963, will be held at 7 pm on Thursday 26 October 2023 at the Community Meeting Room, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, 21 North Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

All qualifying beneficiaries of the Fund are welcome to attend, including former Police Officers, Special Constables, Police Support Staff; their widows and widowers, their dependants; or any other person having had some connection with Grampian Police, its constituent forces, or the Police Service of Scotland (North East Division).

This is your charity, solely for the wider Police family in the North East.  Please come along to get more involved, hear what we’ve done this last year and tell us what you’d like to see in the years ahead!

At the meeting of the Fund Management Board on Thursday, 23 February 2023, the following were officially adopted as Board Members and Trustees of the Fund –

Fiona McCluskey, Chair of the Police Widows Association, representing the Police Widows, Marie Rennie, and Sergeant Pete McAndie of Police Scotland.

We thank them for volunteering and look forward to working with them.

At the Annual General Meeting of the NESPWF on Thursday 27 October 2022, Ian Duncan retired as Trustee and Chair of the Management Board and Alistair Graham retired as Trustee and Member of the Management Board. We thank them both for their outstanding contribution to the management of the Fund over many years and we wish them well in their retirement.