In 2023
APComm delivered

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REWARD AND RECOGNISE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 64 nominations received for second National APComm Awards
• 8 award winners
• 1 comms professional recognised in King’s New Year Honours

MAXIMISE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

• 1 Teams Channel set up
• 2 digital sharing sessions provided
• 1 documentaries guideline established

INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION SHARING AND SUPPORT

• 1 website maintained with toolkits & knowledge sharing portal
• 30 mentors & 48 mentees forming part of mentoring scheme
• 12 monthly refreshed & published training calendars
• 3 national meetings hosted & 1 AGM
• 1 Deputy Heads of Comms workshop
• 2 best practice sharing workshops
• 2 academies delivered
• 6 specialist police comms courses
• 4 media law training sessions
• 11 monthly bulletins issued
• 1 Deputy Heads network established

ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF APCOMM

• 1 Business & Training Plan delivered
• 1 Co-Chair election
  process run
• 3 new secretaries supporting APComm

SUPPORT THE WELLBEING & WELFARE OF MEMBERS

• 6 health & well-being opportunities at academy
• 1 comms professionals well-being toolkit

In 2022
APComm delivered

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INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION SHARING AND SUPPORT

• 1 new website with increased functionality, toolkits and secure knowledge sharing portal
• 40+ mentees on mentoring scheme
• 1 new digital strategy set for 2023
• 12 monthly refreshed & published training calendars
• 4 national meetings hosted
• 4 media law sessions
• 1 Heads of Comms workshop
• 2 hot debrief sessions
• 4 major events supported
• 2 Academies
• 5 specialist police comms courses
• 3 thematic workshops
• 1 behaviour change workshop
• Lots of members resources, including- monthly bulletins, membership calendar & JobShop

REWARD AND RECOGNISE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

• First national APComm Awards held
• 3 winners
• 5 runners-up
• National award entries, nominations and winnings
• 7 Twitter Takeovers
• 1 input to the Association of Police Lawyers (APL) conference
• 1 input to APCC comms Leads

IMPROVE THE INCLUSIVITY & DIVERSITY OF POLICE COMMS

• 3 Diversity, Equality and Inclusion workshops
• 1 recruitment planning session
• 1 toolkit developed

ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF APCOMM

• 1 Business & Training Plan
• 2 appointed roles created
• 1 legacy archive created

SUPPORT THE WELLBEING & WELFARE OF MEMBERS

• 10 bespoke well-being sessions
• 2 ‘Saving your Sanity’ sessions
• 1 Oscar Kilo event
• 1 dedicated toolkit in development
• 1 new starters pack
• 1 Heads of Comms starter pack produced

In 2021-22
APComm delivered

A strengthened network

• Launched a new website
• Held a virtual and in-person learning Academy 
• Developed our social media platforms, grew our followers
• Held regular meetings & events
• Shared monthly bulletins of information, jobs and best practice
• Refreshed our APComm directory
• Diversity and inclusion group developed 

Training and knowledge sharing

• Developed a rolling annual training calendar
• Wellbeing & resilience training for all levels of communicators 
• Virtual media & social media law training
• Grew its mentoring scheme to more than 30 communicators
• Supported colleagues with major event planning for G7 and COP26

Wellbeing and welfare support for members

• Hosted & facilitated wellbeing & resilience sessions
• Carried out a wellbeing survey
• Shared networking and information on support groups and opportunities
• Offered support throughout Covid pandemic

A strengthened national voice

• Blogs and feature articles in national publications
• Engagement & representation with other national communication bodies - LGA, PRCA, CIPR, COP
• Delivered work to support specific NPCC CAG initiatives
• Closer working with the APCC
• Development and implementation of APComm marketing strategy & assets

Communications training for policing

• Head of Comms induction pack developed
• COP communications training for Direct Entry Inspectors course
• Inspectors & Superintendents training packs developed 
• Digital learning packages for media and social media loaw