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About The PST

The PST was set up in 2002 with Government funding with the intention to address the needs of the wider Prison Service family to include widows/widowers, dependants of murdered staff and those who have died in service, medically retired Officers and the dependants of those medically retired. Please note medically retired staff must apply within 6 months of medical retirement.

The Trust continues to deliver the following three main types of services:

Health care, encouraging physical and emotional well-being
Life planning, incorporating education
Support services, promoting welfare, family and social contact

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NEW SUPPORT AVAILABLE

New Healthcare and Support Services for Former Prison Officers

The Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT) have been providing a range of health and wellbeing support services to various organisations within the Department of Justice since 1999.

The new service for former Prison Officers will come into effect on the 1st February 2022. They will be able to self-refer to any, or all three services on offer.

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BENEFITS OF DONATING

You might ask yourself what the PST can do to help serving Prison staff who donate to the PST?

Free spa day with lunch at the Galgorm Hotel;

Free participation in the annual golf tournament with dinner (venue varies);

Donors to the Number 2 account who have children at university who pay tuition fees are eligible to put their name forward for the annual PST bursary draw of £500 per student;

Confidential counselling service;

Assistance with medical procedures up to a value of £3,000 to assist a member of staff who is off sick get back to work, subject to the Board's approval and providing qualifying criteria are met;

Where a beneficiary is suffering from cancer which results in loss of pay, then financial assistance may be considered, subject to the Board's approval for maximum of three months and providing qualifying criteria is met.

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