1st November

Police UK Disability Sport is formed to create a safe environment for UK police officers and staff, to engage in adaptive sports.

13th November

Founder Gary Callier meets with Jonathan Djanogly MP for Huntingdon to raise awareness of the campaign and gain support in parliament.

7th February

Founder Gary Callier attends New Scotland Yard to represent PUKDS at the Conference hosted by Team Police, to highlight adaptive sports being introduced to the police community to sponsors and donors of Police Sport UK.

11th February

Police UK Disability Sport competes in the very first PUKDS sporting event, a Wheelchair Rugby Exhibition match against the current GBWR Champions the Leicester Tigers.

13th February

PUKDS meets with the UK Chair for the International Police Association, gaining the support of the IPA for all UK adaptive sports and the creation of an International Police Disability Games. The IPA arranged for PUKDS to be interviewed for the next newsletter out in May 2024, with a followup interview to be conducted by Policing TV.

16th February

PUKDS holds its first Operations Meeting with the Board of Directors, Operations Manager and Leads for coaching, and physiotherapy. Battle plans were drawn up on how to progress with the core sports and promote the campaign.

27th March

PUKDS Founder Gary Callier is interviewed for Policing TV, with a three part feature being filmed via an online studio. The interview will be aired over the coming months in response to sporting events to help raise the profile of PUKDS and adaptive sport as a while in the police communtiy.

27th March

Also on this day, PUKDS met with the team manager for Royal British Legion Team UK Invictus. The outcome is the potential partnership with PUKDS which will form a basis for becoming the Team UK training partner whilst also having a signposting process for all Invictus Games applicants from a policing background to play their sports for PUKDS in the build up to the Games.

9th April

PUKDS meet with the Invictus Games Foundation with the intention to build a partnership for UK and International events organisation and to build a signposting process through the network on the We Are Invictus platform where all those past and present who have been involved or aiming to attend future games and from the police community can get involved in PUKDS sports.

11th April

PUKDS signs the Armed Forces Covenant, providing a detailed plan on how it will provide ongoing support to those that have served in the Armed Forces. This includes all regular and reservists along with their families.

22nd April

PUKDS receives Bronze Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme after signing the Armed Forces Covenant.

25th April

Founder Gary Callier meets with Bedfordshire Police's Well-Being Lead. PUKDS now have the full support of the force and will soon be attending force HQ to speak with officers and staff, raising the awareness of adaptive sports in the police and attract new members. This support will also provide access to any sporting facilities managed by the force so that we can stage sporting events.

25th April

PUKDS secure it's first corporate sponsorship with two organisations in relation to the first Bi-Annual Multi-Sport Event being held in August 2024.  This level of sponsorship allows us to open up the exhibitors area FREE to all police charities and not-for-profit organisations. The sponsors will be announced soon.

27th April

The PUKDS Wheelchair Rugby Team takes to the court against the Berkshire Banshees in Reading. Match 1 finished with the Banshees victorious 32 to 26, and if those scores weren't high enough, Match 2 finished with Banshees winning 41 to 33. This event also see the introduction of a brand new player to the game, wheeling out for PUKDS and scoring his first few trys. This event was also attended by Policing TV, interviews and footage to follow. You can see the details and photos from this event on the events pages.

29th April

Metfriendly are announced as the first sponsors for the very first PUKDS multi-Sport Event for Health and Well-being through Sports Recovery in the Police.

29th April

PUKDS launches its Fundraising Events Support page, where members of the police community and the public can organise fundraising events with the intention of raising money for PUKDS. Every fundraiser will receive a fundraising pack and have a dedicated page created to track their efforts as well as being inducted into the PUKDS Fundraisers Hall of Fame.

2nd May

Sussex Police Federation provide their full support and backing to PUKDS after a meeting with the founder. Sussex Police Federation will now start to engage with their officers and staff to raise awareness of adaptive sport in the police and disseminate PUKDS marketing and promotional materials to their members.

2nd May

PUKDS met with Police Sport UK in relation to building a future partnership within police sport. It was a fantastic engagement which has resulted in plans being made to stage some joint sporting events where PUKDS will start to introduce adaptive sports into the police community working alongside PSUK for full inclusivity within police sport.

2nd May

Police Professionals release a news article on PUKDS to highlight the campaign to introduce adaptive sport in to the police community. Articles such as this will help raise awareness of the sports and promote upcoming events where all officers and staff, their friends and family can come along and support our teams in the future.

3rd May

Lightweight Mobility and Seating sign up to co-sponsor this years Multi-Sport Event, health and well-being through sports recovery. Which is being held in Nottingham on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August. Information on the event can be found on our events pages.

9th May

PUKDS meets with Yorkshire Police Sports and Social, who have provided their full support to police adaptive sport. We loom forward to working with the team to promote the sports and stage events in the region.

10th May

The first Limited Edition challenge coins are delivered, in stock and on sale on via our merchandise page. This coin design is limited to just 250.

This design features the PUKDS logo on the front, whilst on the reverse, our strap line, UNITY IN DIVERSITY with the Union flag.

12th May

PUKDS take to the court in the very first Sitting Volleyball match against non-other than Team GB. The event took place at the National Volleyball Centre in Kettering. Photos and videos from the event can be viewed on our events pages. A mixed Team GB took the first win of the day 25 - 23 which was a very closely contested match. The second match saw the Men's Team GB take the win 25 - 22, again some great rallies and the difference being the experience of Team GB. The first serve of the day was made by Phillip Hollobone, MP for Kettering who has given his full backing and would like us to stage other sporting events in the area.

14th May

Members of PUKDS attend the Palace of Westminster on the invitation of Peter Gibson MP for Darlington. Whilst there we were engaging with a number of MPs to highlight the campaign to introduce adaptive sport into the police community and raise the question of the government allocating additional funding for all police charities and organisations through the proceeds of crime money seized each year. PUKDS are asking for just 10% of the money seized each year to go towards supporting all officers and staff, past and present.

15th May

Paul Howell MP for Sedgefield raises the campaign in the House of Commons, the motion is supported by the leader of the Commons, Penny Mordaunt who has passed on the request for parliamentary debate to the Home Secretary James Cleverly MP.

15th May

We attended the Solent Hotel and Spa on the invitation of the Hampshire Police Federation, to engage with officers and staff at an open meeting with the Chief Constable for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. Some positive engagement and networking has led to an increase in membership and the possibility of additional sponsorship whilst gaining the support of the force and federation.

16th May

PUKDS founder attends the Stadium of Light in Sunderland for the National Armed Forces and Emergency Services Event. Whilst at the event we had the opportunity to engage with members of Northumbria Police and the Armed Forces personnel in the area to promote adaptive sport in the police and upcoming events. We also had the opportunity to speak with officers from a number of forces to plan for future engagement in their force areas and to plan events to engage with their officers and staff.

22nd May

We attended the David Ross Sports Village at the University of Nottingham, where we are hosting the first ever PUKDS Multi-Sport Event for Police Health and Well-being through Sports Recovery in August.

The visit was to meet with the centre manager so that we could take a tour of the facilities and formulate the plan and running order over the weekend.

The facilities on offer at this site are fantastic, not only will we be able to showcase our current core sports, but also have some additional opportunities over the weekend to try some that are in development for 2025.

23rd May

Founder Gary Callier visited the Headquarters of Bedfordshire Police in Kempston, Bedfordshire to engage with officers and staff highlighting the sports and activities available to all officers and staff who take up a free lifetime membership with PUKDS.

We also had the opportunity to speak with senior leaders and the leads for the forces health and well-being team who are very keen to work with us to highlight the positive impact that adaptive sport can have on a persons well-being.

We are now working on bringing a number of sports to the force, as there is also a sports hall on site that we can use to run some taster sessions.

25th May

The PUKDS Wheelchair Rugby team took to the court in a four team wheelchair rugby tournament, co-hosted by Burton WRC.

It was a fantastic day of tournament rugby, with all teams using the event to develop their players and teams with fair play in mind.

Every match was closely contested, with PUKDS coming away with a flawless record of 3 wins from 3 and taking the tournament trophy after a very tight final match against the Dragons.

The 3rd and 4th place play-off between Burton and Team Endeavour was a great spectacle, one which ended with a one point victory for Burton, which meant that not only did they finish the tournament in third place but also recorded their first ever victory.

30th May

A morning meeting with Devon and Cornwall Police has resulted in their full support, which will include the use of their facilities to stage sporting events in the region.

In the afternoon we met with Nottinghamshire Police, obtaining their full support and backing for the national campaign as well as the upcoming Multi-Sport Event in Nottinghamshire on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August.

They will soon be releasing the promotional material advertising the event to all officers and staff in the region to promote the event and our wider campaign o support the police community through the power of sports recovery.

If you are in either the Devon and Cornwall or Nottinghamshire regions, you will soon start to see the articles and promotional material appear on internal and external media.

31st May

We started our day meeting with the Nottinghamshire Police Federation who are fully behind the campaign and will soon start promoting our sports and the upcoming multi-sport event in August. They will also send out the articles promoting these to the neighboring force areas, including Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Derbyshire.

We also met with West Mercia Police Sports and Social club chair and the leads for the forces well-being network where we discussed how we can bring these sports to the region.

West Mercia are now fully supporting these activities and will be looking at allowing the use of their sports hall so we can stage sporting events for their officers and staff to come along to try out.

1st June

The PUKDS Wheelchair Basketball Team travels to Stanmore, taking to the court in it's very first outing in the sport. For a series of training and matches against the London Titans.

It was a fantastic event, with the PUKDS team, having never played together or even trained before, holding their own against a very well drilled, cohesive Titans team who took two wins from two.

The day was highlighted by the outstanding teamwork of both clubs, coaching staff and support volunteers.

We are now working with the Titans to bring a four team invitational tournament to the region to be co-hosted by PUKDS and the Titans, inviting two other community teams to come and compete for the tournament trophy.

3rd June

PUKDS secure a main sponsor for the upcoming Multi-Sport Event in August at the David Ross Sports Village, University of Nottingham on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th.

We are pleased to announce that Immobilise, part of Recipero Limited will be a 50% sponsor for the event and we look forward to working with them to highlight adaptive sports in the police and promote this and all other events in the build up to August.

4th June

PUKDS have a follow-up meeting with Karen from IPA Section UK. Plans are now in place for the exhibition Wheelchair Rugby match taking place on 2nd September 2024 at the Beacon of Light, where PUKDS will be taking on the North East Barbarians who have recently finished the season in second place in the GBWR Premiership.

This match will be played in front of a delegation from the IPA, with representatives from multiple countries, to showcase inclusive, adaptive sport to the IPA so that we can introduce these sports in to the IPA Games as early as 2026 in Poland.

10th June

We had the pleasure of meeting with Caragh McMurty, GB Paralympian and the founder of Neurodiversity Sport.

We now have a working relationship, to deliver more inclusive sports to the police community. We look forward to working with Caragh to bring these sports to the entire police community, nation wide.

19th June

PUKDS Directors Gary and Mark take part in the Lisburn 10k road race in their racing wheelchairs.

Both finished the race, which was also the first time they had competed in that distance in just over 47 minutes, in hot conditions on a very hilly course.

This raised £400 with a target of £500, which will be used to stage two team sport tournaments with community clubs.

21st June

PUKDS was hosted online by a group of Force Well-being leads and teams from a large number of Police Forces.

The purpose of this presentation was to obtain the support of the remaining forces through the promotion of adaptive and inclusive sport.

We are pleased to confirm that we now have the full support from all of the forces who attended the call and we have now provided our promotional material for communicating to their respective forces.

25th June

The Ministry of Defence Police Force and Federation provide their full support for the campaign to improve the health and well-being of their officers and staff through adaptive sports activities.

The force and federation have sent out circulars to all employees and federation members past and present to raise the awareness and promote upcoming events.

27th June

We attended the Surrey Police Headquarters after being invited by the Surrey Police Federation, for the force well-being event.

Some great engagement with officers and staff, force leads for well-being and the sports and social club, which we are now working with the force to bring a number of sporting events to Surrey, including a mini multi-sport event which will be open to all officers and staff past and present.

29th June

To celebrate National Armed Forces Day, PUKDS were invited to take part in an exhibition wheelchair basketball match at the United Kingdom Police Basketball Championships being held at the University of Worcester Arena. This match was between a PUKDS Police team and an HM Armed Forces Veterans team.

It was a closely contested match, with the police team taking the win 33 to 28.

It was a fantastic match which was live streamed with full commentary.

The organisers have invited us back next year where we plan to stage the first National Police Wheelchair Basketball Championships with a four team tournament.

1st July

Members of the PUKDS Board of Directors met with PING Europe to discuss a potential partnership through sponsorship of a brand new adaptive, fully inclusive Police Golf Tournament.

PING are very enthusiastic and have offered to promote the tournament creation and provide the prizes for the competitions.

We will now look to set the dates for the very first PUKDS Golf Invitational before the end of 2024, which will be used to attract player members, sponsors and equipment suppliers so that we can create a National Tournament in 2025.

8th July

Serve and Protect have provided their full support for the campaign and are keen to get involved in future sporting events through a sponsored partnership.

We look forward to working with Serve and Protect to bring even more adaptive sporting events more force areas.

9th July

A fantastic engagement meeting with Leicestershire Polices' Sports and Social club, which is fully supporting the campaign and will now work as a force liaison with PUKDS to bring sporting events to the Leicestershire Region.

We are now planning a Regional Multi-Sport Event, dates to be confirmed and we will aim to hold this event at Force Headquarters.

The event will showcase all teams sports and be free to attend for all officers and staff, past and present from Leicestershire.

15th July

PUKDS and West Mercia Police enter the planning stages for the Regional Multi-Sport Event, to take place at their HQ.

The event will be fully inclusive, for all West Mercia Police Officers and Staff, past and present to come along and try out all of the core sports on offer.

We will also be showcasing one of our team sports in an exhibition match against a local community club.

15th July

Police Insure, Part of Howdens Insurance are now a PUKDS Events Sponsor. They will be providing the funding for the catering at the upcoming National Police Multi-Sport Event for Police Health and Well-Being at Nottingham University in August.

16th July

Ministry of Defense Police meet with Gary Callier to discuss a future partnership, the result of the meeting is that the MOD Police will now be working with PUKDS to host a series of sporting events in 2025 onward.

We are now looking at a number of dates and locations for matches, tournaments and multi-sport events all over the UK.

17th July

Midlands Glider Club have offered PUKDS members the opportunity to take their new adaptive glider out for the day to experience the sport.

We are now working with the club to stage a fundraising event so that we can raise the profile of the sport and raise valuable funds for police adaptive sporting events and activities.

19th July

PUKDS meet with Motability to discuss a potential sponsorship partnership.

We are pleased with how the meeting went and can say that they were very impressed with our organisation, the direction of travel and our plans for future events, both at home and on the international police scene.

23rd July

PUKDS confirm the first Police Adaptive Golf Tournament in the UK, to be held at Brampton Park Golf Course on Friday 11th October 2024.

This tournament will be open to twelve players from all over the UK to compete in an 18 hole tournament, as well as competitions such as longest drive and nearest the pin.

Leading the team will be PUKS Board Member Mark Clougherty who is is currently ranked #1 in the world in disability golf.

29th July

Founder Gary Callier meets with Mark Baines GBWR Welsh Development Officer, to set plans in motion for a Welsh Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament.

This will be a four team tournament on Saturday 1st February at a venue in Wrexham. Invites will go out to all of the clubs based in Wales.

The aim of this tournament is to showcase the sport and raise awareness of adaptive sports in the Welsh Police community.

3rd to 4th August

The first ever PUKDS Multi-Sport Event, the National Police Health and Well-Being Event takes place at the David Ross Sports Village, University of Nottingham.

Unfortunately, the events in Nottingham and the surrounding force areas, where large numbers of protesters caused nationwide public order and rioting in the region, which resulted in police officers, staff and volunteers being called to duty and answering calls for mutual aid from the surrounding force areas. Participation at the event was seriously disrupted.

But regardless of this, PUKDS drove forward and staged a successful event, with all sports sessions going ahead as planned.

We are now working with Nottinghamshire Police and the Federation to repeat the event before the end of the year, to provide their employees another opportunity to access these adaptive and fully inclusive sports.

6th August

On Saturday 3rd August PUKDS and British Wheelchair Basketball (BWB) announced a partnership.

This has led to PUKDS receiving a grant from Inspire A Generation at BWB to purchase six brand new wheelcair basketball chairs.

PUKDS today have now entered the IAG League where the police wheelchair basketball team will compete against community clubs in the West Midlands Development League.

With the intention is to use this experience to build a police team for entering the BWB National League in 2025 to 26 season.

PUKDS will start to build the regional police teams, with the hope of entering more teams into the regional IAG leagues in the future.

14th August

Nottinghamshire Police Well-Being Team and Federation meet with PUKDS to discuss a future partnerships.

Plans are now being made to repeat the Multi-Sport Event at the police Headquarters to provide another opportunity for those missing out due to the recent public disorder events all over the country, to come along and try these amazing sports.

We are now looking at Nottinghamshire HQ to base our regional events at, using their joint facilities which include a two court sports arena. Where we will be able to host a wide range of sporting events, tournaments and games, even create and stage the national police leagues in time.