News Tag: Members

  • NARPO Conference 2026, Torquay

    NARPO Conference 2026, Torquay

    The branch was represented at this year’s NARPO annual conference, held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay.

    The conference hall set out for NARPO Conference 2026, with the NARPO crest and lecterns on stage and regional seating signs
    The hall at the Riviera Centre, set out for conference with each region’s seating marked.

    Conference is where the branches meet the National Executive Committee, where motions from around the country are debated, and where the year’s work on pensions, welfare and member benefits is reported back. Delegates are seated by region — Manchester & District sits with Region 5, the North West.

    It is also where branches compare notes, and our delegation spent a good deal of conference telling anyone who would listen about the branch’s new website.

    The conference dinner

    Three NARPO members in evening dress in front of the National Association of Retired Police Officers backdrop at the 2026 conference
    Branch members at the conference dinner.

    More photographs are in the Photo Album. If you were at conference and have pictures of your own, send them to the Branch Secretary and they will go up.

  • David Thornton receives his Life Membership Certificate

    David Thornton receives his Life Membership Certificate

    David Thornton received his Life Membership Certificate from Sandie Wilde, Branch Chair and NARPO National Executive Committee member.

    David served with Manchester City Police and Greater Manchester Police, becoming Detective Chief Superintendent and Regional Co-ordinator of the North West Regional Crime Squad. He died on 13th May 2025, aged 79.