I will be abseiling down the former Merseyside Police HQ in Canning Place, Liverpool, on December 5, 2021, to raise money for the Doyle Phillips Foundation.

The foundation has been created by the widows of two Merseyside officers, PC Neil Doyle and PC Dave Phillips, who were killed within 10 months of each other.

PC Doyle, 36, died after he was punched on a night out in Liverpool city centre in December, 2014, and PC Phillips, 34, after being run over by a stolen pick-up truck during a police chase in October 2015.

Although there is already a charity which supports families of officers killed on duty, widows Sarah Doyle and Jen Phillips, who have formed a close friendship in their grief, wanted to help families of officers killed in tragic circumstances regardless of whether they were on duty or not.

Sarah said it wasn’t just the loss of a loved one they suffered, but the loss of a connection to the police family, and the Foundation would offer much-needed support from people who ‘know what you’re going through’.

Sarah is chair of the foundation and PC Mark Hobin is vice chair. All money raised from the abseil will go to the foundation - initially helping families on Merseyside and then, hopefully, the north west and throughout the UK - as it strives for charity status.

I'd really appreciate any help you can give me to support such a great cause.