I am participating in a long distance cycle event from Gretna to the Police National Arboretum in Staffordshire in aid of 'Care of Police Survivors' (COPS).

COPS provides peer support opportunities and access to counselling services to help surviving family members (‘survivors’) rebuild their shattered lives.

"Your loss is a part of who you are but COPS helps you realise that it doesn’t define you. We are all one big family."

Since its foundation in 2003, COPS has helped hundreds of police families devastated by the loss of a loved one who died on duty.