Police aid Help for Heroes charity

Apr 22 2010 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail

KIND-hearted cops who took part in an intrepid mountaineering challenge have raised thousands of pounds for injured soldiers’ charity Help for Heroes.

More than 70 officers spent last week training with the Army as part of preparations for the Conservative Party conference in October.

On the final day, a group of seven officers who took part in a sponsored climb to the 14,000ft peak of Mount Toubkal, in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, handed a cheque to the charity.

Heroes West Midlands county co-ordinator David Panting collected the donation alongside soldier Jamie Dakin who was injured in an explosion in Afghanistan last year.