Donation made to Saddleworth-based PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund

Murdered Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Police Constable Nicola Hughes’ father attended Saddleworth Police Station on Thursday 19 October to accept a donation from the Rotary Club of Saddleworth.

The club made the £200 donation to the PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund at the request of the Saddleworth and Lees Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT).

The club offered to make a donation to a charity of the team’s choice following the NPT’s presence at the annual Saddleworth Wellifest held at Well-i-Hole Farm.

The team had no hesitation in choosing the PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund, and her father Bryn Hughes attended Saddleworth Police Station on behalf of the charity.

He is pictured with the donation cheque alongside the Rotary Club of Saddleworth’s Clint Elliott and Saddleworth and Lees NPT Sergeant Connor Brook.

Sergeant Brook said: “It is our privilege to have this donation made to the PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund.

“The donation is made in honour and tribute to colleagues tragically taken from us in the line of duty.”

PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone were murdered on duty by Dale Cregan in 2012.

The Saddleworth-based PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund was set up in 2014 to provide assistance to anyone under 21 years old who has suffered the loss of a close family member through violent crime, by providing funding or services for education or employment.

The charity continues to support young people suffering from the devastating effects of fatalities resulting from serious and violent crime.