A forensic psychologist who has appeared on a host of popular TV crime series is taking on a daring abseil 100 feet down Liverpool Football Club’s iconic Anfield stadium, to raise money for Merseyside-based charity Savera UK, which helps survivors and people at risk of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices.

Wirral-based Dr Keri Nixon, who has appeared on programmes including Secrets of a Murder Detective, Behind the Scenes: Cold Case UK, Murder in Concrete, White House Farm: Murder, Bloodline & Betrayal and Britain’s Killer Teens, and in expert interviews on LBC and ITV’s This Morning will take on the fundraising challenge alongside her daughter on Saturday 21st March.

Keri is a specialist in domestic abuse, violent crime, mental health, and trauma with 25 years’ experience in the field, and has worked on cases involving domestic abuse, HBA and harmful practices throughout her career. She has been a supporter of Savera UK since the charity’s inception in 2010, sharing its mission to end HBA and harmful practices like forced marriage, FGM, spiritual abuse and conversion ‘therapy’.

The abseil was a gift for Keri’s 50th birthday from her mum, who knew Keri has a fear of heights, but also never backs down from a challenge.

Keri said: “My initial reaction to the challenge was ‘Oh sh**.’, followed immediately by ‘I WILL do this’. Taking on the challenge in March is symbolic as it is the month when we mark International Women’s Day and No More Week, which is a global initiative raising awareness of domestic abuse and sexual violence. I am ready to face my biggest fear to raise money that will help Savera UK to continue its vital specialist services. Every pound raised helps a survivor access help when they need it most, which can save and transform a person’s life.”

Savera UK CEO and Founder, Afrah Qassim, said: “Keri has supported Savera UK since the very beginning and we are so proud and grateful that she is taking this challenge on to raise awareness of the issues of HBA and harmful practices, and raise money to help us continue our work to help survivors find their new beginning or ‘savera’ and provide interventions that stop the harms from happening in the first place – together with supporters like Keri and generous donations from the public, we will end HBA and harmful practices for good.”

To donate please visit: https://saverauk.enthuse.com/pf/keri-nixon

For more information about Savera UK, visit: www.saverauk.co.uk