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Regional Fundraiser: Fundraising Assistant
South & Mid West Wales:
- Telephone: 07887 907377
- Email: jcharmer@firefighterscharity.org.uk
North Wales:
- Telephone: 07786 554024
- Email: tmartin-judd@firefighterscharity.org.uk
Counties Covered: South Wales, Mid & West Wales, North Wales.
Forthcoming Events
- Please visit the Events Calendar for Wales or Nationwide events
Latest Fundraising News
Fire Fighters Take To The Road 
Three fire fighters from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service will take to the road on their motorbikes to raise money for charity this month.
Adam Brightman, Watch Manager in the Operational Support and Development Group, Chris Wood, fire fighter in Wrexham and Dave Kett, Crew Manager in Rhyl, will ride motorbikes on the 22nd of July from John O'Groats to Lands End within a day, only stopping to refuel. All proceeds raised by this event will be split between The Firefighters Charity and Help for Heroes Charity.
Adam Brightman, said: "This is a challenge that all three of us wanted to take part in and by doing this we are also able to raise money for two deserving charities. We will start first thing in the morning and hopefully complete the challenge within 24 hours. If anyone would like to sponsor us then contact our just giving page which is http://www.justgiving.com/end2endfireservice or contact me on 01745 352719 / 07917790822.
Offa's Dyke Walk
Nick Richards, Pete Griffith and Nigel Sephton, with occasional support from Blue, Patty, Dave, Joe and Steve set out on 26th April 2010, and for 10 days followed the path along King Offa's fortification from Prestatyn to Chepstow along the Welsh Border with England. North Wales Fire & Rescue Sevice kindly allowed the team use of a minibus, which was invaluable for carrying food and equipment. Mid & West Wales and South Wales were also extremely helpful in allowing the use of their fire stations and resources. It was hard going, but worth it, and the team managed to raise around £1000. Congratulations to them and thank you for the support of all brigades involved.
John O'Groats to Land's End 2009
The cycling theme continues in Wales with 2 fire fighters from Newport taking on another bike challenge. Emma Burnside and Alex Bland from Malpas station where joined by 3 friends on their epic journey covering 1100 miles across the length of Britain. It took them two weeks to complete and despite being hit by falling paniers and rouge camper vans they made it safely to the end, raising £4000 along the way for The Fire Fighters Charity and Bo Barth Cymru -WELL DONE!
Cyclists head out across Wales!
Fire fighters from across Wales celebrated 9.9.9 day (9th September 2009) by getting on their bikes to cycle across Wales. Nine fire fighters from South Wales, including Assistant Chief Fire Officer Steve Skivens, travelled up to Caernarfon to start their 'Across-Wales Bike Ride' which saw them following the Lôn Las route down to Cardiff. The route was 227 miles long and they were joined on the last of the 4 days in Brecon by another 6 cyclists who followed the Taff Trail into Cardiff. While one group headed South, in North Wales two fire fighters took up the challenge of visiting every station in the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service on two wheels - a total of almost 400 miles of pedalling. Nigel Sephton, fire fighter, Deeside and Mark Jones, a former member of the Service, visited all 44 stations in turn, joined by other Service staff along the way.
Freefall Firefighters
Sitting on the edge of an airoplane - barely bigger than a family car - strapped to a person I met 4 hours prior, at over 10,000 feet (about 2 miles up) was the culmination of over 3 months preparation & literally hundreds of rejections, from all and sundry, to my question, "How d'you fancy parachuting for charity?" Most people can be talked into anything, especially for charity but parachuting, that's a different kettle of fish. There is absolutely no grey area. "I'll sponsor you - but I ain't doing it!!", was the set answer, I found. Luckily, Dean did find 8 like minded adrenalin junkies to jump and the date was set for 22nd May They were Jamie Thomas, Russ Britton, Jase Williams, Alan Cameron, Darren Austin, Dez Howells, Mark Bowditch, Vaughan Jenkins, Tony Baker and together they raised £877.15 for The Firefighters Charity.
Book Festival helps raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity
Each year the small town of Hay on Wye opens it arms to hundreds of visitors who come to the Book Festival. The fire fighters of Hay on Wye's retained station saw it as a great opportunity to promote the Fire Fighters Charity and over the 10 days of the festival held street collections and sold yellow helmets to the festivals goers. The sunny weather we had at the end of May brought out the donations and the station was able to raise £2652 for the charity.
A big thank you goes to FF Mike Ward, FF Les Davies, YFF Harry Ratcliffe, FF Mike Ayling, CM Steve Ratcliffe, WM Kit Wells, FF Richard Wildee and Eleanor Jones from Brecon FS.
North to South Wales Bike Ride: September 2009
2008 saw riders from the fire safety department in South Wales ride the 50 miles from Brecon to Cardiff, raising £1500 for the charity. This year they have decided to extend the ride and take in the whole of Wales from Angelsey down to Cardiff covering a total of 254 miles over 3 days and you are invited to join them. The event, happening on 10th -12th Sept, will be an all Wales event visiting a number of fire stations along the way in North, Mid & West and S.Wales brigades.Check out the events page of the website to find out more.
Welsh supporters become fire fighters for the day!
A rather dull Sunday morning in November saw 20 apprehensive supporters turn up at the S.Wales training centre wanting to try their hands at being a fire fighter for the day. Under careful guidence they abseiled over the climbing wall, ran a line of hose across the yard, cut up crashed cars and entered the smoke house with a BA set on.By the end of the day all the participants had grins on their faces enthused by the unforgetable day they had experienced. If you wish to find out more about the next Fire Fighters Experience contact Deborah on 07766 901823.
Elvis at the Car Wash
Elvis joined in the fun at our recent car wash held in Portcawl, South Wales. He was in town to take part in the Porthcawl Elvis Festival, but couldn't resist serenading the drivers as they waited for their cars to be washed by the station's fire fighters and staff from Cardiff Fire Safety.
Ultra Test for Welsh Fire Fighters
A team of 5 fire fighters are tackeling a gruelling 150 mile marathon over 6 days in May 2009 in a fundriser for the Charity. The Scottish Ultra challenge is based on the 2 islands of Islay & Jura and the team will be self sufficient carrying their kit for the 6 day hike. If you would like to sponsor the team of Dean Loader, Rob Lewis, Mark Hopkins & Mark Evans from SWFRS and John Williams from M&WWFRS then please contact Dean at Aberdare Fire Station.
Welsh Fire Fighters Complete the New York Marathon for Charity
Sarah Watkins and Sian Vowles from SWFRS HQ completed the New York marathon in November 2008. They raised an impressive £4591.52 for The Fire Fighters Charity. Sarah said, " We'd like to thank everyone who helped to achieve this goal. All the support we got in terms of sponsorship, people coming to our events and buying our cakes and other goodies we sold to rasie the sponsorship was really appreciated. Thank you very much; it ws a great experience for a really worthwhile cause."