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Matt: “Without fundraising like this, the charity couldn’t keep offering the support it does”

Firefighter Matt Pendlebury helped us secure a valuable national partnership with leading forecourt retailer EG Group, after first approaching them for a donation towards his London Marathon fundraising drive.

01 Feb 2022

Kaisha: “I missed out a lot on teenage years… the charity’s helped give me independence”

Kaisha Robertson, whose father is a retired firefighter, is living with long-term health conditions which impact her movement and has been supported by our Physiotherapy and Welfare teams.

28 Jan 2022

Stuart: “You’re being put first, there’s nothing to feel embarrassed about or fear”

Assistant Chief Fire Officer Stuart Millington says raising awareness of what we do, not only for operational firefighters, but support staff too, is one of his top priorities after he experienced our support first-hand.

25 Jan 2022

Dean: “I’ll be in a wheelchair in a few years… you helped lift a huge weight off my shoulders”

Dean Nelson was forced to retire from his job as a firefighter after a devastating accident left him with major injuries. Now, while he knows his condition will continue to deteriorate, he says we have helped him achieve a better way of life.

18 Jan 2022

Melanie: “To have this opportunity is amazing – it’s about not feeling alone anymore”

On-call firefighter Melanie Davis attended our Covid Recovery Programme last year after struggling with the long-term impacts of Covid-19. She says it provided the help she’d been craving for months.

13 Jan 2022

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