Find out how Fire Fighters Charity has supported service users across the UK and how you can share your story with the fire community. Click categories or regions below to filter the list of stories.
Gee Smith, a firefighter with Hampshire & Isle of Wight FRS, has gone above and beyond to spread the word about the importance of looking after your mental health, ever since receiving our support with his own.
Thanks to your kind donations, we’ve been able to support Paul Burchett - a firefighter with Humberside FRS – with his physical health and through mounting financial challenges, which in turn had begun impacting his mental health.
Retired on-call firefighter, Graham Wass, is living with MS which impacts his day-to-day life hugely. He’s been supported both face-to-face and remotely in recent years – thanks to funds raised and donations made by you.
On-call firefighter Ash Mooney was told he only had a 1-3% chance of walking again after a rugby injury. However, he defied the odds and says a visit to us helped him build his strength again.
Kelly McHugh took part in a once-in-a-lifetime trek across the Sahara Desert in aid of us this year and says it was just what she needed after a difficult time in her life. Now you could do it too…
