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Andrew: “My heart and soul were in firefighting… it was difficult adjusting to retirement”

Andrew Robinson has been supported by the charity with his mental health recently – and he says online Living Well Groups have helped him reconnect with the community he missed so much.

11 Jan 2022

Craig: “I’ve always supported the charity after seeing how it helps, now my son will too”

Craig Sadler has supported the charity for years and now, as his son joins the service and begins working in the same station as him, he too hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps.

07 Jan 2022

John: “After hitting rock bottom, knowing the charity is there is a huge reassurance”

Firefighter John Casey says, having been supported by the charity throughout a difficult few years in which he received a life-altering health diagnosis, he feels comforted knowing it’s there for him in the years to come.

23 Dec 2021

Russell: “So many men are struggling with mental health – they need to know there’s help there”

Retired firefighter Russell Webb has been helped by us for years, having suffered an accident at work and later tragically losing his wife and both his parents within less than two years.

16 Dec 2021

Annabel: “I’ve been helped physically and mentally by the charity, I’d recommend it to anyone”

Annabel Green was first helped by the charity in 2015, following an injury to her knee, but she says a recent mental health course we helped deliver has finally aided her in tackling the pressures of her workload.

09 Dec 2021

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