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.
Thomas Warner, who works as Service Improvement Manager with Bedfordshire FRS, shares his experience of attending our Reset Programme and how he’s adapted his lifestyle since. Norfolk firefighter Mark Westgate went through an incredibly challenging time after losing his mum to cancer and three colleagues to suicide. Here, he shares how our online mental wellbeing programme helped him. Surbjit Ghuman, who’s married to an IT Support Officer with West Midlands FRS, attended our Women’s Wellbeing Week and made lifelong friendships – while boosting her overall wellbeing. Jez Dutfield is supporting our Crisis Line after tragically losing his brother to suicide. Here, he shares his story – and how we supported him amid the most difficult time of his life. Will Raeper, an on-call firefighter with North Yorkshire FRS, received our support when a serious injury meant he faced months off work from his day job, with a dramatic cut to his income.
Thomas: “I’d not seen the signs I was depressed… but I’d have recognised them in a colleague”
Mark: “The Hope Programme gave me a better outlook on life… I feel like ‘me’ again”
Surbjit: “I was fearful of the unknown, but I’m so glad I broke that barrier”
Jez: “I lost my brother and parents within 6 months… the charity’s support was amazing”
Will: “I was facing potentially having nowhere to live – the charity was a lifeline”
