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.
Sonia Cox is a Group Manager with West Midlands FRS. She says she’s spent years never showing possible signs of weakness at work, but attending our Reset Programme allowed her to share openly how she’s feeling.
Retired firefighter Andy began struggling with fatigue during the pandemic, despite not having had Covid. He later discovered it was linked to his mental health and says reaching out for help was the best thing he could have done.
Thanks to your generous donations over the years, we’ve been able to support Billy with his mental health via both remote counselling sessions and also on our Reset Programme – which he says “changed his life”.
Naomi Parton-Smith is running the 2022 London Marathon for us as a thank you for the mental health support we’ve offered her partner, Jeff. Thanks to your donations, we were able to help him find the tools he needed to aid his recovery.
Firefighter Ivan Lintin, who used to regularly compete in the Isle of Man TT, tragically lost a friend in a motorbike crash that almost claimed his own life too. Here he reveals how your donations helped him on his recovery…
