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.
Colin Speight tragically died by suicide in December 2021, at the age of 47. Now, two of his closest friends and colleagues join his mum and step-dad in remembering him – and share their separate coping mechanisms after his death.
Twiggy Lake says it was only once he retired as an on-call officer that the mental impact of some particularly traumatic shouts caught up with him – and he reached out for our help.
Deputy Chair of our Board of Trustees, Neil Gibbins, shares how he reached out for mental health support himself after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer – before attending our Reset Programme.
Gill Crow’s dad was an on-call firefighter and she went on to work in Control herself for 24 years, so always knew about our charity. However, she says she never expected the support on offer to both of them in retirement.
Scottish Crew Commander Ewan Diven took on a huge challenge in 2023 of 365 cold water therapy dips, to raise funds for us and spread the word about how our support helped him.
