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Region: Yorkshire and Humberside

Jon: “Your support was life-saving – I literally didn’t have food to put on the table”

West Yorkshire Crew Manager, Jon Arey, received support and guidance from us when he moved house with his daughter and faced financial challenges.

28 Oct 2024

Sam: “The Covid Recovery Programme helped me navigate my emotions and journey”

West Yorkshire firefighter, Sam Bland, shares how our programme at Jubilee House helped her come to terms with the challenges she’d been facing with Long Covid.

04 Oct 2024

Stewart: “I feared I’d never return to work but the charity helped make it happen”

West Yorkshire on-call firefighter, Stewart Warman, received physical health support when a major knee injury meant months off work – all of which impacted his mental wellbeing.

19 Sep 2024

Sally: “It’s like a giant family… they completely take care of you so you can focus on your wellbeing”

Sally Belzoni-Champollion is married to a North Yorkshire firefighter and has received nursing and physiotherapy support from us at Jubilee House due to a number of health conditions.

19 Feb 2024

Will: “I was facing potentially having nowhere to live – the charity was a lifeline”

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.

29 Jan 2024

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