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.
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. Kaisha Robertson, whose father is a retired firefighter, is living with long-term health conditions which impact her movement and has been supported by our Physiotherapy and Welfare teams. Firefighter Anton Awramenko and his family were supported by our Welfare Team after he revealed their struggle to include their youngest son, who has learning disabilities, in family activities. For firefighter Jim Johnson’s wife Karen, the charity has supported her not once, but twice - more recently providing a much-needed break following a cancer diagnosis. Now she’s urging anyone else struggling to reach out. When firefighter Sasha Acheson injured her shoulder playing rugby, she faced weeks out of work. But thanks to the support she received from the charity, she went on to achieve her dream just months later.
Jeff & Naomi: “Without your support we may not have our future as a family ahead of us”
Kaisha: “I missed out a lot on teenage years… the charity’s helped give me independence”
Anton: “I’d thought it was a charity for firefighters… but it’s all about families too”
Karen: “For me it was a bit of a lifeline – I’d recommend anyone reach out”
Sasha: “I’m so thankful to the charity for helping me achieve my dream”
