Kim: “I’ve seen all sides of the Charity… from volunteering to receiving support”
After 30 years in the fire service, most of which she’s spent volunteering for the Charity, Kim McNeil has now retired. Here she shares how much it’s meant to her.
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Joe Harkins and Ludo Macaulay have both previously taken part in the Tunnel to Towers 5K event in New York, to pay their respects to the 343 firefighters that lost their lives. Firefighter Uroosa Arshid was inspired to become a Station Rep for the Charity having dreamed of joining the fire service and making a difference since she was a child. Sarah Mansbridge, who is Head of Finance for Mid and West Wales FRS, says the Charity equipped her with the tools she needed to get back to her favourite hobby following a hip replacement. For retired firefighter Nigel Brown, the fire service has become ingrained in his family history. Now he reveals why he is gifting part of his father’s estate to the Charity, as a thank you for the years of support they’ve received.
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Nigel: “The Charity helped our family, we wanted to give something back”