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Region: West Midlands

Sonia: “I’ve never wanted to be seen as weak, but here you realise it’s okay not to be okay”

Sonia: “I’ve never wanted to be seen as weak, but here you realise it’s okay not to be okay”

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.

13 May 2022

Will: “Everyone supporting this Charity made my dad’s recovery – as well as my own – possible”

Will: “Everyone supporting this Charity made my dad’s recovery – as well as my own – possible”

Will Cashmore was supported by us following an injury at work in 2016. Just a few years later, his dad was also helped following a shock accident, and he’s now preparing to run the London Marathon for us to say thank you.

07 Apr 2022

Andrew: “I needed to get away from everything and the Charity helped me do that”

Retired firefighter Andrew Billingham recently spent a week at Harcombe House following a string of major health issues, thought to have been sparked by a difficult battle with Covid-19.

11 Nov 2021

Steve: “It can feel like you’re another number in hospital, but the Charity is so personal”

Steve Flint, who works for Staffordshire FRS, has been supported by the Charity - both digitally and face-to-face - ever since being involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident last year.

01 Sep 2021

Dan: “Coming here has validated the experience I’ve gone through with Covid”

Dan Coward, a retained firefighter, has been forced to spend months off the run since catching Covid-19. Here he reveals how the Charity supported him on a programme dedicated to those struggling with long Covid recovery.

20 Aug 2021

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