Find out how The Fire Fighters Charity has supported beneficiaries 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.
On-call firefighter Melanie Davis attended our Covid Recovery Programme last year after struggling with the long-term impacts of Covid-19. She says it provided the help she’d been craving for months. 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. Lisa Watson visited Jubilee House after arthritis in her knees suddenly flared up and meant she had to drop out of operational work. Now she’s found the tools she needs to slowly build her fitness up again. When the pandemic hit in 2020 and pressure grew on the ambulance service, on-call firefighter Martin Green volunteered to help out – never expecting to fall in love and become engaged in the process. 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.
Melanie: “To have this opportunity is amazing – it’s about not feeling alone anymore”
Anton: “I’d thought it was a Charity for firefighters… but it’s all about families too”
Lisa: “Thanks to the Charity I’ve got hope of getting back on the run again”
Martin: “When I volunteered as a paramedic in lockdown I never expected to fall in love”
Kim: “I’ve seen all sides of the Charity… from volunteering to receiving support”
