Retired community

Our support extends into retirement for every member of the UK's fire services community, helping you to live happier and healthier throughout your lives. Find out more on how we could support you, as well as ways you can remain socially connected with each other.

Support that lasts a lifetime

Just because you've finished your time in the fire service, doesn't mean the support available to you has finished. You're a beneficiary for life. That means we can support you and your dependants for the rest of your life. Below are some of the ways we can help you to enjoy a happy, healthy retirement.

How we can help you

You've spent your career helping others, so now we're here to help you. Whether it's assisting with your health, helping you stay socially connected or signposting you to wellbeing resources to keep you healthy, we're here to help you lead a happy retirement.

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Online Pre-Retirement Workshops

Our 2-hour online workshops are designed to support you in making the most of your retirement by managing common feelings of changes to identity after retirement and planning for health and wellbeing.

- Delivered online to a small group
- Course workbook provided
- A supportive, relaxed, and interactive environment
- Appropriate for staff of all job roles within the fire service
- For anyone approaching retirement in the next few years

Upcoming workshops

Upcoming residential programmes

Alongside our usual physical rehabilitation, Reset, nursing and Rest and Recharge stays, as well as our online programmes and workshops, we're holding a number of specialised programmes at our three centres over the coming months.

You can find a calendar of these programmes through to March 2025 by clicking the button below.

24/25 programmes calendar

Russell's story

Retired firefighter Russell Webb has been helped by us for years, having suffered an accident at work and later tragically losing his wife and both his parents within less than two years. Read his story here.

Read other beneficiaries' stories of the support they've received from us here.

Resources for retirement

Browse our library of self-help articles or recommended health and wellbeing apps.

Volunteer with us

Volunteering is a brilliant way of making a vital contribution to the work we do, supporting your fire and rescue services community and keeping connected in retirement. From helping run our Living Well Groups and supporting with home visits, to helping with fundraising events and administration work at Head Office, we couldn't do what we do without our volunteers.

Find out more about current volunteering opportunities here.