With Santa’s sleighs, grottos, festive parties, December Ascenders and more, you – our wonderful supporters – celebrated Christmas in style to round off 2023.
Raising thousands for us to ensure we can continue offering our life-changing support to more beneficiaries, you went above and beyond throughout December with more than 190 fantastic fundraising activities.
Just one saw Westlea Fire Station in Dorset & Wiltshire raise £3,259 over four nights thanks to their Santa collection and an open day.
Here are just a few of the many highlights…
December Ascender
Thats it for our first @firefighters999 December ascender attempt. We managed an amazing 173 ascents of the ladder in 60 minutes, Big thanks to @SKI_NYFRS for swapping wagons for the 13.5m ladder & SM Dave Dixon & @AlicePso for making up our crew! Funds raised to follow. #Charity pic.twitter.com/qPecd7ivxt
— Grassington Fire Station (@GRA_NYFRS) December 17, 2023
Thank you for everyone that came down to support the Crew's Charity December Ascender Challenge for @firefighters999 with @LincsFireRescue
As a Team of 5 (special thanks to @dan4089 for partaking) we managed 211 ascents in 1 Hour. Thank you SM Aaron for Timekeeping and Counting pic.twitter.com/n1vdiocTOt
— Billingborough LFR (@Billingboro03) December 17, 2023
2023 December Ascender ✅ https://t.co/vIm6c71kcf pic.twitter.com/OG0qskNZRR
— Ian Sim (@_IanSim) December 18, 2023
The Paisley @firefighters999 December Ascender well underway. https://t.co/fQJBqt9wH7 pic.twitter.com/TY8xe3xf2j
— @scotfire_erri (@ERRIHQ) December 18, 2023
Santa Dash
Thank you very much for a fantastic morning at @fire_scot in aid of @firefighters999, we had a great time! pic.twitter.com/LHlEZEuGFk
— @PaulaMB73 💙 (@PaulaMB731) December 17, 2023
Bad weather won’t stop us from having fun! Huge thanks to everyone for joining us for our first ever Santa Dash @fire_scot raising funds for @firefighters999. Shout out to @AmyJIrons for your support and everyone who made today possible. 🎅🏻🚒❤️🎄🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/GX2tyPZj1V
— LyndsayCampbellFFC (@lyndsay_ffc) December 17, 2023
YVS Lanarkshire had a fantastic morning supporting the @firefighters999 charity at their first ever @fire_scot Santa Dash at Cambuslang. Despite the weather we spread some Christmas cheer and chocolate selection boxes. pic.twitter.com/vjXWAK2hqa
— SFRS Lanarkshire YVS (@SFRS_LanYVS) December 18, 2023
Santa sleigh rides
Grottos, fairs and station activities
✨ADVENT CALENDAR – DOOR 18✨
This looks amazing! 🎅
With the help of the local community, the team at Stapleford Fire Station have transformed it into a drive-through Christmas grotto for the fourth year running, raising money for @firefighters999 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YjjwBaQPhf— BBC Radio Nottingham (@BBCNottingham) December 18, 2023
🎄Epping Fire Station's Santa's grotto sleighed on Saturday raising around £2,000 which will be shared between @EppingForestFB and @firefighters999 #CharityTuesday
Well done all! 👏 pic.twitter.com/XqAMPhZkfA
— Essex Fire Service (@ECFRS) December 5, 2023
Attended a very busy 'Drive-Thru Santa's Grotto' event at Kilwinning Community Fire Station this evening.
A huge well done to all the volunteers, supporting family members, and partner organisations for delivering an outstanding community event.@Scotfire_ENSA @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/yftwqisvWT
— Ian McMeekin – Local Senior Officer for Ayrshire (@Ayrshire_LSO) December 17, 2023
Thank you for the efforts of all involved at the Balloch Fire Station Santa Drive-Thru. A huge thank you to the local community for participating and for your kind donations to @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/snh1KtKihh
— @Scotfire_EWDAB (@abewdhq) December 19, 2023
Wonderful fundraising from Kenilworth Fire station hosting their annual Christmas grotto @firefighters999 @WarksFireRescue pic.twitter.com/fPQMQBeJvP
— lisa_courtneyffc (@LCourtneyffc) December 20, 2023
Collections
A fantastic weekend @glasgowfort collecting for @firefighters999. Thank you to everyone who donated and came over to say hello. Special thanks to @scotfire_glasgo Easterhouse Crews @SFRHTtweet @rockchoirelaine @501st_ISS and all of our wonderful volunteers. 🎅🏻🎄🚒❤️ pic.twitter.com/CQ9it0cZ9x
— LyndsayCampbellFFC (@lyndsay_ffc) November 26, 2023
A nice evening with the @fire_scot crew from Cullen.
Christmas charity collection, recruitment promotion and some good community safety engagement. Great work@FireCullen 🎄🎅🏻🚒 pic.twitter.com/4KZ2sFEebA— Davie Hendry (@Big_Hendo13) December 12, 2023
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Carol singing and services
Our carol singing on the Cornhill in #ipswich is in full swing.. come and join us for a festive sing-a-long raising money for the Firefighters Charity supporting staff across the UK. We are singing until midday and between 2pm and 4pm this afternoon! #carols 🚒 @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/7KLHsqxU21
— Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service (@SuffolkFire) December 2, 2023
Beautiful @londonfire Carol Service tonight at Westminster Cathedral, collection in aid of @firefighters999 charity. pic.twitter.com/ODULh7QKJv
— Cllr Anne Clarke AM (@anne_clarke) December 11, 2023
It's all kicked off at Soho Fire Station. Come down and join in the festive fundraising! 11am-4pm @LondonFire @BBCLondonNews @firefighters999 #firefighters #londonevents #fundraising #carolsinging pic.twitter.com/mcs91gvCZc
— Clare Delaney (@MsClareDelaney) December 16, 2023
Car Washes
🧽🚗🫧 On Saturday, December 2nd, the crew at Crymych Fire Station held a charity car wash.
Crew members were busy throughout the day with a constant stream of vehicles and they raised an outstanding total of £1,312.40! All proceeds will be donated to @firefighters999. pic.twitter.com/FQjlObqzDl
— Tân CGC / MAWW Fire (@mawwfire) December 12, 2023
On Sunday, December 17, the crew at Llanwrtyd Fire Station held a festive charity car wash!
The crew raised a total of £800 which will all be donated to @firefighters999. A big thank you to the community for their support and everyone who helped make the day such a success. pic.twitter.com/h5gH5301nq
— Tân CGC / MAWW Fire (@mawwfire) December 20, 2023
A few more fundraisers and reasons for donating…
Thank you to everyone who made a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity at the recent Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards. The final total raised was a generous £1887.00#firefighterscharity pic.twitter.com/zlwtrePvjG
— FIRE magazine (@FIRE_Editor) December 7, 2023
“I’m sending this donation instead of sending Christmas cards”
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“Donation made in lieu of gift for office secret santa”
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🎄 Staff from across #TeamSouthWales got into the spirit of the season on Thursday by sporting their finest festive knitwear, all to raise funds for @savechildrenuk and @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/cZxEyrmqgW
— South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (@SWFireandRescue) December 9, 2023
“Firefighters do what I couldn’t do”
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“I like to give a little extra at Christmas”
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“Great cause. Love the retained crew in our village. Real community team”
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“I donated to support the great work being done particularly in suicide prevention”
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