Our Car Washes are some of the most-loved and well-known fundraising activities on fire stations right across the UK – and now, thanks to your incredible support, we’re delighted to say they raised £195,000 in the 2021/22 financial year.
These funds are vitally important in helping us to continue supporting thousands of beneficiaries every year – and following the pandemic, which put a stop to a lot of our usual fundraising events, this income will truly go the extra mile.
Now, in the year 2022/23 to date, the National Car Wash Campaign has already raised nearly £90k thanks to your hard work, and that’s still rising! So, we want to thank each and every one of you that’s organised or taken part in a Car Wash for this huge income boost – you really are making a huge splash!
Our National Car Wash sponsor, Autoglym, is once again supporting us with cleaning supplies and prize support this year…
The team which raises the most money will win a prize, while five more will be drawn randomly from all the teams who participate in the 2022/23 campaign.
Have you taken part yet? Let us know in MyFFC by registering HERE and joining our Car Wash Group, which you’ll find by clicking on the ‘Groups’ tab at the top of the homepage. We’d love to see your photos!
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Here are just a couple of the top highlights:
So far in 2022 NFRS has raised over £4,500 for The Fire Fighters Charity from the National Car Wash campaign 🧽
Thank you to everyone who has come along to our washes, and please keep an eye out for others happening at your local fire station 🚒 pic.twitter.com/h7yiiXu7zg
— Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (@nottsfire) April 9, 2022
We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to Hyndburn Fire Station's charity car wash on Saturday. The firefighters raised an incredible £2,285 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine and The Fire Fighters Charity 👏 pic.twitter.com/4qLydBbdOi
— Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service (@LancashireFRS) April 6, 2022
🧽 Firefighters and staff raised £1,766.39 today at a charity car wash at Hicks Gate Fire Station!
🚗The funds will be split 50/50 between The Fire Fighters Charity and the British Red Cross Ukraine Appeal.
Thanks to everyone who came down and supported today 👏 pic.twitter.com/CetSZQDg5w
— Avon Fire & Rescue Service (@AvonFireRescue) May 14, 2022
A huge well done to the crew at Cumnock Community Fire Station, who raised an amazing total of £600 for the @firefighters999 at their charity car wash today.@Scotfire_ENSA @ScottishFee_FFC pic.twitter.com/R0XG9gG0D4
— Ian McMeekin – Local Senior Officer for Ayrshire (@Ayrshire_LSO) June 11, 2022
FFs from Blairgowrie Fire Station held a charity car wash in aid of the @firefighters999 and the local girl guides 🧽
£1,000 will be split evenly between the two charities💰
Thanks to the local community for their continued support 😄#SFRS #InTheCommunity pic.twitter.com/RFkhfUcxIm
— Blairgowrie Fire Station (@BlairgowrieSFRS) June 11, 2022
Thank you to everyone who helped to raise £840 at a car wash at Harlow Fire Station to support little Stanley who is fighting a brain tumour.
Stanley’s family are raising money towards his treatment. Read more, here: https://t.co/e8dUJaCe6v #CharityTuesday pic.twitter.com/IwFKfc5Gw1
— Essex Fire Service (@ECFRS) June 7, 2022
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to #ForestHill Fire Station's car wash at the weekend. The @LFBLEWISHAM Fire Cadets did a great job making sure all the cars left sparkling. In all it raised a fantastic £1,128 for @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/jpD5ehfQoJ
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) June 7, 2022
Surbiton Green Watch raised over £500 for the @firefighters999 Charity today!!🥳💥👍fantastic effort from the crews, thanks to those that helped @ACSmith978 👍 more car wash dates to follow….. keep those cars dirty🧽💧 🚒👨🏿🚒👩🚒 pic.twitter.com/UntbwrwxqH
— LFB Kingston (@LFBKingston) May 28, 2022
An amazing turnout at the car wash event at Leamington Fire Station today. A fantastic total of £632 was raised for @firefighters999 A huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event! 👏🚒💦🚘 https://t.co/uLkwIG4oPH
— Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service (@WarksFireRescue) May 21, 2022
Huntingdon fire station held a charity car wash on Saturday to raise money for @firefighters999 🚗🧽
We are pleased to reveal they raised a total of £1251 for the charity!
Thank you to everyone who came along and donated. 👏#TeamCambsFire #Charity pic.twitter.com/N2D69Org2G
— Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (@cambsfrs) May 17, 2022
We were at Forres fire station on Sunday to lend a hand with the station charity car wash. Great effort by everyone as well as the public visiting and getting there cars washed. A total of £1063 was raised for The firefighters charity and local charities. @FireForres @bydandboy pic.twitter.com/slKdp17yZV
— R60 Gordonstoun Volunteer Unit (@R60Gordonstoun) May 17, 2022
Big thanks to everyone who came down to Leeds Fire Station charity car wash at the weekend! 🙌
👩🚒Firefighters raised over £370 for @firefighters999.
👍We'll be holding more car washes throughout the year, keep an eye on our socials & website for dates and locations! pic.twitter.com/UkwhCVKi0v
— West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (@WYFRS) May 16, 2022
Well done New Cumnock Community Fire Station @Scotfire_ENSA on their car wash today £382.15 raised for @firefighters999 pic.twitter.com/QdxinHGUcw
— Fiona Reid (@ScottishFee_FFC) May 14, 2022
Burnley fire station Charity Car Wash, totally smashed the existing record today in aid of the Firefighters Charity and Pendleside Hospice with a total of £2424.85 Big thank you to Green Watch, and all off duty volunteers,fire Cadets, police Cadets,Storm Troopers and Welephant 🚒 pic.twitter.com/5hsY6DCLHu
— Stuart Gervaise (@StuartGervaise) May 14, 2022
🪣🚗🚒 A massive thank you to everyone who visited Alsager Fire Station on Saturday for the charity car wash. We have raise a total of £508.58 for The Firefighters Charity. 🪣🚗🚒
Photos courtesy of Bochenek-Kopec Photography#nationalcarwash #autoglym pic.twitter.com/44UEFmPQqF
— Alsager Fire Station (@AlsagerFS) May 10, 2022
There’s was a steady stream of vehicles arriving at #Warrington fire station’s car wash yesterday, all donating to a great cause.
Lots of support, even the Wolfie is getting stuck in! https://t.co/Gf7mKTZynY pic.twitter.com/J6K7I702p3
— Warrington Fire Station (@WarrFS) April 10, 2022
We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to Hyndburn Fire Station's charity car wash on Saturday. The firefighters raised an incredible £2,285 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine and The Fire Fighters Charity 👏 pic.twitter.com/4qLydBbdOi
— Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service (@LancashireFRS) April 6, 2022
#Throwback to Stanground fire station's charity car wash earlier this month. 🧽🚗
The car wash raised over £2700 for @firefighters999 👏#TeamCambsFire #Charity #ThursdayThrowback pic.twitter.com/hbTehw3utx
— Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (@cambsfrs) March 31, 2022
