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.
Anne Daultrey has always been very proactive when it comes to health and fitness after retirement, but she says she needed a helping hand after some surgery – and thanks to your donations, we were able to support her. Jeff Brereton, 102, has been a supporter of our Charity since the war – including pushing for advances in welfare support and overseeing the development of our centres. Now his grandson is following in his footsteps... Retired firefighter Nigel Bulmer says the help he received following a major motocross accident was instrumental in him getting mobile again – and has inspired a number of fundraising events since. Retired firefighter Andy began struggling with fatigue during the pandemic, despite not having had Covid. He later discovered it was linked to his mental health and says reaching out for help was the best thing he could have done. This summer we are launching Fire Friends, a telephone befriending provision, offering social support and connection to our retired beneficiaries - and one of the first to try it is Joan O'Connor. 
Anne: “Your Tai Chi sessions have really helped me in retirement – physically and mentally”
Jeff: “I became a firefighter after serving in World War II – you’ve always been by my side”
Nigel: “Our Charity is like insurance… by paying in, you’re securing support for life”
Andy: “I’d spent years refusing help like this, but it has just opened my life again”
Joan: “The befriending calls I’ve had from you are wonderful, I couldn’t do without them”
