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Region: Yorkshire and Humberside

Alan: “Your donations and support ensured I wasn’t alone throughout the pandemic”

Alan Swales has joined our online Living Well Groups after supporting us for decades. He says they have helped him with increasing loneliness during the pandemic, as he cared single-handedly for his wife.

01 Mar 2022

John: “After hitting rock bottom, knowing the Charity is there is a huge reassurance”

John: “After hitting rock bottom, knowing the Charity is there is a huge reassurance”

Firefighter John Casey says, having been supported by the Charity throughout a difficult few years in which he received a life-altering health diagnosis, he feels comforted knowing it’s there for him in the years to come.

23 Dec 2021

Rob: “The Charity is changing people’s lives – it’s a good place to leave money to”

Making a will is a job many of us put off for years, but when Rob saw we’d partnered with Bequeathed to offer an entirely free will-making service, he jumped at the chance to support us into the future.

07 Sep 2021

Shona and Dave: “We didn’t want to admit we were struggling… now we’d accept help”

Shona and Dave: “We didn’t want to admit we were struggling… now we’d accept help”

West Yorkshire firefighter Dave Shaw and his partner Shona Mellon reveal how the Charity helped them access a piece of medical equipment they say helped save their daughter’s life - while supporting them for years.

04 Aug 2021

Scott: “You lifted the weight of worrying about feeding my children off my shoulders”

Scott: “You lifted the weight of worrying about feeding my children off my shoulders”

Scott Rumblow, a retained firefighter with Humberside FRS, was helped by our Welfare team when he was furloughed from his job, before later being struck down with Covid - the physical impact of which he's still suffering.

19 Jul 2021

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