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.
Darcy Williams is sharing her experience of living with a neurodiverse condition and how it can impact her mental health, to highlight the benefits our Reset Programme had for her. Retired Lancashire firefighter Barry Hornsby saw his life turned upside down when he suffered a stroke while playing golf. However, with our teams’ help, he’s now able to walk again and is focusing on the future. Georgia Phillipson saw her professional rugby career abruptly end due to an injury, and feared it’d also mean the end of her being a firefighter – but she says our support got her back on the run again. Retired firefighter Mick Lilley sadly lost his wife to leukaemia just over two years ago and says he was supported throughout the pandemic by our Living Well Groups. Here he shares how they helped him find the confidence to find happiness again. Firefighter Matt Pendlebury helped us secure a valuable national partnership with leading forecourt retailer EG Group, after first approaching them for a donation towards his London Marathon fundraising drive.
Darcy: “It’s about learning to deal with things at the start, before they become too much”
Barry: “I’ve had physical, mental and nursing support – it’s absolutely phenomenal”
Georgia: “You didn’t just focus on my injury but me as a whole, including my mental health”
Mick: “You were there for me when I needed it most and helped me move forward with my life”
Matt: “Without fundraising like this, the Charity couldn’t keep offering the support it does”
