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.
Sonia Cox is a Group Manager with West Midlands FRS. She says she’s spent years never showing possible signs of weakness at work, but attending our Reset Programme allowed her to share openly how she’s feeling. Adam Evans, 30, has completed a 100km cross-country route on foot, with a 2,500m total ascent, to raise funds for us after receiving support for his mental health when he was really struggling. Thanks to your kind-hearted donations, we were able to help Alison Waldron – a nurse who’s married to a West Midlands firefighter - on our Covid Recovery Programme, as well as with her mental health. Becci Dickens, an Admin Support Officer with Shropshire FRS, has received our help for both her physical and mental health. She’s now hoping to spread the word round more non-uniform staff like herself. Will Cashmore was supported by us following an injury at work in 2016. Just a few years later, his dad was also helped following a shock accident, and he’s now preparing to run the London Marathon for us to say thank you.
Sonia: “I’ve never wanted to be seen as weak, but here you realise it’s okay not to be okay”
Adam: “I don’t want mental health to be a taboo subject – a lot of people sadly think it is”
Alison: “You were finally the light at the end of the tunnel after 26 months of hell”
Becci: “It’s a huge reassurance knowing I can pick up the phone and there’ll be somebody there”
Will: “Everyone supporting this Charity made my dad’s recovery – as well as my own – possible”
