Find out how Fire Fighters Charity has supported service users 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.
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. After five years of living in constant pain, retired Merseyside firefighter Gary Burns felt like giving up. But three visits to Jubilee House showed him just how much progress he could make if he put the work in and gave him a light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel. Emma Hughes has just become our first Charity Ambassador, a new voluntary role that aims to increase awareness of Fire Fighters Charity. And it's all in memory of her dad, Graham, a firefighter with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, who passed away in 2003.
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”
Gary: “For the first time in a long time I thought things could get better.”
Emma: “I just thought ‘I need to be part of this’.”
