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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.

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Steve: “It can feel like you’re another number in hospital, but the charity is so personal”

Steve Flint, who works for Staffordshire FRS, has been supported by the charity - both digitally and face-to-face - ever since being involved in a near-fatal motorcycle accident last year.

01 Sep 2021

Stuart & Penny: “We’ve seen how normal our family is, even though we’ve gone through difficult times”

Stuart and Penny Jackson attended our Child and Family Week at Harcombe House with two of their daughters after a major operation and a devastating health diagnosis.

24 Aug 2021

Dan: “Coming here has validated the experience I’ve gone through with Covid”

Dan Coward, a retained firefighter, has been forced to spend months off the run since catching Covid-19. Here he reveals how the charity supported him on a programme dedicated to those struggling with long Covid recovery.

20 Aug 2021

Gary: “I felt horrible and didn’t understand why, the charity helped me break that cycle”

Gary Batchelor, a former firefighter and now a Blue Light driving instructor, says the physical support he received as an Outpatient at Marine Court led to him addressing struggles with his mental health he’d previously kept buried.

09 Aug 2021

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

West Yorkshire