Lynne Neagle MS supports The Fire Fighters Charity as it presents prize to South Wales fire station following recycling championship
The Fire Fighters Charity welcomed Lynne Neagle, Member of the Senedd for Torfaen, to a prize-giving ceremony at New Inn Fire Station on Friday, 11 March. The South Wales fire station won the Charity's January Bag it and Bank it…
Fire stations raise record-breaking £85,000 for The Fire Fighters Charity through unwanted clothes donations
Hundreds of fire stations across the UK have helped raise almost £85,000 for The Fire Fighters Charity in January alone – all by collecting unwanted clothes. More than 380 tonnes of clothes were dropped off at the Charity’s clothing banks…
Firefighters take on SAS challenge for charity
A group of Cambridgeshire firefighters will be taking on a gruelling challenge, used as part of the SAS selection process, to raise money for charity. The group of six firefighters from across the county will be taking on The Fan…
Charity launches Healthy Joints Awareness Programme to combat top reason for absenteeism across UK fire services community
With musculoskeletal injuries and issues accounting for the largest number of missed working days across the UK’s fire services, The Fire Fighters Charity has this week launched a new awareness programme to help fire and rescue service personnel, past and…
The Fire Fighters Charity will be EG Group’s first charity partner of 2022
EG Group, a leading global petrol forecourt retail convenience operator, has chosen The Fire Fighters Charity as its first charity for 2022. Blackburn-based EG Group will not only collect donations on behalf of the Charity but will also fully utilise…
The Barratt Foundation donates £50,000 to The Fire Fighters Charity
The Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation (the ‘Barratt Foundation’) has donated £50,000 to The Fire Fighters Charity, to support its ongoing work helping the UK’s fire services community. The Barratt Foundation generously donated the money after being contacted by a…
MSA advocates for health and wellbeing of firefighters and communities
At MSA, it is our mission to help protect the first responders and ensure that they, their families and communities live in health and safety. While on duty, fire and rescue services face high variability of working environment conditions. The…
The Fire Fighters Charity launches winter appeal amid surging demand for mental health support
The Fire Fighters Charity is today launching a winter fundraising appeal amid a growing need for mental health support across the UK’s fire services community. With one in five members of the fire service rating their mental health as poor…
HWFRS collects nearly £98k worth of recyclable clothing handed over by generous public – over 482 tonnes!
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has collected over 482 tonnes of unwanted clothing in in its Fire Fighters Charity recycling banks – raising nearly 98k! This impressive result, donated by the generous public, is the quantity and value…
Charity launches social media platform exclusively for fire services community
The Fire Fighters Charity has today launched a free wellbeing, fundraising and social media platform, built exclusively for all serving, retired and supportive members of the UK’s fire services community. My Fire Fighters Charity (MyFFC) is available to users via…
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service raises £95,080.33 for The Fire Fighters Charity
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWWFRS) recently received a Certificate of Appreciation from The Fire Fighters Charity for its efforts in raising £95,080.33 for the charity in 2020/2021. The Fire Fighters Charity supports the mental, physical and…
Locks, Steps & Two Worthy Causes
Hello, We are several friends who are currently planning our most ambitious and difficult challenge yet, which we have named ‘Locks, Steps and Two Worthy Causes’, a massive 167-mile walk starting from the Firefighters memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral in…
500 raised for The Fire Fighters charity from the sale of beanie hats
Buying a beanie hat will be the last thing on most people’s minds in the middle of summer, but sales of the limited edition, ‘25th anniversary of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service’ branded, beanie hats have already…
Team complete 24-hour Snowdon Challenge
In early June, Station Manager Dave Latham, along with a small support team of other Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service personnel, took on the epic challenge of climbing Snowdon as many times as they could in 24…
Leg power sees fundraising firefighters raise over £10,000
Chester Fire Station’s White Watch has raised more than £10,000 for charity by completing a mountainous challenge. The team of Watch Manager Ant McCarthy, Crewe Managers Martin Warburton and Daz Tennant and firefighters Giles Davies, Paul Long, Jack Fellows, Danielle…
Ain’t no mountain high enough – Craig to take on highest UK peaks for charity
A Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service worker will try and scale six of the highest mountains in the British Isles in just four days for The Fire Fighters Charity. Craig Smith is taking on the 5+1 Peaks Challenge after his…
Charity welcomes research into mental health impact of pandemic on UK fire service personnel
The continued need for The Fire Fighters Charity’s mental health support services has been highlighted today with the publication of research claiming that 65% of the UK’s fire and rescue service personnel have seen a deterioration in their mental health…
The Fire Fighters Charity reaches £1,924 at halfway point of national challenge
A month-long charity campaign which aims to boost the nation’s health and wellbeing is now at its halfway point, with donations pouring in. Over the past two weeks, the Blue Light Get Active Challenge has tasked individuals with clocking up…
The Fire Fighters Charity joins forces with front-line charities to launch national wellness campaign
Last year marked a year like no other for UK front-line staff as they battled to keep the nation safe. With the colder weather here to stay and the arrival of a new strain of Covid-19, emergency-service teams are feeling…
Charity launches new health and wellbeing podcast
Shout!Podcast – the official health and wellbeing podcast from The Fire Fighters Charity – has been launched across all major podcast platforms this week. The Fire Fighters Charity’s first venture in the world of podcasting, Shout!Podcast explores the health and…