The Fire Fighters Charity teams up with children’s author in launch of free book to support fire and rescue service families
The Fire Fighters Charity will this week launch a free children’s book to help fire and rescue service families to talk with their children, addressing any fears or anxieties young people may have about what firefighting family members may face…
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service donates £56,000 to The Fire Fighters Charity following its biggest-ever fireworks event
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has donated a massive £56,000 to The Fire Fighters Charity following its annual bonfire and firework display – the most raised at any fire and rescue service bonfire night event. Watch Manager Bruce Reid…
Supreme Concrete proud to support The Fire Fighters Charity
Supreme Concrete, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of high-performance precast concrete building and structural products, is delighted to announce its support of The Fire Fighters Charity during 2022/23. To kickstart the relationship, Supreme Concrete has made a £5,000 donation,…
Old clothes scheme scoops £5million for The Fire Fighters Charity
The Fire Fighters Charity has raised more than £5million in its clothes recycling scheme since it was first launched 12 years ago, passing this incredible milestone earlier this year. The scheme is run in partnership with fire and rescue services…
North Yorkshire firefighter returns to work a year after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, with support from The Fire Fighters Charity
A North Yorkshire firefighter returned to work for the first time in a year this weekend, after being diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer last March. Calum Balding, 38, a wholetime firefighter with North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, was…
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…