Services

The FSNBF provides valuable Services to its beneficiaries including:

• Rehabilitation and therapy at Jubilee House, Penrith.
• Recuperative care at Harcombe House, Devon and Marine Court, Littlehampton. 
• Financial support for those in need.

Assistance is provided to retired, serving Wholetime, Retained or Auxiliary firefighters and their families in times of difficulty be they financial, physical or emotional.

Fundraising

There are many  Fundraising Events in which you can participate.

As an individual you can:

• Make a regular donation by Gift Aid .
• Join the  Ben Fund Lottery .
• Utilise the Affinity Deals offered by the Fund.

Within Scotland a dedicated Fundraiser, Margaret Barnes, is employed to assist firefighters from throughout the country by providing ideas, support and advice on how to raise income for the Fund in new and interesting ways.  Ask Service Representatives for details, or Margarets contact details are available here.

News

Nationally the Fund is currently planning to build a second rehabilitation centre at Harcombe House in Devon.  It has also begun the extention of rehabilitation therapy to the children of firefighters.  The progress of these schemes depends on regular predictable income and fundraising.

Locally, in the Highland and Islands, we are striving to inform all our stakeholders of the benefits of the Fund.  Hopefully we are reaching beneficiaries who are at present unsure of its advantages.

Over the next year John Scott, the FSNBF Gift Aid Officer, has agreed to visit stations within the Service . His primary aim is to inform members of the services the Fund provides.  He will also sign up willing donors to the Gift Aid Scheme which has the great advantage of providing a regular and predictable income for the Fund.

For our regular local newsletter click here.

Archived newsletters are here

Help Line

The FSNBF. Helpline provides vital, timely advice and information six hours each week and is completely FREE of charge.

Information and assistance is available covering a range of topics including:

·         State Benefits

·         Health/Social Care

·         Finance/Debt

·         Relationships/Family

·         Housing

·         Employment

·         FSNBF Assistance

The Helpline is confidential and advisers have access to expert information from various resources including the Citizens Advice?s CD - which contains the same information that the CAB has access to ? and the Disability Rights Handbook. Benefit entitlements can also be checked through the use of computer software.

Beneficiaries

Locally, we have recently donated towards a car wheelchair lift, similar to the one pictured here.  It was required for the son of one of our retained firefighters in Stromness, Orkney.