Scottish Station Commander, Bobby, joined one of our Hope Programmes to learn some new coping strategies to pass on to colleagues – but he says it helped his own mental well-being too.

Firefighter Keith contracted Covid. “I lost a week of my life and a stone and a half in weight” Keith reflects. Three months later, still off work, he was diagnosed with Long Covid. But, as Keith’s symptoms slowly started to improve, he went back to the gym, to get fit again for his return to work.