WCoFF Event News Desk
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters supports youth engagement schemes with fire and rescue services and the money raised will go towards supporting more of those activities. The lecture will help delegates to understand what is necessary to develop a national fire safety policy and is recognised for Continuous Professional Development (CPD hours). Jim Pauley, President/CEO of the Nationa ...
Pride Community Group formed to bring people with shared interests together A new group is being formed in Northern Devon to help bring people with shared interests together in order to create a new community that has inclusivity, social participation and health and well-being at its heart. The group, which is being launched at Bideford Pride on Saturday, 1st September, is the result of d ...
Nearly £90,000 was raised for The Fire Fighters Charity in Cambridgeshire during 2017/18. Crews across the county as well as local fire charity champions, with the support of the local communities took part in events and activities to raise money for the national charity that supports UK fire service personnel and their families. Fundraisers included firefighters getting ...
The inaugural National Fire Fighter Games took place at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and was organised by the London Fire Brigade, Essex Fire and Rescue Service and supported by the Worshipful Company. I attended the event with the Massey Shaw Education Trust to promote the newly formed Marine Fire Cadet Unit which also is supported by the Worship Company and the Trust. ...
Upcoming events hosted by London Fire Brigade museum - Memorial Hall opening & photographic exhibition. Exclusive access to London’s fallen firefighters memorial As part of Historic England’s Immortalised exhibition at The Workshop London, London Fire Brigade Museum is opening the Memorial Hall at 8 Albert Embankment for a special event. This a rare opportunity for visitors to ...
Past Master and Almoner Peter Cowland reports that, whilst on holiday in Josselin, France in June last year he became ill with what was later diagnosed to be angina. Luckily one of the friends he was staying with was a retired surgeon who “sorted him out”. On his return to the UK he underwent double heart by-pass surgery at Harefield Hospital in November 2017. Returning t ...
