Fire Service National Benevolent Fund

Help the Barnsley Branch raise funds for FSNBF 11/01/06

Help the Barnsley Branch to raise funds for the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund by purchasing helmet pin badges and key rings. They are ideal gifts, and a good fund raiser at open days, Galas etc. The traditional style helmet is available as a boxed set of all ranks, as shown, or individually. Also available are the the Cromwell, FirePro and Metro Helmets. All profits go to the FSNBF. www.firehelmetbadges.co.uk For more information contact:

Peter Chipchase Tel/Fax: 01226 287436 Email:[email protected]

www.fsnbf.org.uk

Relocation of Headquarters 21/04/04

Please note that FSNBF HQ has moved to Basingstoke. New address is:

FSNBF
2nd Floor
Copenhagen Court
32 New Street
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 7DT
Tel:- 01256 366566
Fax:- 01256 366399

Access to Fire Services National Benevolent Fund Therapy & Recuperation Centres 08/04/04

Changes in Procedure

1. The Fire Services National Benevolent Fund has advised that it will be changing the process for accessing their Recuperation and Therapy Centres.
2. From Monday 5th April 2004all applications forms for Recuperation and Therapy currently held by Brigade Secretaries and Occupation Health and Welfare Departments will be withdrawn.
3. Individual's who wish to apply to attend for either recuperation or therapy will have to contact the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund on the number detailed below in order to request an application pack to be sent to their home address:

Tel:-0845 240 6543
4. There will be three categories of application pack:

   • Recuperation pack (for either Harcombe House or Littlehampton)
     
   • Therapy pack (for Jubilee House Therapy centre in Penrith)
   
   
   • Children�s therapy pack.

5. Each pack contains the following:

   • Confidential Questionnaire including Data Protection Form
   
   
   • Medical Declaration Form and SAE for General Practitioner
   
   
   • Service Information
   
   
   • Brigade Secretary Name and Contact Details.

6. Once the individual has returned his/her completed application pack back to the appropriate centre it will be checked for eligibility.
7. The admissions team meet once per week and assess applications on NEED from the attendance criteria.
8. The individual will then receive a telephone call or documentation from the relevant centre confirming:

• Allocation of dates



• Identification of needs


• Clinical treatments, interventions.
9. The following information will be sent to FSNBF Brigade Secretaries from centres to enable them to track occupancy and use of services from their areas:

• Number of people from their Brigade who have attended Therapy or Recuperation


• Names of people who are happy to allow Brigade Fund Secretaries to see that they may require recuperation, therapy or further assistance and


• Contact details only of serving applicants.

Note: As a matter of process the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund will automatically send the individual's details to the Brigade Secretary unless the individual ticks the box on the form to indicate they do not want this to happen.