{"id":54470,"title":"About Us","description":"Who we areThis is the official merchandise shop of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).  The FBU is the democratic, professional voice of firefighters and other workers within fire and rescue services across the UK.  We represent the vast majority of wholetime (full-time) and retained&nbsp;(part-time, on-call) operational firefighters and control staff","content":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span>Who we are<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span>This is the official merchandise shop of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). The FBU is the democratic, professional voice of firefighters and other workers within fire and rescue services across the UK. We represent the vast majority of wholetime (full-time) and retained\u00a0(part-time, on-call) operational firefighters and control staff.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Our merchandise<\/strong><br \/><br \/>The FBU works with Kymera Embroidery to deliver high quality, ethically sourced and value\u00a0for money clothing and merchandise. Kymera Embroidery is run by an ex-firefighter and FBU\u00a0member Kym Napier who left the fire service to pursue her clothing and promotional gifts\u00a0business in Cambridge. The union has worked\u00a0with Kymera\u00a0for several\u00a0years, including on the delivery of the FBU shop at national conference.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Who your purchases help<\/strong><\/p><p>All profits from items sold on the FBU shop go towards the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firefighters100lottery.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefighters 100 Lottery.<\/a> The lottery was set up by the FBU to support firefighters, their bereaved families, and honour the bravery and sacrifice of firefighters killed in the line of duty.<\/p><p>We aim to deliver all items within a few days, however please note orders made on a weekend or during busy periods may take slightly longer to deliver.\u00a0<\/p><p>For bulk orders please contact the shop directly using the details at the bottom of the page.<\/p>","urlTitle":"about-us","url":"\/blog\/about-us\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/about-us\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/fbu-436183.podos.io\/blog\/about-us\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1768826537,"updatedAt":1768840876,"publishedAt":1768840875,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":425322,"name":"FBU"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/iycch5lidodxzjhcg352hqpyeyfa3w8xfs9kxxnnq7dmscrg.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/iycch5lidodxzjhcg352hqpyeyfa3w8xfs9kxxnnq7dmscrg.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/iycch5lidodxzjhcg352hqpyeyfa3w8xfs9kxxnnq7dmscrg.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[],"labels":[]}