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Thank a First Responder!

Each year every second Wednesday of June is Thank a First Responder Day! Yes, that’s today!

First responders include many Australian medical and health workers, police, firefighters and SES workers. These individuals have taken up the duty of protecting and caring for our communities.

While these roles are paramount and can often be very rewarding, our first responders may also face so many challenges and often trauma when doing what they love to do.

Thank a First Responder Day was born from the need to boost the wellbeing and trauma resilience of first responders. So by showing our appreciation and gratitude it can have a profound and positive impact.

According to the First Responder Day website, more than half of all emergency responders are deeply impacted by the traumas they face in the course of their duties.

Let us show first responders the impact their work has on the way we live our lives.

The work which is undertaken by our first responders is admirable, essential and courageous.

The UFU acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present.

The UFU supports the call of First Nations peoples for a Voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the Constitution.

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