Blesma News 2015
The Blesma News for 2015 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Update to the NHS Constitution
9 September 2015
The NHS Constitution Handbook has recently been updated. We believe the changes to the constitution will be of interest to our Members and their families. "As part of this principle and in line with the Armed Forces Covenant, the NHS will ensure that members of the Armed Forces Community (including those serving, reservists, their families and veterans) are supported, treated equally and receive the same standard of, and access to healthcare as any other UK ci
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MG Rover Clubs go 'Leg 4 Leg' in aid of Blesma
4 September 2015
Next month, representatives of MG Rover clubs around the UK will be hitting the road on an epic motoring event ‘Leg4leg’, in aid of Blesma. Their mission? To pass the Leg4leg emblem (pictured) from club to club, starting from Land’s End and finishing at John O’Groats, and raising vital funds for injured veterans along the way. Craig Meredith, who has organised the event along with Jess Stephens, said: "We had been talking about doing something to raise money for charity for a while and came up with the idea of the relay over a few beers one Friday night! Jess has a background
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Real life stories: Afghan Veteran Mark Smith
31 August 2015
Mark Smith lost his right leg after an accident during a live firing exercise in Canada. Since being discharged from the Grenadier Guards, he had gone on to become a trailblazing bodybuilder. He has already won a national competition and is now wholly focused on becoming the top disabled competitor in the world. “I’d always wanted to be in the Forces and so I joined when I was 18. I joined the Grenadier Guards and did six months of ceremonial duties in London before going to Bosnia where we involved in a lot of house searches and dealing with human trafficking." I went to Bagh
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Internationally acclaimed photographer Marcus Lyon has agreed to become Blesma’s latest high profile ambassador
28 August 2015
Marcus Lyon a British artist and photographer of international renown. He has taken portraits of HM the Queen and the last four British Prime Ministers, as well as some of the poorest people on earth in slums and ghettos worldwide. His work is held in collections from the Art Institute of Chicago to the Arts Council of Great Britain, and he is founder of the award-winning multidisciplinary art studio, Glassworks. Marcus recently became a Blesma ambassador, and plans to help Members increase their enjoyment of, and ability in, photography.
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