2016
The Blesma News for 2016 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Channel 4's Hunted: Meet the fugitives who went on the run for Blesma
21 September 2016
Show your support for Kirk & Jez To show your support for Kirk and Jez visit their Just Giving Page Help them raise £5000 for Blesma, The Limbless Veterans. To find out more about what it's like to be a member of our armed forces charity,
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Blesma NEEDS YOU!
12 September 2016
Calling all volunteers After an incredibly successful Blesma Week 2016 collecting at TFL stations across the capital, we are bringing out our buckets once again! We will be collecting from 0700 until 1900 at: Canary Wharf Wednesday 19 October 2016 Kings Cross Monday 19 December 2016 To volunteer for a 2 or 3 hour
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The Veterans to look out for at the Rio Paralympics..
8 September 2016
There’s big boots to fill at this year’s Paralympics following the success of London 2012. All athletes have been training hard and each share a unique story about overcoming adversity. Blesma are proud to support injured veterans in whatever direction their life takes them. Jon- Allan Butterworth Photo credit: OnEdition
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The company Open Bionics is about to change the world of prosthetics forever
5 September 2016
A small team of dynamic, young engineers are about to change the world of prosthetics forever. Meet the brains behind Open Bionics. If you were given some Lego and a couple of basic motors could you design and build a makeshift floor cleaner? Joel Gibbard could. When he was seven years old! Impressive though the rudimentary machine was, it was merely Joel’s first step on a journey that, 18 years later, has brought him to the brink of manufacturing a bionic hand that can be 3-D printed in a fraction of the time – and at a fraction of the cost – of current prosthetic device
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