2016
The Blesma News for 2016 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Calling all London Marathon ballot place holders!
8 October 2016
If you’re one of the lucky few who have received a ballot place for the 2017 London Marathon, run for Team Blesma and help our wounded veterans to lead independent and fulfilling lives. All Team Blesma participants will receive: Blesma running vest with name Fundraising pack Personalised on hand support from our Fundraising team Blesma Cheer Squad located throughout the race If you have a place, and would like to su
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Blesma cycling event helps wounded veterans from the UK and USA
4 October 2016
Injured veterans from Military charities Blesma, the limbless veterans and Wounded Warrior Project recently joined forces to take on a week-long cycle ride around the English countryside. The annual cycling event SR UK is a rehabilitation activity that brings together wounded, injured and sick veterans from the UK and United States for companionship, exercise and wellbeing. This year the event took place across Hamp
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Activities: What you think
4 October 2016
Activities Manager Jess March commissioned a survey to find out what Members like and dislike about the Activities Programme. We take a look at the findings... Blesma’s burgeoning Activities Programme lies at the very heart of the Association’s ethos, but figuring out exactly what works well and less well for Members, and why some people don’t take part in activities at all, is not always simple. Now, thanks to an extensive survey, which was developed in partnership with St Mary’s University, Twickenham and completed by more than 10 per cent of the membership, a much clearer p
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Remembering those Blesma Members we have lost - John Booth
28 September 2016
Blesma member John Booth, who has died aged 98, was a former soldier from Lancashire who survived having both his legs amputated in a Prisoner of War camp on the notorious Burma Railway. John - known to many as Jack - was born on 14th March 1918 in Chadderton, Lancashire, and was a driver for Co-op before he joined the Royal Artillery when he was 21 years old. He trained in North Wales and Woolwich but his girlfriend Irene Bell insisted that they wed before he was posted overseas so he managed to get a 48-hour pass for the ceremony at St. Gabriel Church i
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