2017
The Blesma News for 2017 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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"My Remembrance Day" - Afghanistan Veteran Gregg Stevenson
31 October 2017
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Row2Recovery to host launch event at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
24 October 2017
The Challenge is to row nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the Atlantic Ocean from the La Gomera to Antigua. More people have been into space, or climbed Mount Everest than have rowed the Atlantic. Captain Jon Armstrong RGR and Jordan Beecher, former LCpl in the Parachute Regiment who lost a leg in Afghanistan, are taking on the formidable Talisker Whisky
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"Rehab in the rainforest" - Explore how Blesma Members are volunteering in the jungles of Borneo
20 October 2017
A new partnership between Blesma and Camps International gives Members the chance to see remote and exotic parts of the world - and give something back. Wyn Austin, 29, from Grantham served in the Royal Dragoon Guards before he was injured in Afghanistan in 2010, losing his left leg above the knee when his Viking patrol vehicle was hit by an IED. Billy Drinkwater, 32, from London, served with the Royal Anglian Regiment, and lost his right eye in an IED blast in 2010. In July, the pair spent a month in Borneo with a group of teenagers
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More BSOs means more support for Members
12 October 2017
The Association is changing. To make sure Members continue to get as much support as possible a brand new Area – West – has been created, bringing the number of Areas to nine. The other eight have all reduced in size to ensure each BSO is responsible for as few Members as possible. “Following the Trustees’ decision to invest in the BSO team, the BSO Areas have been reviewed, and a number of boundary and Area changes made as the size of the areas is reduced,” explains Heather Nicholson, Director of Membership Services. “Reducing the size of Areas will enable BSOs to spend more
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