2020
The Blesma News for 2020 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Member chosen as first female Invictus captain
7 February 2020
Thirteen Blesma Members have been selected to compete for the UK team at the 2020 Invictus Games, which will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands from 09-16 May. More than 470 wounded, injured, and sick veterans took part in this year’s first ever Invictus Games UK trials, which were held in Sheffield, with just 65 people being selected to compete in the 2020 team. In another first, the team will be led by a female captain – Blesma Member and Royal Air Force veteran Rachel Williamson.
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The secret of seniors week
6 February 2020
From archery lessons to steam train rides, and from the cacophony of cabaret shows to quiet reflection at military memorials, Seniors Week packs a lot into seven days. The weeks are full of activity, but are carefully constructed so that those who take part – most recently a party of 10 Members and two wives – have plenty of time to build friendships and share their own personal stories of the ups and downs of military life. Seniors Week has been a regular, not to mention a hugely popular, part of the Activities Programme for some years now. Open to both Membe
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West Ham, Liverpool, Blesma!
5 February 2020
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Jody shows resilience in epic charity swim
4 February 2020
A woman who was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer has swum the English Channel in aid of Blesma. Jody Jones was set to swim the Channel last year but the shock diagnosis brought her training to a halt. Surgery to remove half her colon was followed by chemotherapy and then further surgery, but Jody remained determined to complete the challenge. “When I was diagnosed, I was eight months away from the swim and it was the fittest I’d ever been,” said Jody. “I delayed the swim for a year, but it never crossed my mind not to do it.” Jody began the epic challeng
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