2020
The Blesma News for 2020 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Rob Budgen talks to CivvyLife Magazine about resettlement and Blesma Connects
13 March 2020
Rob Bugden Served as an RAF physical training instructor for 11 years, specialising as a parachute jumping instructor. He was involved in a mid-air collision in 2016, acquiring serious spinal cord injuries and was medically discharged. Here he explains how Blesma has supported him during resettlement... How have your injuries affected you? Having broken my neck and damaged my spinal cord it was then the best part of four years in hospital and rehabilitation and the long and short of it is I’m a permanent wheelchair user and classified as a te
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Pain Management Programme
11 March 2020
Living with persistent pain can be difficult, affecting all areas of your life. Take the opportunity to embark on the Veteran Specific Pain Management Programme (PMP) to help you learn ways to manage it more effectively. The programme has twice been rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and 93% of veterans who completed the programme rated it as five stars. The aims of the PMP are: To improve physical functioning and ability whilst reducing associated flare ups. To boost understanding of persistent pain conditio
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Welfare Volunteers needed in Wales!
9 March 2020
Blesma members (or suitable partner/family member) needed as Welfare Volunteers for the Wales and West area, specifically for the following: Shropshire, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, West Wales and North Wales. The Welfare Volunteer role is an important one that provides vital support to the Blesma Support Officer (BSO) by being the “eyes and ears” of the Blesma Welfare service. We know that an increasing number of Members are becoming isolated and lonely and the work of the Welfare volunteer (previously known as ‘Welfare Reps’) plays an essential role
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Find your new favorite thing
7 March 2020
Fancy trying something new or getting better at something you’ve already had a go at? Blesma is offering its Members the chance to try more activities than ever before in 2020 – all for free! There are lots of events in the Blesma activities calendar for every taste, level and ability – from serious adventurers to those looking for gentler pursuits. There’s something on offer for every age group and interest, too. There are lots of easily accessible events very close to home, but if you fancy seeing foreign shores in 2020 Blesma will be jetting off across the
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