2020
The Blesma News for 2020 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Isolated Blesma Widow inundated with cards and gifts on her 99th birthday
25 June 2020
Birthday cards and gifts from Blesma Members have helped to raise the spirits of a 99-year-old isolated Blesma Widow. Lilian Almond was discharged into a nursing home away from family and friends in North Wales after spending some time in hospital, following a fall at home. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, and a shortage of care workers to assist her, Lilian could not return home and was instead moved to a nursing home near Llandudno. Despite her hospital visit being non covid-19 related she was forced to self-quarantine in her room, and away from other reside
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Reserves day - Jamie's Story
24 June 2020
It's Reserves Day. Blesma Member and Special Forces Reserve Jamie Hull tells his story;Jamie was building up to go to Afghanistan but was injured while learning to fly solo.“In 2007 I was part of 21 SAS and an active young officer in the Thames Valley Police. I wanted to learn to fly, so I signed up for a course in Florida. One day during training, when I was flying solo, the plane I was in had an engine fire at an altitude of 1,000ft. The flames breached the cockpit and, as I made a conc
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Blesma Members take on a Marketing course at the Shard
22 June 2020
Three Blesma Members have been given an exclusive lesson in digital marketing by world leading marketing agency Jellyfish. Back in March, Blesma Members Paul Findlay, Luke Morrison and Stewart Harris attended a pilot five-day intensive course run by Mike-Alpha, with training provided by Jellyfish at the Shard, London. Through the course, which has been backed by Facebook, Mike-Alpha aims to educate the UK Armed Forces community in marketing theory, strategy and planning. Military veteran and hea
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Happy Fathers Day! Jonny's Story
21 June 2020
Happy Fathers Day to every single one of the many amazing Dads that Blesma supports, and to those that support Blesma! Jonny Holloway was on duty in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was travelling in drove over an improvised explosive Device. “My fellow soldiers got me to safety but the blast had mangled my leg and had given me a brain injury, It has affected my shor
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