2021
Blesma Updates for 2021, covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Road named after Blesma’s Wilf
28 July 2021
Road named after Blesma’s Wilf Whitfield The legend of WWI veteran, social campaigner and Blesma Member Wilf Whitfield lives on after a road was named in his honour in his home town of Middlesbrough. Wilfred Whitfield Way stands on the site of a former iron works where Wilf got his first job as a 14 year old before volunteering for duty and losing his right arm at the Battle of the Somme which ended in November in 1916. Wilf, who was only 18 when he was injured, fought for workers’ rights and social justice after the war.
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Voting is now open for the Soldiering On Awards 2021!
26 July 2021
This year, Blesma have had two nominees listed as finalists for the 2021 Soldiering On Awards! These are: Neil Heritage – Sporting Excellence Award Making Generation R – Education, Training and Development Award Today, on the 26th July, voting will open for the public to contribute their views on who should be the winner in the Sporting Excellence category.
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Get Gaming with Blesma!
24 July 2021
Tonight, team Blesma are facing off in a Call of Duty Tournament against other Veteran teams from Help for Heroes, RBL, and the Wounded Warrior Project in America! As the Team prepared to fight it out for the best players and take home gold for Blesma, we spoke to them and go their top tips for being involved in E-sports with Blesma. Video games have been widely played ever since the bygone days of the Arcade machine. Things have come a long way since then, with online gaming growing exponentially, and huge communities forming in online games
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Report on Blesma AGM 2021
23 July 2021
INTRODUCTION This report is intended as an anonymised summary of the 2021 AGM, for use in the Summer Bulletin. A full confidential record of the meeting is at Reference A and an extract will be put in the 2021 Trustees’ Annual Report. REPORT The 2021 Blesma AGM took place on Sunday 13th June by video conference. Some 12 Members and 4 honorary members with voting rights took part in the meeting. Some 89 proxy voting instructions were received. The meeting was therefore quorate in accordance with Blesma’s
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