2021
Blesma Updates for 2021, covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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The charity that helps veterans find careers
17 September 2021
The Forces Employment Charity (RFEA) has helped more than 19,000 veterans work towards new careers in the last year despite lockdown slowing job vacancies. RFEA provides life-long and life-changing support, job opportunities and training to Service leavers, Reservists, veterans and their families, irrespective of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving. The charity’s work has received vital ongoing support thanks to a generous donation of £91,800 from The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and its funding partner, Greenwich Hospital, which provi
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Veterans UK liaison update
16 September 2021
Blesma has held a number of meetings recently with representatives at Veterans UK with the aim of re-invigorating the charities’ previous working relationship. An immediate outcome has been the establishment of a direct liaison link between Blesma and Veterans UK which will see BSO (Prosthetics) and a member of Veterans UK acting as ‘Liaison Officers’. This will enable faster communication on priority matters affecting Members. Veterans UK has provided Blesma Support Officers with a contact list that should enable them to chase up Member enquiries directly with case officers or speci
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Help with housing law, debts and evictions
14 September 2021
Housing law and evictions, it’s complicated…. Your home is your castle, right? Somewhere you are safe, secure, happy and can hopefully relax with family and friends. However, many people who rent their homes and have struggled financially through the pandemic now live with the fear of eviction from their home, as the government lifts the eviction ban. Housing law has always been notoriously complicated and during the pandemic, central government and the devolved administrations have responded with different measures, following different timescales, leading t
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Access healthcare through Veterans Trauma Network
10 September 2021
Veterans Trauma Network - NHS led veterans' care Did you know that can use the Veterans Trauma Network (VTN) to access NHS healthcare? The only criteria are that you must be a veteran and that the physical healthcare issue must be as the result of military service. The service follows existing NHS pathways and is currently available across England and Wales. What is it? The VTN, or Veterans Trauma Network, is a collection of 13 NHS Veteran Trauma Centres and four specialist units, each with military and civilian medical experts who will
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