2022
The Blesma News for 2022 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Check out our 2022 Fundraising calendar
11 February 2022
Our Blesma 90th Fundraising calendar is now live! This year marks 90 years since Blesma first gained National Charitable Status back in 1932. The Association will be looking at a wide range of celebrations to mark the occasion this year, and there are plenty of ways to get involved. Whether you are a star baker, an avid runner, or want some inspiration to try something new, there's a way for you to join Team Blesma. If you would like to take on a new challenge for 2022, have some fun, and raise some funds for Blesma,
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Widows Week 2021
6 February 2022
Back in 2021, Denise Fitzgerald was selected to attend Widows Week for the first time. This was her account... After luckily being selected for the ‘Widows Week’ down in Hayling Island the time was getting nearer to depart. Having to attend somewhere on your own again without your husband was a daunting thought. It was however something we needed to do to move on and very grateful for the opportunity. On arrival on Monday afternoon at Sinah Warren we were greeted by Andy (Barlow) and Pat (Donnachie). They introduced us all and made us feel at home. (I c
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Blesma Freemason Charity Initiative 2021
4 February 2022
In 2021, a German Masonic Lodge selected Blesma as it's Charity of Concern. Following a request from Ian Harper, Blesma’s new Director Independence and Wellbeing, Grand Master Most Worshipful Brother Jeremy Stevens declared this his designated Charity Concern for his first year of tenure in office at The Grand Lodge of British Freemasons in Germany. He launched this initiative with a pledge of 3000€. A call for support to their constituent lodges, and other orders, was sent out earlier this year and was met with a fantastic and heart-warming response.
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Shona Brownlee MBE is ready to take on Paralympic Monoski
2 February 2022
Shona Brownlee MBE is ready to take on Paralympic Monoski How Shona Brownlee MBE went from new amputee, to the fastest woman on a mono-ski in just four years. When Shona Brownlee slid off a ledge during the final exercise of her basic training in 2012, she thought she had simply twisted her ankle and walked it off. She didn’t realise that the ‘minor’ injury would change her life forever… “I slid off a ledge into a loading bay and didn’t realise it was bad – I thought I’d just twisted my ankle and would be able to walk it off.
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