2023
The Blesma News for 2023 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Blesma + Help For Heroes - Veterans Mobility Fund
15 March 2023
Blesma, the Limbless Veterans and Help For Heroes are delighted that our campaign for funding for veterans mobility has been successful. This vital support for our wounded veterans has been recognised at the top of Government. The difference that appropriate and timely provision can make to injured veterans’ quality of life is hugely significant. Over the last two years, Blesma and Help for Heroes have worked tirelessly to support veterans with their specialist mobility needs and to build the case for the continuation of the Veterans
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“He is still my hero” - Army veteran Griff Hughes
28 February 2023
Griff during his time in the forces This is my husband’s story, which I thought would be fitting to record as he reached his 90th birthday last December. Conscripted into the Army in 1950, Griff served in Malaya
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Scottish barefoot challenge certainly no walk in the park
14 February 2023
Lanarkshire fitness instructor and Army veteran has completed a 96-mile walk barefooted across the West Highland Way in aid of Blesma. Craig Curtis admitted the challenge was the hardest he had ever faced. The seven-day event resulted in Craig having to use crutches for large sections of the route, despite having spent several months preparing his feet for what he knew would be tough terrain. After a couple of days my feet were getting ripped to shreds “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done; I was on crutches for two days and my whol
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Meet Blesma Member David Dent MBE
10 February 2023
David Dent, 56, from Lanarkshire in Scotland, has already lived an extraordinary life Since being injured while serving in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, he has become a sportsman, a leading advocate for disabled veterans, a university lecturer, an executive director of a major company, and a consultant for the Scottish Government. Oh, and he is the third consecutive generation of his family to be awarded an MBE. How come you chos
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