2025
The Blesma News for 2025 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Bust of Ray Winstone Sculpted Live in Aid of Blesma
8 September 2025
Actor Ray Winstone has shown his support for Blesma at a special live sculpture event in London. The star of The Departed, King of Thieves and Sexy Beast sat for royal sculptor Frances Segelman at The Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks. In just two hours, Segelman created a clay bust of Winstone in front of an audience, with proceeds from the evening going to Blesma.
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Blesma Supporter's 400-Mile Fundraiser from France to Wales to Honour WWI Troops
28 August 2025
A former Royal Military Police sergeant and close protection officer is walking 400 miles in full kit to commemorate the sacrifices of First World War soldiers. Darren Foote, a Gulf War veteran and
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The only all-amputee team to swim the English Channel repeats its success with record-breaking crossing
10 July 2025
An intrepid group of veterans created history by becoming the only team of limbless swimmers to cross the English Channel twice. The former forces team, each missing a leg, completed their epic crossing just after midnight today (Thursday) after 14 hours and 40 minutes in nine-foot swells and swimming through a ‘wall of jellyfish’ on the daunting 25-mile route. The swimmers, all members of Blesma, the Limbless Veterans, set an astonishing record in 2014 when they swam in rel
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Sandhurst hosts football tournament to promote international camaraderie
7 July 2025
Two Blesma Members teamed up with limbless Ukrainian veterans for a football tournament at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to promote resilience and international camaraderie. Lisa Johnston and Nick Grey were at the heart of the action as their combined team took on opponents fromArsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, and RMA Sandhurst in the event, which was organised by Tackling Matters,a charity that builds pitches for injured, amputee and PTSD-affected soldiers and civilians.
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