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2026

The Blesma News for 2026 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans. 

  • Bringing memories to life

    Blesma Members sitting together
    23 January 2026

    The Blesma Storytelling and Wellbeing Programme helps Members tell their personal stories using much more than just words. The latest hands-on event even helped Members relive forgotten memories. With an array of blunt scissors, leaking glue pots, wonky positioning and dog-eared corners, homemade scrapbooks were the ultimate symbol of childhood devotion to football teams, pop stars, hairstyles and hobbies. They faded from popularity under the deluge of digital capabilities brought abo

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  • “Being part of Blesma shows you what you continue to be capable of”

    Blesma Members riding horses
    19 January 2026

    Blesma activities are all about having fun, stretching your comfort zones, and finding new hobbies. So come and try horse riding; there’s always more to a Blesma activity than you think.< Take a few days horse riding in the New Forest, for example. On the surface it just looks like a bit of fun, maybe a bit of a challenge, with a bit of friendly banter in the evenings. But an event like this can really help you get the bit between your teeth. “Activities naturally bond people because you’re not focusing on sittin

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