Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Margaret Rose Memorial Charity Golf day for Blesma
8 August 2016
Blesma Members and staff were invited to a Charity Golf day hosted by the Park Golf Society, Exmouth on Friday 29th July. The Margaret Rose Memorial Charity Gold Day each year supports two chosen charities in raising funds at Woodbury Park Golf Club. Beneficiaries this year were Blesma and Hospiscare, a local adult hospice charity who care for those with a terminal illness. “Each year the day is also in memory of someone,” said Graham Miles, organiser of the day. “This year we honoured popular local man, Steve ‘Wilma’ Willcock, and their family chose to raise money
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Winners of Grand Prize Draw announced
28 July 2016
Winners have been announced for the highly anticipated Blesma Grand Prize Draw. The Grand Prize Draw was launch for the second year as part of the annual fundraising initiative Blesma Week back in March. Prizes up for grabs included the chance to win £1000 and a Focus Raven Mountain Bike kindly donated by Blesma Member Carole King. The Grand Prize Draw raised an incredible £12,941 for wounded veterans, making the total amount raised from Blesma week £74,332. All proceeds raised through Blesma Week will go towards funding Blesma’s vital work supporting injured serving person
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A new community programme aims to inspire and motivate 1,000 pupils across the UK through engaging workshops delivered by injured veterans.
28 July 2016
Archie Naughton is standing centre stage in one of the most impressive theatres in London’s West End. The Blesma Member is in full flow as he stands under the Noel Coward Theatre’s main spotlight. “In 1976, I was injured in a car crash when the vehicle I was travelling in careered into a ditch,” he begins. “I recovered but then, later that Summer, a military helicopter I was flying in came off the flight deck, complete
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Blesma at Brentwood Festival
18 July 2016
Over the weekend, music lovers gathered at the Brentwood festival for three days of music, food, drink and laughter. The festival picked Blesma as their chosen Festival charity and the festival helped raised thousands for wounded veterans. Blesma would like to thank organisers Jason and Karen Jopson for the amazing opportunity, the festival crew for looking after all our staff and members and the thousands of festival goers who generously dug into their pockets to support us. We would also like to thank The White Horse Pub in Brentwood, owned by festival organisers Jason and Karen, f
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