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Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Supporting Wounded Veterans: Pain Resilience Programme
6 September 2020
Supporting Wounded Veterans have set up a 5-Week Pain Resilience Programme designed specifically for Veterans. The Pain Resilience Programme (PRP) is a 5-week veteran-specific online course. In small groups with fully qualified clinicians to help veterans struggling with chronic pain. The course provides veterans with the tools required to understand and manage their pain. The Pain Resilience Programme includes Online sessions relating to: Pain Management Psychology of pain and resilience Medication review and management
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Paul Rose, Explorer and Presenter - Zoom talk
5 September 2020
You’re invited! A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced divers, field science and polar experts, Paul Rose helps scientists unlock and communicate global mysteries in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet. Former Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division, Paul is currently Expedition Leader for the National Geographic Pristine Seas Expeditions. He was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, for the British Antarctic Surve
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HighGround Rural Weeks
4 September 2020
HighGround is a charity which helps Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans to find jobs, careers and vocational opportunities in the land-based sector including Farming, Forestry, Conservation, Landscape Design and much more. Thanks to funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Trust, HighGround have developed Rural Experience Weeks (REW) to improve veterans’ mental health and wellbeing with a 5 day, fully residential programme which includes Horticultural Therapy, Arboriculture, Forest School and Smallholding. REW are delivered at Bicton College, a lovely spot
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Phil Parker completes Mammoth Challenge in memory of his friend
3 September 2020
A British Army Veteran from Wyton has completed a 48-mile run to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passing of his much-loved friend killed in road traffic accident. Ex-serviceman Philip Parker was originally set to participate in the RAF Wyton Pathfinder March – a 46 mile run around the original Pathfinder airfields in Cambridgeshire, but the event was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Not wishing to waste six months of training and turning 48 on 25th June, Phillip decided to run 48 miles to pay tribute to his friend Wo2 Phil Pert, while also ra
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