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Gary Huntley nears completiion of "One Million Mile" challenge for Blesma
6 March 2021
Former Soldier, Gary Huntley, began his challenge on January 1st and set himself just 66 days to reach his target. In the process, he has also been attempting to raise £10,000 for Blesma. Gary, who served for 22 years; 12 in the 1st Battalion of The Parachute Regiment and 10 in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment has been rowing the distance on his Concept rowing machine in-between his busy days as a fitness coach. The Gary Huntley Training owner from Bedford said: “On average, its 15,000 metres a day which takes me roughly an hour to complete. It sounds like nothing
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Caring and Coping 2: An invitation
4 March 2021
Caring and Coping 2: the Family Experience of Living with Loss of Use of Limb/s aims to better understand the everyday experience of living with loss of use of limb This new project has been developed directly as a response to ‘Caring and Coping 1: The Family Experience of Living With Limb Loss’, whereby one of the issues identified was that living with loss of limb/s is very different to living with the loss of use of your limb. You can find out more about this original this research on the Blesma website by searching "caring and coping". This current
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Happy St. Davids' Day to all our Members!
1 March 2021
Dydd dewi sant hapus i chi/ Happy St. Davids' day to you! Today we are looking at the story of one brave Welsh Member, who struggled with pain for more than 30 years. Like many Blesma Members, Steve Fisher has had to endure more than his fair share of pain. This is his story, told to us in 2018 as part of Blesma's WWI Commemorative Magazine... The Swansea man joined the Welsh Guards as a Junior Leader in 1971, when he was just 15 years old. He served two tours of Northern Ireland before he was severely injured in the Falkland Islands in 1982. “My injur
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Remembering the Gulf War at 30: Allens Parton's Story
28 February 2021
Today (28 February) marks the 30th anniversary of the ending of the first Gulf War. Fought in 1990-1991, it was the biggest deployment of the UK Armed Forces since World War II. About the conflict The Gulf War started following Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein orders for his troops to invade oil-rich Kuwait on 2 August 1990. The United Nations (UN) immediately condemned the actions and sanctions were imposed on Iraq to pressure them to withdraw by 15 January 1991. US Preside
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