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Remembering the Falklands War: Bill Belcher's Story
28 May 2022
Remembering the Falklands war: Bill's Story 40 years ago today, Bill Belcher was injured whilst serving in the Falklands war. Here is his story, as told to Blesma in 2018 for our commemorative magazine... Why did you decide to join the military? I became interested in joining the Royal Marines and seeing the world during my last two years at school. I signed up in 1971, when I was 16. Where did your service take you? All around the Mediterranean; Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Gibraltar, as well as the USA and the South
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Three leading charities supporting disabled veterans announce new partnership
26 May 2022
Three leading charities supporting disabled veterans announce new partnership It was announced today that three leading charities in the military charity sector are working together to form the Disabled Veterans Charity Partnership (DVCP). The DVCP, made up of Blesma, Blind Veterans UK and Help for Heroes, is driven by the belief that better coordination, collaboration and shared effort between the charities will lead to greater effectiveness in their overall and shared aim to improv
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Benefits update
24 May 2022
Disability Benefits In this publication we are raising awareness of disability benefits, which are for people who have difficulty with their personal care, or in some cases their mobility. The difficulties can be due to a physical or mental health condition. Disability benefits are: Non means tested (it does not matter how much income or capital you have) Tax free Paid whether you are in or out of work You will need to have lived in the UK for two out of the last three years. Which benefit to claim
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All Smiles at the Make a Smile Lottery!
19 May 2022
On April 28th Blesma Member Nik Eley joined Blesma staff on an outing to the Make a Smile lottery gardens in Colchester. The trip was organised into order to take some new images to help promote the lottery, which has so far raised over £237,000 for Blesma. As well as being a photoshoot, the trip was an opportunity for the Make a smile Lottery staff to hear how the funds they raise make a difference, directly from a Blesma Member. “I did rather well in the army. I came out relatively unscathed, and had rather a successful career until 2018.” Nik told th
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