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West End play rounds off successful week for Blesma Members and supporters
29 April 2016As we look forward to the Bank Holiday and well-earned break here at Blesma Chadwell Heath, we reflect on what’s been a very successful week across a variety of events. Last weekend saw 23 Team Blesma runners at the Virgin London Marathon. It was an excellent effort all-round with every team member completing the 26.2 mile course ably supported by friends, family and members of staff from Chadwell Heath. In the mix of runners were Members Glynn McNary, Stuart Pearson and Stuart Croxford. The day was a huge success with almost £40,000 being r
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Blesma needs you for TfL collections!
27 April 2016Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is looking for volunteers to assist with collecting donations at major London stations during the annual fundraising initiative ‘Blesma Week’. We need volunteers for the following dates and locations between 0700 and 1900hrs: Monday 06 June – London Liverpool Street station Tuesday 07 June – London Bridge station Wednesday 08 June – Canary Wharf station Thursday 09 June – Kings Cross station Friday 10 June – Stratford East station Shifts are flexible and last two
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Steve Gill: Road to Rio
18 April 2016Blesma Member Steve Gill is hoping to be selected for Great Britain’s archery team at the Paralympic Games in Rio later this year. We catch up with him on his progress.... I used to play wheelchair basketball and thought archery was boring when I first tried it about 15 years ago. Then, a few years back, I was at a basketball session and people were trying archery in the next hall. I thought I’d give it another go, and banged a few good shots in! I lost both my legs and an eye in a terrorist bomb attack while I was stationed in Belfast in May 1989. At the
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Kenneth and Barbara Pickard: "70-year marriage is a walk and (sit!) in the park"
18 April 2016Kenneth and Barbara Pickard, who first met in Trowbridge Park in Wiltshire on VE Day in 1945, now have a spot to call their very own after the Friends of Trowbridge Park unveiled a new bench and floral border to honour them. Kenneth, 92, (who became an above-knee amputee in Normandy in 1944) and Barbara, 89, attended the opening ceremony with Mayor Roger Andrews. Everyone was so happy all those years ago because of the end of the war and I spoke to Kenneth because we both went to the celebrations on our own
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