Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Blesma Buckets at the ready!
7 June 2022
Calling all volunteers, Blesma buckets at the ready! We are dusting off our buckets for 2022 – and we need your help! London Bridge and Waterloo are first on the list this year and we would love to see you there! Volunteers don't need any previous experience; a willing heart, enthusiasm and a ‘can do’ attitude are the only essentials! Blesma relies on public donations to continue its work. We will be collecting at: Manchester Piccadilly Tuesday 12th July 7am – 7pm travel expenses will be covered. We are l
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A Volunteers Week Thank you!
6 June 2022
Volunteers Week From the 1st June to the 7th June it’s National Volunteers week! Our volunteers are an important part of the fabric of Blesma’s support offerings. Sacrificing their own time to support our Members, we want to use National Volunteers week to thank every single one of them for their tireless work. Whether they are helping out at Bucket collections, offering transport to and from Blesma activities, or simply acting as a friendly voice on the end of the phone for an isolated Member, they are absolutely vital to our d
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A Summary of the Falklands War
1 June 2022
The Falklands War Diplomatic tensions between the UK and Argentina reached boiling point in 1982, when the Argentinian flag was raise over the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Within two weeks, Argentinian troops landed on the Falkland Islands and the UK became involved in an undeclared war with Argentina on 02 April 1982. The Falkland islands are 8,000 miles away from the UK, and were soon to become a warzone. The Falklands War lasted for 74 days, and would test the endurance and tolerance of British Forces. 255 British military
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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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