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Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Take part in a study and help Blesma
23 March 2022
How veterans with loss of use of limb/s live their everyday lives is poorly understood in the UK. To help Blesma understand this more, the Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research (VFI) is looking into how Blesma Members, as well as their families and friends, live with loss of use of limb/s. The Association is using the VFI to ensure an impartial approach and to guarantee that all the information provided by Members is anonymised. The findings will inform how Blesma can best help Members and their families in the future. So far, the
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Submit your Recipes for Bake on for Blesma
20 March 2022
Bake for Blesma this May We are currently planning our next big Fundraising Event for May… Bake for Blesma. This will be a combined event which will celebrate Blesma’s 90th anniversary, VE day and the Platinum Jubilee. In order to support this event, and inspire our Fundraisers to get baking, we are on the search for our greatest and tastiest Member recipes! A selection of these recipes will be added to our Bake-off Fundraising packs, and will make their w
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A Letter from Leo Docherty MP
18 March 2022
The Minister for Veterans Affairs Leo Docherty has advised all Veterans not to travel to Ukraine in an attempt to join in the fighting. Although well meaning, these attempts are likely to put additional strain on Ukraine’s already limited resources - and could even lead to prosecution. His letter can viewed here.
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The Falklands War: John Phillip's story
14 March 2022
"The Bomb exploded, and took my arm off." Take your arm and hold it behind your back. Now imagine that you are buttering a piece of toast, or putting toothpaste on your toothbrush. We cannot ever appreciate the struggles that John Phillips has gone though, but this has been his life for 40 years. A constant reminder of his trauma in the Falklands war. This is his story. John was a Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Officer. He joined up as engineering technician straight after he left school. His left arm was instantly
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