Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Bringing memories to life
23 January 2026
The Blesma Storytelling and Wellbeing Programme helps Members tell their personal stories using much more than just words. The latest hands-on event even helped Members relive forgotten memories. With an array of blunt scissors, leaking glue pots, wonky positioning and dog-eared corners, homemade scrapbooks were the ultimate symbol of childhood devotion to football teams, pop stars, hairstyles and hobbies. They faded from popularity under the deluge of digital capabilities brought abo
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“Being part of Blesma shows you what you continue to be capable of”
19 January 2026
Blesma activities are all about having fun, stretching your comfort zones, and finding new hobbies. So come and try horse riding; there’s always more to a Blesma activity than you think.< Take a few days horse riding in the New Forest, for example. On the surface it just looks like a bit of fun, maybe a bit of a challenge, with a bit of friendly banter in the evenings. But an event like this can really help you get the bit between your teeth. “Activities naturally bond people because you’re not focusing on sittin
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Gliding Club Lets Members Soar Through The Skies
1 January 2026
Members have taken to the skies in a thrilling gliding session that had them soaring over the Lancashire countryside. It was total freedom - freedom from a wheelchair or a prosthetic limb Seven Members were given incredible views and the experience of riding thermals and swooping through the air courtesy of the oldest gliding club in the country. The group had a briefing on controls and weather conditions from experts at the Bowland Forest Gliding
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Matt Auctions Prosthetic leg Signed by Prince of Darknes
26 December 2025
A prosthetic leg signed by rosk legend Ozzy Osbourne is helping to raise funds for injured military veterans. The Black Sabbath frontman, whose funeral procession attracted thousands of mourners in July, autographed the prosthetic during a visit to Headley Court in 2011. Matt Wilson, who was blown up by an IED while on patrol in Afghanistan, is now auctioning his prized possession to raise money for the Association.
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