Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Just 1 week left to sign up to Making Generation R!
29 October 2021
Applications to join the Award-Winning 2022 Making Generation R programme are now open! Your fellow Blesma Members have already inspired over 125,000 young people, key workers and military communities with their incredible stories of overcoming adversity - now it’s time for you to get involved! There's only one week left for Blesma Members to apply to take part in the 2021/22 programme! To join the programme, or wish to find out more, please register your interest at:
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How to Prepare for Blesma's Remembrance 11k
27 October 2021
How to Train for the Blesma Remembrance 11k So, you’ve just completed your first 10k run, and now you’re ready to take on the next challenge. It seems simple to keep up the pace, but having achieved that 10
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Meet our new Staff Members - Anna Scalera
23 October 2021
This Summer Blesma welcomed a new Head of Fundraising, Anna Scalera. Welcome Anna! Tell us about your background...I’ve worked in the voluntary sector for 20 years, mostly in events and community fundraising. During the second wave of the pandemic I coordinated emergency fooddeliveries in the London Borough of Southwark for vulnerable individuals and families. What will you bring to the role?Blesma fundraising has performed well this past year despite the pandemic. I’d like to build on that by growing existing eve
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Meet our new Support Officer: Steve Burrell
21 October 2021
Following in the very large footsteps of Blesma Support Officer London and South East Paul Findlay, we welcome Steve Burrell to the Association. What did you do before you joined Blesma? I worked for Blind Veterans UK as a Community Support worker for Hertfordshire for 3 years. This role was working with veterans who had either lost their sight in service, or years after due to various eye conditions such as macular degeneration and glaucoma. Before that I was in the Army for 22 years.
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