Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Will you represent Blesma in E-sports?
3 February 2021
Blesma are looking for a team of gaming Members to represent the Association in E-sports tournaments and play alongside some of the greatest gamers in the Military world. It doesn’t matter if you are an avid Gamer, or just getting started, all are welcome to take part. We are looking to assemble a varied team who can represent us in a range of tournaments, so whether you are an Xbox, Playstation, PC or even a Nintendo player, you will no doubt find someone to game with! There is no need for you to stream your gaming; though you are of course welcome to if you wish. If you are
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Grand Prize Draw winners 2021
3 February 2021
The lucky winners of the highly anticipated Grand Prize Draw have been announced. The winning numbers were: 1st prize winning £1000- ticket: 34772 2nd prize winning £250- ticket: 60321 3rd prize winning £200- ticket: 43917 Prizes were sponsored by... 1st prize -£1000- Cento PLC 2nd prize- £250- Bolt Burdon Kemp 3rd prize - £200- AQ branding
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A huge thank you to West Ham for raising awareness and raising spirits!
1 February 2021
Over the last five years West Ham United have partnered with Blesma. This week, they raised awareness for the charity by wearing in Blesma shirts, and their players met with a Blesma Member and West Ham Fan. In the lead up to the armed forces charity’s awareness fixture and as part of West Ham United’s Players’ Project, earlier this week Ble
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Brian's FAQ's
30 January 2021
BRIAN’S FAQsWhat does Service-attributable amputation mean? Amputation is classed as Service-attributable if it was the result of military service. Examples include blast injuries on operations, accidents during military training or exercise, or any other incident whilst ‘on duty’ that results in an amputation. The amputation may occur at the time of the incident/accident or some time after, perhapsfollowing years of surgical procedures. Proof that amputation is Service-attributable can come in a War Pension or
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