Blesma News
Latest news from Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Paul Rose, Explorer and Presenter - Zoom talk
5 September 2020
You’re invited! A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced divers, field science and polar experts, Paul Rose helps scientists unlock and communicate global mysteries in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet. Former Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division, Paul is currently Expedition Leader for the National Geographic Pristine Seas Expeditions. He was the Base Commander of Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, for the British Antarctic Surve
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HighGround Rural Weeks
4 September 2020
HighGround is a charity which helps Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans to find jobs, careers and vocational opportunities in the land-based sector including Farming, Forestry, Conservation, Landscape Design and much more. Thanks to funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Trust, HighGround have developed Rural Experience Weeks (REW) to improve veterans’ mental health and wellbeing with a 5 day, fully residential programme which includes Horticultural Therapy, Arboriculture, Forest School and Smallholding. REW are delivered at Bicton College, a lovely spot
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Phil Parker completes Mammoth Challenge in memory of his friend
3 September 2020
A British Army Veteran from Wyton has completed a 48-mile run to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passing of his much-loved friend killed in road traffic accident. Ex-serviceman Philip Parker was originally set to participate in the RAF Wyton Pathfinder March – a 46 mile run around the original Pathfinder airfields in Cambridgeshire, but the event was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Not wishing to waste six months of training and turning 48 on 25th June, Phillip decided to run 48 miles to pay tribute to his friend Wo2 Phil Pert, while also ra
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Nerys Pearce to take on record breaking Channel swim!
1 September 2020
A Blesma Member and former British Army Combat Paramedic will tonight (00:00 Wednesday 2 September 2020) begin her bid to become the first woman paralysed from the chest down to swim 21 miles solo across the English Channel. Nerys Pearce, 38, from Ascot, was left unable to move from her chest down when a car reversed in front of her motorbike in October 2008. Five years ago, she was bed bound, 18 stone and “wanting to end it.” Now, after turning her life around with support from military charity, Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, she hopes to swim the channel in
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