Bolton Wanderers Football Club raise £10,000 for Blesma from limited edition shirt sales
13 November 2014
Bolton Wanderers Football Club have raised £10,000 for Blesma through the sale of their limited edition military green third shirts. Blesma are the club’s national charity partner for the 2014/15 football season.
The shirts were limited to 1,000 with each shirt coming in a special presentation box. The shirts have the words ‘Lest We Forget’ embossed on the reverse with words from Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the Fallen’ featured inside the neck label.
The cheque was presented to Blesma Member Lance Corporal Stuart Robinson, a double amputee, and Blesma Support Officer Charley Streather by staff from the football club.
Bolton Wanderers fan LCpl Stuart Robinson said: “Thank you to all the staff, players and fans at Bolton Wanderers for all their efforts in supporting Blesma. Their support means that Blesma can continue supporting guys like me for life.”
Richard Gough, Head of Commercial at Bolton Wanderers, said: “I was absolutely delighted to be able to hand over a cheque for £10,000 to Stuart and to Blesma. The work that they do for our injured service personnel is vital and everyone here at Bolton Wanderers are proud to do what we can to support them. Our thanks must also to go our supporters who have supported this initiative by purchasing the limited edition Macron shirts to raise this money”.
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity for all limbless service men and women, their widows and dependants. It was formed in the years following the First World War and became a national charity in 1932.
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Presentation party L-R: Phil Mason (Club Chaplain and Head of Community Trust), LCpl Stuart Robinson (Blesma Member), Lofty the Lion, Charley Streather (Blesma Support Officer and Member), Richard Gough (Head of Commercial), front centre Sally Clough (Customer Services Representative): /media/206442/Cheque-presentation-small.jpg
About Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity for all limbless serving and ex-service men and women, their widows and dependants. It is a membership organisation which helps wounded service men and women rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support. Their membership includes those who have lost the use of a limb, an eye or the sight of an eye.
Blesma was formed in the years following the First World War and became a national charity in 1932. Blesma today has over 4000 Members and widows. The membership consists of men and women who have served during the Second World War and the many subsequent conflicts and peacekeeping operations since, including the Falklands, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.
About Bolton Wanderers Football Club
Initially formed in 1874 as Christ Church FC, Bolton Wanderers Football Club have established themselves as one of the most notable names in the professional game throughout their 140-year history.
One of the twelve founding members of the Football League, Wanderers have secured FA Cup glory on four occasions throughout their existence including a memorable success over Manchester United in 1958. Boasting two campaigns in the UEFA Cup where they were pitted against world-famous sides such as Bayern Munich, Olympique Marseille and Sporting Lisbon, the club have also become known across the globe due to the various nationalities who have pulled on the white of Bolton down the years. Having plied their trade at Burnden Park for over a century until the summer of 1997, Wanderers then moved to the Reebok Stadium, now known as Macron Stadium, where they have remained ever since.
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For further information on Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, contact
Bryony Stevens, Media and Communications Assistant
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