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I am raising money and promoating the work of BLESMA*. The British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association aims to give limbless ex-Service men and women everywhere a counselling and caring service and help in all everyday problems. Today there are some 6,000 limbless veterans from two world wars and subsequent campaigns and still they come from keeping the peace in so many other places including Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Gulf and in support of the United Nations. The Association also caters for the many war widows who devoted their lives to caring for their seriously disabled husbands and who themselves, are now in need of support. BLESMA needs at least £2m each and every year to maintain the present level. It's a lot of money, but it buys much more than can ever be evaluated in terms of pounds and pence. It buys something that it is often said money cannot buy. It buys happiness. Happiness in the form of grants for the relief of financial hardship, continuing grants to widows; Residential Homes for permanent residence, convalescence, or change of air, as well as a break for relatives from nursing care; rehabilitation training, places in employment; pensions case-work research on artificial limbs and appliances.
BLESMA has been running for over 75 years and needs our help!!! Help for Heros has been very good at brting service men and womens needs to the fore but they will only help those injured in Iraq or Afghanistan on active service. This is where BLESMA differs, they will help serving and ex-serving personnel injured from ops or out on our roads or from an illness. They run two BLESMA homes as well as assisting at Headly Court, the military rehab center.
Please follow the link for more information: www.blesma.org
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DIG DEEP AND HELP US RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE!!!
*BLESMA, full title British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association, is a charity for disabled Ex-Service Men and Women, their dependants and widows. It operates throughout the United Kingdom and is a Registered Charity, Number 1084189.
The Association works to assist Service Men and Women who have lost a limb or limbs, or one or both eyes, or the use of limbs as a result of service in any branch of Her Majesty's Forces or Auxiliary Forces, and to provide help and support, where called upon to their dependants. The organisation can also offer help to service personnel who have lost limbs after leaving the service.
BLESMA provides assistance to thousands of disabled Ex-Service Men and Women of all ages, ranging from veterans of World War II, through to those injured in present day conflicts and peace keeping missions.
