Making Generation R, an initiative by Blesma and social enterprise The Drive Project, has reached more than 50,000 young people since the birth of the programme in 2016… Making Generation R trains Blesma Members to take their powerful and inspiring life stories...
Mind Over Matter have become the first British all-female wounded, injured and sick team to complete the Race Across America, the world’s toughest bicycle race… Founded and led by Major Sally Orange RAMC, Mind Over Matter consisted of eight riders with ages...
On Thursday 4th July, military veteran Michael Swain MBE, who lost both his legs while serving in Afghanistan, will begin his bid to break the world record for travelling from John O’Groats to Land’s End using a handcycle… Michael, 29, from Bedfordshire is...
To mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, an intrepid team of six from ITN are kayaking across the English Channel in three 2-person kayaks to reach Normandy in under 24 hours, all to raise funds for Blesma… Following a similar route that was taken by the...
In 2009 Lt Col. Mike McErlain, with his wife Jo, set up the D-Day 44 Challenge. Sadly, Mike died while doing the run on 6 June 2013, but with Jo’s blessing the event returned in 2018 to raise money for Blesma the Limbless Veterans, Blind Veterans UK and Combat...