Impact Report 2024

Blesma is the UK charity for limbless veterans, supporting ex-Service men and women who have suffered life-changing limb loss or loss of use of a limb, an eye or sight.

Report snapshot
Focus: limb loss and limb impairment in veterans Key Metric 1
Support: throughout UK communities Key Metric 2
Veterans' Mobility Fund: active in Wales Key Metric 3
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📋About

Limb loss rehabilitation, prosthetics support, care coordination, Veterans' Mobility Fund, community activities

📊Key Metrics

Focus: limb loss and limb impairment in veterans Key Metric 1
Support: throughout UK communities Key Metric 2
Veterans' Mobility Fund: active in Wales Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Published 2024 Impact Report highlighting progress for limbless veterans
  • Collaborated with Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan on Veterans' Mobility Fund at Morriston Hospital
  • Expanded Care Coordination programme with PTSD Resolution grant funding

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2025

Annual Report 2024/25

£20.8m raised in 2024/25 (up from £17.4m in 2023/24)
Key Metric 1
£9.6m raised from 176 legacy gifts; £14m committed to new Total Body PET-CT scanner
Key Metric 2
49,000 active supporters; 3,857 running participants (doubled in 3 years); 83p in every £1 goes directly to patients
Key Metric 3
MyChristie-MyHealth ePROMs system reduces clinician time on routine reviews by up to 23% and enables earlier symptom detection
2026

Impact Report Year Ending April 2026

2,829 children, parents, siblings and grandparents supported; 506 families with a child in treatment
Key Metric 1
220 bereaved families supported; 424 individuals on 93 boat trips; 692 individuals in 165 cabin breaks
Key Metric 2
£71,935 unlocked in essential support; 1,320 social work hours; 188 creative therapy sessions and 271 counselling sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
Families show average 0.7 point improvement across five Mo's Outcomes after support begins; biggest gains in social participation and accessing emotional support