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Sports and Exercise Therapy students support fundraising event
Twenty volunteers from the Sport and Exercise Therapy degree have been supporting a fundraising event for veterans and teenagers.
The event, which raised money for the British Limbless Veteran Association (BLESMA) and Choose2Youth, a charity for disabled teenagers in York and North Yorkshire, saw 300 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu matches taking place involving over 200 competitors from across the country. It was set up by the Leeds Beckett Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club.
The volunteers provided massage and injury treatment to the competitors, alongside ten students who were paid to help at the event with scoring and other things.
Many LBU students attended, and both charities had awareness stands there which included artwork made by veterans and a food stand run by Choose2Youth which featured protein brownies and snacks made by teenagers from the charity.
We are still in the process of tallying up, but we believe we have raised close to £1500 for BLESMA and £1000 for Choose2Youth.
Jon Bell
Jon Bell is a therapeutic and rehabilitation sciences lecturer at Leeds Beckett University’s School of Health. He is also head of Sports medicine and performance for the GB wrestling team and the clinical supervisor at Teesside University for the talent pathway academics. He has worked with UFC and Cage warrior champions, Olympic gold medal athletes and within in top-flight football in rugby in the UK and Europe.
Jon was previously in the Military, where he acted as a team medic in conflict zones such as Afghanistan. This has led to a decade of working with veteran amputees, mainly through the charity BLESMA.
