Poppy People

JOIN THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION'S POPPY TEAM

The Royal British Legion's volunteers are vital to the services provided and more are always needed to join the team. The Legion's annual Poppy Appeal depends on volunteers to collect on the street and to organise collectors. Caseworkers work in the local community, providing emotional support and practical assistance for serving and ex-Service people. The Hospital and Housebound Visitors bring friendship and companionship to ex-Service people who often have no other contact with the rest of their community.

  Poppy Collectors
  Volunteer Caseworkers
  Hospital and Housebound Visitors


Why we need more Poppy People

The Royal British Legion is the leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. Nearly 10.5 million people are eligible for our support. We make 15,000 Immediate Needs payments each year, and make around 300,000 welfare and friendship visits.

To carry out this work The Royal British Legion depend on people like you. The annual Poppy Appeal depends on its Volunteer Collectors, without Hospital and Housebound Visitors offering companionship and Volunteer Caseworkers helping people in need, this great cause that helps thousands of ex-Service men and women every year would grind to a halt. We urgently need more Poppy People - Collectors, Hospital and Housebound Visitors and Caseworkers - because with the ever-increasing demand on the Legion's services we need the help of people like you more than ever.

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Poppy Collectors

Many of the The Royal British Legion's Poppy Collectors help year after year. It is a vital job, being on the frontline, meeting the public and collecting as much as possible. When people see the poppies they just want to give. A couple of hours later, the Collectors return with full collection tins, which shows that the men and women who are currently serving and have served this country have not been forgotten. Most regular Collectors feel that they are part of a family.

Two hours is all that is needed, in that time you could raise money, which would help the Legion's vital cause. We could answer more calls for help from serving and ex-Service people and their dependants, advise more ex-Service people of their rights and claim the pensions that are rightfully theirs.

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Volunteer Caseworkers

The Royal British Legion needs more Caseworkers around the country who can spare some time to make a real difference. The Caseworkers are the public face of the Legion and a vital link between the serving and ex-Service community in need of a host of welfare services. As well as helping to answer the many thousands of calls the Legion receives, Caseworkers visit people in their homes and identify and assess the need for assistance and eligibility for help. If you would like to become a Caseworker and make a difference to so many lives, the Legion will give you full training and support as it does to all of its much valued Caseworkers.

The Legion Caseworkers make a huge difference to the lives of those who've given so much. The Royal British Legion would be particularly pleased to welcome volunteers with a social care, public service or advice-giving background, but all are welcome if they are prepared to help.

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Hospital and Housebound Visitors

The Hospital and Housebound Visitors scheme is one of the oldest of The Royal British Legion's schemes and encapsulates what the welfare network is all about - people looking out for each other. Sometimes ex-Service men and women who are either housebound or in hospital have no contact with the outside world. So a couple of hours that a Hospital and Housebound Visitor spends with them can mean the world. The friendship and companionship offered by visitors helps to combat the terrible loneliness and is very welcome

The Royal British Legion needs more Hospital and Housebound Visitors around the country who can spare some time to make a real difference. So if you are able and willing to help by becoming a Hospital and Housebound Visitor you will be making a huge difference to someone in the ex-Service community.

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