Fundraising

By taking part in the Scottish Poppy Appeal you can make a real difference to the lives of veterans and their families.

The first Poppy Day was in 1921 and today, 90 years later, people still wear poppies in remembrance, respect and support.

Make sure your school or organisation takes part in the Scottish Poppy Appeal this year. To order poppies get in touch with your local Scottish Poppy Appeal volunteer or directly through our education website.

Download our fundraising pack for ideas on how to get involved and raise money in your school or youth organisation.

Do more – enterprise in action!

• Sell poppies in your school.
• Hold a poppy lunch and invite local veterans.
• Plant a remembrance garden in the school grounds using our poppy seeds.
• Donate the proceeds from a carol concert or remembrance service.
• Hold a dress down day – choose a theme.
• Organise poppy facepainting.
• Hold poppy treasure hunts around the grounds of the school.
• Sell poppy themed cakes and biscuits or a tea party.
• Hold a raffle.
• Organise a record breaking attempt with poppies.
• Hold a sponsored silence.
• Hold a poppy quiz.

Order free materials online.

All of our items are available to order from our contact page.

Bring in the money!

When you’ve chosen what to do choose how you are going to make it pay!

Get sponsored.

You can download a sponsorship form here so you can keep track of the people who sponsor you.

Sell it.

Charge for the items that you have made or that we provide to you.

Pay to join in.

Charge an entry fee to participate in or watch your event.

Getting your money to us

Give it to you local Area Organiser.

If you have a local volunteer Area Organiser who delivers your poppies, any money raised by your school can be handed over to them. If you do not know who your Area Organiser is then please ask us and we will put you in touch.

Other ways to get your money to us.

Please do not send cash in the post. Send a cheque, postal order or CAF voucher made payable to Poppyscotland to:

Poppyscotland Glasgow
Unit 15, Claremont Centre,
15-39 Durham Street,
Kinning Park,
Glasgow G41 1BS

Alternatively, if you would like to pay the money in direct to a bank, please let us know and we will send you a paying in slip. Remember to make sure that all fundraising you do is safe and legal. Please just ask if you have any questions.

Why not make us your "Charity of the Year".

Many schools or organisations nominate a Charity of the year. Poppyscotland would be delighted to speak to any school or organisation about this and can provide year round support.

Tell us how much you raise and how you did it.

If you let us know how much you have raised we can send you a thank you certificate for all your hard work. Remember to also let us know what you have been doing to raise money so we can include your ideas next year. If you can send us pictures we may be able to use them too.