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Volunteer library

Welcome to our Volunteer Library. It includes everything you will need to organise and deliver the Poppy Appeal in your area.

Here you will find a range of downloadable content to support you in your volunteer journey with Poppyscotland - starting with our Volunteer’s Guide to Organising The Scottish Poppy Appeal.

We also have additional resources on everything from going house-to-house to dealing with local media as well as forms for tracking expenses and risk assessments. 

If you are downloading a PDF form to complete digitally, please ensure to download and save the from before inputting your data. This should avoid losing any information you input. 

Help sheets

Social media copy

Sample social media posts for volunteer recruitment

Information on all of our relevant policies and guidance

Other useful downloads

Useful forms

If you require a printed copy of anything here or have any questions

Please contact: Ian Jackson
Volunteer Development Officer
volunteer@poppyscotland.org.uk
Tel: 0131 550 1597

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Meet our volunteers

Our volunteers are incredible and give up hours of their precious time to support our Armed Forces community.

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President's Award Winners Inverness C20191025-171435

Award winners

The President’s Award is our highest honour. In 2019, six outstanding volunteers were awarded it.

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Volunteer application

Make a huge difference to the lives of those in need in the Armed Forces community, and make a difference to your own life too. Apply today.

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Volunteering in your area

The Scottish Poppy Appeal covers every city, every town and every village in Scotland. Each year more than 2 million poppies and 5,000 collecting tins are distributed.

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