I couldn’t afford the deposit for the rents for new places. It was the lowest time of my life. I thought to myself: 'You’ve served your country, you come home and no-one seems to give a damn about you.' - Donald
Each year our Light Up Red campaign raises awareness of the Scottish Poppy Appeal. Be part of something special and help us shine a light on the Poppy Appeal.
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.
Let’s work together to support the Armed Forces community in Scotland.
Sign up to help collect at our Armed Forces Day
Whether you have only a few hours, a few days or more, there are plenty of opportunities to hold a box of poppies and a tin, and collect for the Poppy Appeal in your local area.
We’re looking for positive, sociable people to work with us to deliver fundraising events in your local area.
Find out more about volunteering as a Poppy Appeal Area Organiser, where you will have the responsibility for coordinating the Poppy Appeal in your area.
Volunteering together as a group is a great way of having fun while supporting us. Whether it's a work team, a CCF group, university or school students and other community groups, there's plenty of ways to get involved.
Supermarket Organisers are our volunteers who work with their local supermarket staff to coordinate collections in-store during the appeal.
Sign up to help collect at one of our 5 city Poppy Days. Choose from Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, or Glasgow.
Look out your sequins and spray on that tan! Our Fab-u-lous Come Dancing event will be back in March 2023 in Inverness.
Our special Poppy Youth Quest is a 10k city adventure, raising funds for Poppyscotland’s life-changing work with the Armed Forces community. Explore the streets with a map and a set of clues, developing your navigation and expedition skills. The first team back with the most correct answers in the best time wins our Youth Quest Trophy.
Our 10k Poppy Quest discovery walks are back. Test your knowledge and your legs as you go!
In addition to the Scottish Poppy Appeal we run an impressively exciting and diverse year-round programme of fundraising activities.
Our Sportive registration opens in early spring 2023. To receive updates and early bird registration information, fill in our pre-registration form.
Our Sportive is back on Sunday 22nd September 2024!! Register now.
We’ve teamed up with Scotland’s best-known military band for a nationwide concert tour in 2023. Tickets are now on sale!
Your challenge is to cycle between different War Memorials in Scotland. There's an incredible 4,900 to choose from!
Whether you fancy taking on a long, middle, short distance run or hiking challenge anywhere in Scotland, we may well have just the event for you!
Our volunteers are the lifeblood of Poppyscotland. Their support means we can make a life-changing difference to our Armed Forces community. But we need more volunteers. We need you.
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