The Poppy Appeal in South Staffordshire

The Royal British Legion Shoulder to shoulder with all who Serve

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Each year, in early November some 30,000 Legion volunteers take to the streets with poppies and collecting boxes, raising millions of pounds for the Poppy Appeal.

The money collected at this time and from numerous other fundraising activities throughout the year, goes to providing help and support to serving and ex-Service men and women and their dependants.

2009 Appeal has raised £517,775.61.

2010 Appeal has raised £548,463.54.

2011 Appeal so far has raised £550,883.67.

• The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading service charity helping Service personnel past and present and their families

• From 2011, adaptive sports and adventurous training will be crucial to The Royal British Legion's support to seriously injured Service personnel, through our commitment to create, equip and operate the The Royal British Legion Battle Back Centre, a national centre of excellence for activity based rehabilitation to help wounded, injured and sick Armed Forces personnel regain their fitness and return to duty, or reskill and make a successful transition to civilian life.

• The Legion is honoured to commit £50 million over ten years to pay for the operating costs of the wider Personnel Recovery Centre programme - the biggest single funding commitment that the Legion has made in its 90 years.

• The recovery programme will help around 800 wounded, injured and long-term sick Service personnel each year between 2011 and 2021.

• The Legion provides £1.8 million for Combat Stress to provide treatment for mental health outreach services for those affected by conflict

Poppy People

We always need new volunteers - Poppy People - to assist with Poppy Appeal collecting in South Staffordshire.

Without volunteer collectors out there on the streets, without appeal organisers planning the collections, this great cause - that helps thousands of ex-Service men and women every year - would grind to a halt.

We would like to recruit more people to help our current volunteers. Add to this the ever increasing demand on the Legion's services and you can see we need your help more than ever;

Despite the weather, street collecting can be an enjoyable and interesting experience. Please contact our Community Fundraiser if you are interested in helping.