The Poppy Appeal in Sussex

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.

In 2008, Sussex raised £1,019,673.61 and hopes to improve this for 2009 (financial year calculated from Oct to Sep). 

So far the total in Sussex for 2009 is £1,059,628 with another 6 months yet to run 

Poppy People

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

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.

And we urgently need to recruit more people as many of our current volunteers are retiring from active duty. Add to this the ever increasing demand on the Legion's services and you can see we need your help more than ever.  

Please contact our Poppy Appeal Fundraiser's if you are interested in helping.

For West Sussex: Helen Corrigan. hcorrigan@britishlegion.org.uk

For East Sussex: Caroline Shepherd. cshepherd@britishlegion.org.uk

picture of the MP Nigel Waterson and  Mayor Councillor Greg Szanto taken in Eastbourne Arndale Centre with partially-sighted Mrs Edna Morris of RBL Women's Section Eastbourne Branch, a Legion Member for some 68 years.