Poppy Appeal Volunteers Application Form| Royal British Legion

Help us raise money during our most important fundraising campaign of the year.

Each year thousands of amazing volunteers across the country help raise millions of pounds during the Poppy Appeal to support the Armed Forces community.

RBL would like your support as a Poppy Appeal Organiser. As an individual, or a representative of a group, club, or business you can coordinate the Poppy Appeal within your local area.

Or as a Poppy Appeal Collector, you can make a difference by raising vital funds to help support the Armed Forces community and their families by collecting donations from the public during the two weeks of the Poppy Appeal at the end of October at locations all around the UK.

In either role, you can help raise awareness, helping people find out more about what the Royal British Legion does and how they can support.

Please note after 1 October 2023 it may not always be possible to fulfil all volunteer requests due to the timeframes required to register and onboard new volunteers.

If it is not possible to involve you in time for this year, we will contact you again after the Poppy Appeal to begin registration and onboarding for Poppy Appeal 2024. There are also opportunities to volunteer across the RBL outside of the Poppy Appeal campaign, which you can find here.

To volunteer at one of our City Poppy Days register your interest here

Poppy Appeal Volunteer Application form

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer with the Royal British Legion.

In order to help us match your skills and experience to the most appropriate role, please complete this form as fully as possible.

If you have any queries in regards to this application form, please call 0345 845 1945

Title

First name

Surname

Full Address

Line 1

Line 2

City

Postcode

Country

Mobile

Landline

Who can we contact in the event of an emergency?

Full name of person

Mobile

Landline/ alternative contact number

Full Address

Line 1

Line 2

City

Postcode

Country

Relationship to you

Location

Please select the county/region you would be interested in volunteering in so that we can put you in touch with our local teams. Please note Volunteer opportunities are only available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For volunteering in Scotland please visit: Volunteering | Poppyscotland

Please select a region/county

Which volunteer opportunity would you be interested in?

Poppy Appeal/ Joint Organiser

Poppy Appeal Deputy Organiser

Poppy Appeal Collector

Open to suggestions!

Volunteering

We want to make sure that we are making a good match between you and our volunteer roles. Please tell us about your skills and experience. Please note that all volunteer roles require basic computer skills.

When would you be available to volunteer?

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays

Sundays

Any day/flexible

Additional information

We are committed to valuing diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity in our volunteer recruitment process. In order to find out how well we are doing with this we need to collect monitoring data. This section is voluntary but the information we collect is useful as it helps us to make sure that we are recruiting volunteers from all areas of our communities.

We are committed to ensuring that volunteers are treated equally and not discriminated against on the grounds of gender, colour, race, nationality, marital status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age. The information you supply in this section will be kept confidentil.

How would you describe your gender identity?

Woman

Man

Prefer not to say

Other...

What is your ethnicity?

Asian/ Asian British

Black/Africa/Caribbean/ Black British

Mixed/ multiple ethnic groups

White British/Irish/Other

Prefer not to say

Other...

Do you consider yourself to have a disability, health condition or mental health condition lasting or expected to last 12 months or more?

Yes

Prefer not to say

RBL is committed to making our volunteering roles accessible. Would you like to discuss what reasonable adjustments you might need?

Yes

What is your sexual orientation?

Bisexual

Gay/Lesbian

Heterosexual/Straight

Prefer not to say

Other...

Volunteer References

Please give details of people who have known you for at least two years either in a work, volunteering or educational capacity who could provide a reference regarding your suitability to volunteer with the Royal British Legion. They should not be friends or family members. We may follow up with a phone call to verify references.

Royal British Legion Members are only required to provide one volunteer reference from a source outside of the branch as detailed above.

(N.B. Please note Poppy Appeal Collectors are not required to provide volunteer references).

Full name of Reference One

Email contact for Reference One

Phone number for Reference One

Relationship to you

Full name of Reference Two

Email contact for Reference Two

Phone number for Reference Two

Relationship to you

Contact Consent and Privacy Statement

At the Royal British Legion, we take your privacy seriously and we will only use the information you have provided on this form in order to process your application to volunteer with us. We are processing your data based on the legitimate interests of the Royal British Legion and will use the contact details you have provided to discuss your volunteering application, and, if you are successful in your application, to send you relevant information about volunteering.

We will not share your data and promise to keep your personal information safe and secure. It may be stored
electronically on our systems, or manually, and will only be used by those authorised to access it. I agree to my preferred method of contact being passed on to members of the public for Poppy Appeal fundraising
purposes only.

We will hold your personal data for up to three months after you apply if you do not become a Legion volunteer,
or, if you become a volunteer, for up to 12 months after you stop being a volunteer. If you would like us to stop the processing of your personal information for the purposes of volunteering please speak to your Legion contact, or call 0345 845 1945.

This will not affect the personal information the Royal British Legion may already hold about you and are processing for other purposes in other parts of the organisation, such as membership, Poppy Shop or in connection with donations.

For more information about how the Royal British Legion processes personal information and about your rights under the data protection law please see our Privacy Policy:
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/about-us/data-protection-privacy-and-communications-policy/

Preferred method of contact for public enquiries: Sometimes, members of the public will contact the Poppy Appeal to request products (poppies / wreaths) or offer support. The Royal British Legion would like to be able to advise the how they can contact you directly, as the local Poppy Appeal representative. Please advise which of your contact details, you would be happy for us to communicate:

Mobile Phone

Landline

Declaration

I declare that the information given on this form, and on any accompanying documents, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and understand that false or misleading information may lead to my volunteer application being terminated.

Whilst representing the Royal British Legion, I will embody the RBL’s values: Service, Collaboration, Passion,
Excellence, Valuing People.

I will also aim to:

Remain neutral and unbiased in all RBL activities.
To display behaviours and attitude's that are consistent with the legions values and promote equality and diversity without being discriminatory.
To treat fellow members, volunteers and team members with respect

I also will aim to attend volunteer induction refresher training where required as part of my volunteering role.

I agree to above declaration

Yes

Please initial and date

Thank you for taking the time to complete this application.

We look forward to contacting you in due course, please note that this role is purely voluntary, and this arrangement is not meant to be a legally binding one or an employment contract