Volunteer as a group

Whether you're a student, cadet, worker, serving with the Armed Forces or belong to another organisation, your group could make a big difference to our fundraising.

Students

Collecting for the Poppy Appeal with your university is a fantastic experience, giving you the opportunity to collect huge amounts of donations and have a great time doing it too.

You can collect almost anywhere in the country, it doesn't have to be where your university is based, and our regional fundraising teams will support you to make your fundraising a success.

We need a license to collect for every location we have volunteers standing, so if your RAG team wants to collect on a busy high street, tube or train station, get in touch with us and we'll let you let you know what dates we have available.

What the students say - Jamie Oliver, Loughborough RAG Chair 2009/10

"Loughborough University have been collecting for the Poppy Appeal during their RAG week for the last 3 years and we organise students to collect in our local area as well as arranging a couple of coach-loads to travel down to London. It's a social occasion for us all as well as a RAG raid and we have a great time.

The fundraisers in London organise free accommodation for us the night before and then help out on the day too, keeping us fed and watered and make sure that their support squad replenish our poppy stocks and empty our heavy buckets. We collected over £34,000 at tube stations in just one day last year!"

Groups and cadet units

Be part of our team and volunteer for the Poppy Appeal with your group or cadet unit.

From collecting at your local supermarket to helping our Poppy Appeal Organisers count the money that is raised, we would really value you on our team.

If your group would like to support us during the Poppy Appeal, get in touch.

Employee volunteering

Get your company behind the Poppy Appeal this year by taking on a collection location near your office for a day.

Collecting is a flexible way of volunteering and is hugely rewarding and our regional fundraising teams will support you all the way to make sure your time is used collecting, not organising!

How it works

• Our regional fundraising teams can give you available dates for the collection locations nearest your office.
• You provide volunteers from your company for the set period - normally 8.00am to 7.00pm. Staff can volunteer for as little as half an hour - it's amazing how much you can collect in such a short time!
• We will provide you with posters, adverts and information for your staff areas and intranet to help you recruit volunteers.
• We'll also drop off the collection tins and permits you need as well as pick them up afterwards - all you need to do is sort out your rota.
• We'll let you know how much your company has collected and can give you individual amounts too.
• There are branding opportunities around your volunteers, who stand in areas of high footfall and we are happy to assist if you would like to make the most of PR opportunities resulting from your staff selling poppies.

In 2009, 15 City of London law firms got involved and collected over £30,000 between them.

If your company is interested in employee-volunteering, get in touch.

Serving and ex-Service personnel

Collecting for the Poppy Appeal is a great experience but if you're in uniform or wearing medals it can't be beaten! If you are serving or ex-Service then we'd love you to join our team. Whether collecting individually, with your regiment or group, or helping us deliver boxes of poppies in your local area, being involved with the Poppy Appeal is a great way to help us support the Armed Forces family, and you'll be amazed by the support you receive from the general public too.

Our City Poppy Days are a great way for you to join in.

To get involved, just get in touch.