The Royal British Legion is appealing for help to organise its Poppy Appeal in Greenwich this year.
Following the death earlier this year of Greenwich’s Honorary Poppy Appeal Organiser, Malcolm Smith, the Armed Forces charity says it needs new volunteers to come forward.
South east London Poppy Appeal co-ordinator, Darren Moore, said “now that Malcolm is no longer with us we have no one to distribute Poppies and collect in Greenwich.”
He added “without a team of people to deliver and collect over the Appeal, local schools and shops will go without Poppies during November.”
Steph Davenport, Community Fundraiser at the Legion, said that the role would suit someone who was looking to put something back into the local community, or perhaps a local group who would like to take on a new project.
Anyone interested in helping organise the Poppy Appeal in Greenwich can contact the the London Poppy Appeal on 0207 863 3370 or by emailing them.
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