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The Poppy Factory had an incredible year in 2018 but this year we hope it will be bigger and better.  We are already planning for our Annual General Meeting where …

Now the festive lights have been taken down and the tinsel put away for another year, we’ve been able to crunch the numbers for our Christmas #WorkingWithPTSD campaign. Our social …

As the new year gets under way, ex-Forces men and women who are out of work in the UK will be looking ahead to what 2019 might have in store …

Local businesses came together through Be Richmond to raise £4,500 in an online auction for Richmond-based charity The Poppy Factory. Auction lots were provided by 25 businesses and organisations that …

Wow, what a year 2018 has been! Not only has it marked 100 years since the end of World War One, but it has also been the year we reached …

Good support and secure finances top UK Christmas list for positive mental health YouGov poll for The Poppy Factory indicates scale of challenge for those with PTSD who are seeking …

Dean Graham, a 37 year old father and a former Corporal in the Royal Logistics Corps, developed a painful joint condition that affected his back while serving. He was medically …

Jamie is one of the 30+ ex-Servicemen and women employed in the Production Team to make poppies, wreaths and symbols for the Remembrance period. Jamie, like many of The Poppy …

Angus Kilburn was injured 19 days before the end of the war on 23 October 1918, after a skirmish, when he and three other stretcher bearers went out into battlefield …

HRH the Duke of Sussex will today open the 90th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, three days before the centenary of the end of the First World War, to …

Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, The Poppy Factory organises the annual Field of Remembrance event at Westminster Abbey to remember those who have lost their lives in the Forces. To capture …

From Monday 29th October to Sunday 11th November, 11 stunning art installations will be exhibited around Canary Warf in this year’s Remembrance Art Trail. The exhibition, which is in association …

Dan Richards, a former British Army soldier, who has been supported into work by The Poppy Factory, is heading Down Under to compete in this year’s Invictus Games. Dan will …

A former Poppy Factory colleague, Jonathan Marks, set out on a challenge of a lifetime – cycling to France to visit his Great Uncle’s war grave marking a century since …

As the centenary of the end of the First World War approaches, The Poppy Factory was honoured to host a reading by the author Sir Michael Morpurgo from his new …

On Tuesday 9th October, the Invictus Games Choir will be performing the ‘Great War Symphony’ at the Royal Albert Hall in a special performance marking the 100th anniversary of the …

Dale, a former soldier who was injured while serving in Afghanistan, will be starting a new job on Monday 8th October with support from The Poppy Factory. Dale said: “I …

In the build up to Remembrance Sunday, Be Richmond are running a charity online auction in aid of The Poppy Factory. All the items in the auction have been donated …

Amanda Criscuolo, from Ruislip ran her first ever half marathon earlier this month at Richmond RunFest in memory of her grandad, Michael Shewring, who passed away in 2013. She chose to …

A team of wounded injured and sick veterans who have been helped back into work with support from The Poppy Factory boarded a specially adapted tall ship today to sail …