The Poppy Factory is delighted to have received a total of £10,000 from new grant funder, the Veterans’ Foundation, to help us continue our work supporting wounded, injured and sick …
Poppy Factory receives Freedom of the Borough
The Poppy Factory has been awarded the borough’s highest honour in recognition of its work. As part of the borough’s commemoration activities to mark the end of 100 years since …
A Day in the Life of Employment Consultant Kirsty Gronow
Kirsty is one of The Poppy Factory’s 22 Employment Consultants who provide bespoke support for ex-Service men and women with physical and mental health conditions. We caught up with Kirsty to …
Danny’s Story – Our 1000th veteran helped
Father of two Danny Kitcher, 44, from Birmingham, is the 1,000th veteran to be supported into work by The Poppy Factory since the start of its Getting You Back to …
1,000 wounded, injured and sick veterans supported into work
The Poppy Factory has reached the milestone of supporting 1,000 veterans with physical or mental health challenges back into meaningful work, following a summer campaign urging people to write or …
100 Lives – Tony’s Story
Tony, a former soldier was helped back into work by The Poppy Factory after a heart transplant. Tony who served in the Gloucestershire Regiment for five years, sought help from …
Wayne’s Story
My name is Wayne Harrod and this is my story on how I was helped by The Poppy Factory. I was in the Army, Infantry, 1 Royal Anglian. During December 2001 …
Ciaran’s Story
Two years after being medically discharged from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, Ciaran Muir, 27, found meaningful work in the civilian world. In 2012, after serving in the British Army …
The public can help wounded veterans into work by joining The Poppy Factory’s #1000messages campaign
The public are being urged to help our veterans back into work by adding their messages of support to a campaign starting Monday 25th June by The Poppy Factory. The …
This week is Men’s Health Week
It is a good opportunity to stop and think of how we can give our support to those who suffer from mental health conditions. Statistics on men with mental health …
Vicki’s Story
In 2016, Vicki, a Staff Sergeant, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) after 22 years serving in the British Army. “Joining the army was the best thing I did …
Rave Review
How many veterans did we help back into work in 2016/17? How much money did we raise? How many poppies did we produce? All of these questions and more are …