The community together  raised £20,135,36 for the 2024 RBL Poppy Appeal – FANTASTIC!

The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Committee of Irlam and Cadishead are a group of people from the Hamilton Davies Trust, Rotary Club of Irlam and the general public. They give their time to support the Royal British Legion with the Annual Poppy Appeal by proving a table each day at Tesco’s from late October to Remembrance Saturday. The team deliver boxes contained of goods to purchase at schools and also drop off boxes of paper lapel poppies to businesses, as well as asking to sponsor the lamppost poppies along Liverpool Rd, Cadishead through to Irlam and Manchester Rd Hollins Green for only £5 each. Hamilton Davies Trust also are the hub for wreaths to lay at the Cenotaph in Princes Park.

Annually the district support the ‘RBL Poppy Appeal’ which now includes the ‘Lamp Post Poppy Appeal’ which started in 2015 and was the first district to adopt this commemorative display!

LAMP POST POPPY APPEAL 
Every year  there is an appeal for local businesses, groups, schools and individuals to sponsor one or more of these lamp post poppies in Irlam, Cadishead and Hollins Green for a min of £5 each. 100% of which goes direct to the RBL Poppy Appeal. In return, on the FRONT of each Poppy will be printed the name of the business/group/school/individual who sponsored it or it can be the name of the person in whose memory is to be displayed.

*****ENVELOPES are available from big Tesco, irlam Station, both Libraries and Chris Wilkinson Estate Agents… TILL FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER
There is a post box for your completed sealed envelope at big Tesco & Irlam Station*****

*Payment to be in a Sealed envelope (PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN CAPITAL LETTERS)

1. Option (a) Sponsored By…..    OR   Option (b) In Memory of …..
2.  Name of sponsor OR In memory of
3. Contact phone number
4. Number of poppy’s you wish to sponsor (request min £5 per Poppy)
5. Amount that is enclosed cash or cheque, Cheques Made Payable to ‘Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal’.

6. Location (circle ) :  Irlam       Cadishead     Hollins Green     Any

Irlam and Cadishead have a long association with the Royal British Legion having many of the residents enlist in both World Wars and continuing to do so to the present day.

# Are you interested in putting your name down for a time slot to volunteer on the ‘POPPY TABLE AT TESCO? If you are then Louise English 07964 425953 will be happy to add you to the list!