THE Wells branch of the Royal British Legion will be running the annual Poppy Appeal with stalls and collections in Wells between Saturday, October 26, and Saturday, November 9.
The branch will have the usual stall at the Saturday market on October 26, November 2 and November 9, and will have volunteers in Waitrose, Tesco and, new for this year, Morrisons throughout the appeal period.
Retailers and venues throughout Wells will have poppies as usual too.
Volunteers are at the heart of the Poppy Appeal and have been for more than 100 years. If anyone would like to volunteer then they can contact the Poppy Appeal Organiser, Alistair McBride, on wellsrblpoppyappeal@gmail.com or can contact the Royal British Legion directly via their website. People do not need to be an RBL member to volunteer. One hundred per cent of the funds raised by the Poppy Appeal go directly to supporting the Armed Forces community.
If any organisations would like to order wreaths, Alistair has some in stock (see email address above), and they can also be ordered from the RBL Poppy Appeal Shop online.
The Wells Remembrance Service will take place at St Cuthbert’s Church on Sunday, November 10, followed by the laying of wreaths at the war memorial and the parade up High Street.
There will be a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Conduit in Market Place on Monday, November 11, at 11am.