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We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our 2018 learning pack, including four brand new Poppyscotland Learning posters! These posters are all themed around the centenary of the end of the First World War and our Thank You campaign, and are presented in both English and Gaelic. Our free learning pack also includes our […]

Since being announced as the winners of Poppyscotland Learning’s Poppy Spaces & Places learning competition 2017 in May earlier this year, pupils and staff at Bun-sgoil Stafainn (Staffin Primary School) on the Isle of Skye have been working alongside the local community to make their winning memorial garden design a reality. Thanks to their winning combination […]

ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION FEATURING BARBARA DICKSON WILL TOUR SCOTLAND TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS SINCE WW1 Far, Far From Ypres forms part of Scotland’s Armistice centenary programme 16 May 2018 A critically acclaimed multimedia production featuring renowned Scots performers including Barbara Dickson and Siobhan Miller is to embark on a commemorative tour of Scotland to mark the […]

A school on the Isle of Skye has beaten off competition from scores of other schools across the country to win a prestigious learning competition organised by leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland. Primary 4-7 pupils at Bun-sgoil Stafainn (Staffin Primary School) will now receive up to £1,000 to bring their vision to life after their […]

If you haven’t heard about it there is a fantastic new exhibition entitled ‘The Poppy: A Symbol of Remembrance’ now on at the National War Museum at Edinburgh Castle. The exhibition marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and tells the story of the origins of the poppy accumulating in its universal status as the symbol of […]

Our ever-popular Poppyscotland Learning Competition, which called on Scotland’s schools to explore the power of design as part of Remembrance and reflection, is now open to the public to decide the overall winner from a shortlist of six school entries via an online vote. Image above: ‘Snow Globe’ Shortlisted Design by Douglas Ewart High School, […]

Funding announced to create unique mobile poppy truck in WW1 centenary year Inspired by Lt-Col John McCrae’s poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, the poppy is the nation’s symbol of remembrance, compassion, and a shared desire for a peaceful future. Today (Monday 26 March, 2018), The National Lottery has awarded Poppyscotland a grant of £731,200 to take […]

To mark National Poetry Day on 28 September 2017 we would like to draw your attention to the poem that saw the poppy established as an international symbol of remembrance. Canadian medical officer John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields originally published in Punch magazine on 8 December 1915, was the inspiration for the poppy, the flower […]

Poppyscotland is developing the Moving Poppy: a free-to-access and accessible-to-all mobile community unit, comprising a mini poppy factory, micro-museum and heritage learning facility. The Moving Poppy will visit schools and community events the length and breadth of Scotland to share the heritage of Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory and explore what the poppy and remembrance mean […]

On this day in 1915, British and Indian forces ended their three-day assault on the German trenches near the village of Neuve Chapelle in northern France, the first offensive launched by the British in the spring of 1915. Some eight hundred thousand Indian troops fought in the First World War, and not just on the Western […]