The Earl Haig Fund Scotland, trading as poppyscotland, is a Scottish charity for

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s of the

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and their dependants. It was founded in 1921 by

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 unti ...

as part of the broader British

Haig Fund The Haig Fund (more properly the Earl Haig Fund) is a charity set up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. History In response to the poem ''In Flanders Field'' by John McCrae, Moina Michael started selling silk poppies in 1918 t ...

. Its main source of funding is the Scottish Poppy Appeal, organised in conjunction with the

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in Scotland, which sells

remembrance poppies A remembrance poppy is an artificial flower worn in some countries to commemorate their military personnel who died in war. Remembrance poppies are produced by veterans' associations, who exchange the poppies for charitable donations used to gi ...

in early November leading up to

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. The first Poppy Appeal took place in 1921, and in 1926 Countess Haig established the

Lady Haig's Poppy Factory The Poppy Factory is a factory in Richmond, London, England, where remembrance wreaths are made. It was founded in 1922 to offer employment opportunities to wounded soldiers returning from the First World War, creating remembrance poppies and ...

in Edinburgh. The fund merged with

The Royal British Legion The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants, as well as all others in ne ...

in 2011 but operates as a distinct charity with the Legion. Funds raised by the Scottish Poppy Appeal are directed to: * Providing direct financial assistance to ex-Service men, women and their dependents in Scotland. * Funding an advice service, including pension claims and appeals. *

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for veterans with disabilities. * Grants and research for ex-Service organisations that deliver specialist services to veterans in Scotland. They also sell a wide variety of products beside poppies such as clothing and soft toys.

References

External links

Official website
Charities based in Scotland Military of Scotland The Royal British Legion Veterans' affairs in the United Kingdom {{Scotland-org-stub