Activists raise £9,500 for the Poppy Appeal
It with great pride that I can announce today the efforts of CF members raised a grand total of £9470.15 for the cause.
For many CFers late October and early November means one thing in particular: The Poppy Appeal. Last autumn was the third year that CF activists have given up their time to help out the Royal British Legion with its flagship fundraising event, not as a political activity but simply as people with the time and willingness to do good without gain. This year we expanded our reach from London, where our involvement began with my own branch, Cities of London & Westminster, and encouraged other branches to take part.
In the West Midlands Birmingham University CF members collected £1500, whilst in Essex Castle Point CF raised £372.82, and in Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead CF gathered £772.33. North Wiltshire raised £231.
Last week I attended a gathering of the St George’s Branch of the Royal British Legion, and accepted on behalf of my team the Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for raising £6594. Whilst it bears my name, it in fact recognises not my sole achievement but the collective efforts of my Cities of London & Westminster CF through over nearly 20 nights of collecting. We almost doubled our efforts compared to last year, and have taken our collective total since 2007 to date to over £13,000.
November 2010 seems somewhat distant – and we have a lot of work to do before now and then, but I hope CF members will once again take some time out from politics this autumn to again demonstrate how much we value our armed forces and their families.
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