March 2024

Hunters Volunteering at The Poppy Factory

A big thank you to The Poppy Factory in Richmond for their warm welcome to the Hunters team of volunteers. After a friendly welcome and hearing about the history of the Poppy Factory, our team set to work having a lot of fun making and creating. Between us we made 2,000 handmade poppies and 15 wreaths, which we boxed up ready for Remembrance Day. 

Kate Henry-Aston, Chair of Hunters commented “We had such a memorable afternoon learning about the history and creating the all-important poppies sold in the autumn. It was fantastic to be just a tiny part in contributing to this wonderful charity.  As part of our commitment to support local charities, we were pleased to have so many volunteers for the visit, thank you to them and to The Poppy Factory for having us”

A bit about The Poppy Factory history

The Poppy Factory has helped veterans with health conditions back into work since 1922, producing Remembrance products in their factory in Richmond upon Thames. Since 2010 they have been helping hundreds of veterans to find work and thrive in civilian employment, wherever they are based in England and Wales. Today, this employment support represents more than 95% of their veteran work and impact. Specialist support and meaningful employment can be truly life-changing, providing stability for veterans and their families, a steady income, and significantly improving health and wellbeing.

In 2023 the poppies were redesigned, replacing single use plastic with paper enabling a 40% smaller carbon footprint.

Andrew Marren, David Capel, Gabor Honfi, Kate Henry-Aston, Katie Grubb, Lauren Ziya-Zadeh, Luis Rojas-Paipilla, Mark Baines, Michaela Jahn, Nurit Moscovici Amar, Sahil Jagpal, Swing Mak, Tom Riley, Tom Milne and Zoe Lou were the Hunters volunteers.