Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland is looking to ‘Light Up Red’ the whole of Scotland in a thoroughly modern display of both Remembrance and awareness of the 2019 Scottish Poppy Appeal.
Last year, as part of the commemorations of the Centenary of the end of the First World War, almost 200 locations ‘Lit Up’, including The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse in St Andrews, Rosslyn Chapel and Turnberry Lighthouse.
If you have a building with external lighting and can get hold of red gel filters for those lights, then why not help Poppyscotland Remember Together and illuminate your premises red from 4th until 11 November. The charity is calling on mass involvement from schools, churches, council buildings, monuments, statues and landmarks. Any structure is welcome; the list in 2018 included everything from castles and cathedrals to racecourses, cranes, fountains, and even a telephone box!
Gordon Michie, Head of Fundraising at Poppyscotland, said:
“It is wonderful to know that Scotland will be lighting up red once again for this year’s Poppy Appeal, and we continue to be touched by the country’s support. It is so striking and poignant to witness buildings up and down the country glowing red in tribute to Scotland’s Armed Forces community past and present.”
If you are keen to Light Up Red for Poppyscotland, then please contact Jude Smart at j.smart@poppyscotland.org.uk. For further information on the ‘Light Up Red’ campaign, and to see which locations have signed up to Light Up for us this year, please visit www.poppyscotland.org.uk/light-up-red.
- For further information please contact Jude Smart, PR & Marketing Coordinator at Poppyscotland, at smart@poppyscotland.org.uk. For general media enquiries, please contact David A. Findlay, PR Manager at Poppyscotland, on 07979 735611, or email at d.findlay@poppyscotland.org.uk.
- Images from locations that lit up in 2018 can be downloaded from our DropBox account, see link on our website poppyscotland.org.uk/light-up-red.
- Poppyscotland provides life-changing support to the Armed Forces community. Money raised from the Scottish Poppy Appeal and Poppyscotland’s year-round fundraising enables them to deliver support to members of the Armed Forces community in Scotland by providing tailored funding and assistance. The charity also funds services in advice, employment, housing, mental health, mobility and respite. Please note that we are known as “Poppyscotland”, and not “PoppyScotland” or “Poppy Scotland”. For more information, please visit us at: poppyscotland.org.uk.
