Stick-on poppies will save £26,000

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 11 October 2007

Poppyscotland is to replace many of its pin-on poppies with a stick-on version, which will save the charity £26,000 a year. The charity says the money saved will be spent supporting ex-servicemen and women.

Poppyscotland, a charity registered in Scotland, said the pins were the most expensive part of the four millions poppies it produced each year. Up to now, the charity has spent about £30,000 each year providing poppies with pins attached, but this year it will distribute stick-on poppies as well as...

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