Royal British Legion Mansfield Branch

Armed Forces Week poppy collections.
The Mansfield branch is still looking for some volunteers to help with the Armed Forces Week poppy appeal collections at Morrisons and Sainsburys
We currently have the following slots we need to fill

Morrisons
Wednesday 24th 9am-1pm
Thursday 25th 9am-1pm and 1pm - 5pm
Friday 26th 1pm-5pm
Saturday 27th 9am-1pm

Sainsburys
Wednesday 24th 9am-1pm
Thursday 25th 1pm-5pm
Friday 26th 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm

If you can help please give our Poppy appeal organiser, Michael, a call on 07305805006 or email him at [email protected]

For the upcoming Armed Forces Week, we are looking for Volunteers to help us as Poppy appeal collectors at local supermarkets.
We have a number of locations and slots listed below.
If you can help, please contact our Poppy appeal organiser, Michael Beresford, on 07305 805006

Wednesday 24th June
2 volunteers for Sainsburys, 9am - 1pm.
1 volunteer for Morrisons, 9am - 1pm.

Thursday 25th June
1 volunteer for Sainsburys, 9am - 1pm.
2 volunteers for Sainsburys, 1pm - 5pm.
1 volunteer for Morrisons, 9am - 1pm.
1 volunteer for Morrisons, 1pm - 5pm.

Friday 26th
2 volunteers for Sainsburys, 1pm - 5pm.
1 volunteer for Morrisons, 1pm - 5pm.

Come see us on the marketplace Saturday 27th during Armed Forces Fest.

As announced at the last meeting, the 3rd June branch meeting has been cancelled.

Due to transport issues, we have sadly had to cancel the Battleback and Cosford Air Museum trip.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

For anyone interested:
There is a meeting tomorrow 29/4 regarding the Armed forces event in June, it’s being held at the Old Town hall, Mansfield Market square and starts at 4pm.
Everyone welcome.

Such a shame that it's been vandalised and the respect has been lost.

Dear People of Mansfield!
This is the photo of the vandalized War Memorial at the Old Meeting House Unitarian Chapel today, 16/04/2026. It was done either in the night or in the morning advantage being taken of the fact that with the car park and the works on Walkden St our grounds are more isolated.
27 names of young men from Mansfield who died in WW1 and WW2 - 27 bereaved families and many more as the loss rippled throughout families, communities and the town.
Is this what they deserve from the present generation?
Shame on us if we are not able to teach our children and youth the story of our heroes, the history of this nation! Shame on us if we as adults did not take the trouble to learn and are unable to respect and teach respect for sacred places!
This War Memorial and our Peaceful Garden is holy ground, where past, present and future converge, where we remember our heroes and let our children play! It is not for drinking, taking drugs or littering!
Our grounds are open to all but please, help us keep the War Memorial and our grounds free of vandals and vandalism! May the respect we show be a sign of the honesty and of the gratitude of our remembrance!

What an incredible total raised by RBL from this years Poppy appeal
£54.1 million pounds, a 5% increase on last year.
A heart felt thanks to all the volunteers who helped raise such a huge amount.