Spreads remembrance message

much broader geographic audience and an even more diverse range of visitors, building on what we already have here at Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh.

“It is particularly fitting to be launching the ‘Moving Poppy’ in 2018 as a lasting legacy 100 years after the end of the First World War. It will ensure that the sacrifices made during that conflict, and those since, together with the vital, lifechanging services provided by Poppy Scotland today are understood and recognised for generations to come.”

Lucy Casot, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, said: “While everyone knows the poppy as a symbol of remembrance, this little flower represents so much more in today’s society.

“The ‘Moving Poppy’ is a unique and exciting idea which will expand on the work of the Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, allowing diverse groups, including rurally-remote and multi-faith communities, to explore all that it stands for.

“The Moving Poppy is a timely legacy in this First World War centenary year.”

The Heritage Lottery Fund’s Lucy Casot and Poppyscotland chief Mark Bibbey join Libby Bedwell,5, Charlie Clark, 8, and Emily Clark,10, at the Poppyscotland factory