Hear, see and feel history come to life
FREE learning resources
Our interactive activities and dynamic resources challenge children of all ages and abilities to independently interpret and reflect on our history through contemporary conversations. Empowering them to shape their own views around remembrance, the poppy and its legacy.
Download our 2024 Learning Pack
This pack offers pupils the chance to learn more about what it is like to work in a charity. Find out more about how the skills and qualities of those in the past and present have contributed to Poppyscotland’s support of Scotland’s Armed Forces community. Compare and contrast how jobs roles have changed, find out more about the some of the unique roles in our charity, take our quiz to find out where you would be best suited to work and enter our competition.
To download, click on the button and fill in your details - you only need to do this once per session. The download will then start immediately.
Bud
Bud is our interactive micro museum, travelling Scotland sharing our archive, veterans’ stories and the poppy’s heritage. A place where you can learn, share and shape your own story of reflection and hope.
2024 Competition – Centenary Calendar
This year our learning competition asks learners to design a piece of artwork based around one of two themes:
• 100 years of Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory
• The poppy as a symbol of remembrance
12 winning designs will be chosen to make up the pages of a calendar which will be on sale to raise funds during our 100th centenary celebrations in 2026.
2023 Competition Winners!
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2023 learning competition – The Path of the Poppy
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory tours
Immerse yourself in our symbol of remembrance. Explore the evolution of the poppy, meet its makers and understand the life-changing support it still provides to this day.