Below is a list of dates for your diary on what's happening in the Ilkeston Branch of The Royal British Legion.

EASY REMINDER

Branch Meeting 2nd Friday of the Month, Coffee Morning 3rd  Social 4th Tuesday of the Month,

Both Venues; Flamsteed Centre, 25a Albert St, Ilkeston DE7

MARCH
14th Branch Meeting
18th Veterans Coffee Morning
25th Social,

APRIL
15th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
4th Branch Committee Meeting
9th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
11th Branch Meeting
18th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
15th Veterans Coffee Morning
22nd Social

MAY
4th Smalley Car Boot Sale, 06:00-12:00, then each Sunday until the end of August. Volunteers!
5th VE Day Party, Nutbrook CC, Branch
7th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
8th 80th Anniversary VE-Day Cenotaph Ilkeston, Gazebo 10:30-15:00
9th Branch Meeting
10th RBL Fundraising & Recruitment, Tanks, Morrison’s.
11th RBL Fundraising & Recruitment, Morrisons, 10:00-13:00/13:00-16:00
13th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
16th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
16-18th May 2024 Annual National Conference, Online
20th Veterans Coffee Morning
27th Social

JUNE
11th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
13th Branch Meeting
17th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
17th Veterans Coffee Morning
20th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
24th Social
28th Armed Forces Day Events TBC

JULY
4th Branch Committee Meeting
9th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
11th Branch Meeting
12th Wellington Bomber W5795 Memorial, Stanley 11:30
15th Veterans Coffee Morning
22nd Social
26th Branch Annual Dinner, Seven Oaks PH, Stanton by Dale 18:30

AUGUST
6th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
8th Branch Meeting
15th VJ Day/End of WW2 hostilities 1030 Cenotaph, Marketplace, Ilkeston
16th VJ Day Party, Nutbrook CC, High Lane East, West Hallam, DE7 6HY TBC
19th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
19th Veterans Coffee Morning
22nd Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
26th Social
31st Stanton by Dale Stirling Bomber Memorial

SEPTEMBER
3rd Merchant Navy Day/Start of WW2
5th RBL Fundraising & Recruitment, Morrison’s
10th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
12th Branch Meeting
16th Veterans Coffee Morning
23rd Social
29th Age UK Morrison’s 0900-1300/1300-1600

OCTOBER
8th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
10th Branch Annual General Meeting/Branch Meeting
13th Morrison’s Marie Currie 0900-1300/1300-1600
17th Branch Committee Meeting
21st Veterans Coffee Morning
25th Ilkeston Brass Poppy Concert at the URC Church (Green Spire)
28th Social

NOVEMBER
4th Park Cemetery 10:00, Chaucer & Granby Juniors
4th Kirk Hallam 11:00, All Saints’ Church Dallimore & Ladywood Juniors
5th Stanton Iron Works, Hallam Fields Juniors
5th Lower Stanton Rd Cemetery 11:30 Kensington & St Thomas Juniors
6th CantelupeWW2 Memorial 11:00, Children from the Centre
7th Risley Church Memorial 10:45 Risley Juniors
9th Remembrance Sunday Parade 10:15 South St Car Park
11th Armistice Day Service of Remembrance 1045 at the Cenotaph. /Canal Vue S of R 11:30 TBC
12th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
14th Branch Meeting
18th Veterans Coffee Morning
25th Social

DECEMBER
10th ES Committee Meeting 19:00
12th Branch Meeting, 19:00
16th Coffee morning at Morisons 1000-1200
16th CHRISTMAS PARTY. Entertainer 18:30 Onward
17th RBL Fundraising& Recruitment, Morrison’s
24th Donald Rose 111th Birthday, Canal Vue TBC