A TYNE Valley community rail organisation has received a coveted national award for its work breaking down barriers to rail travel and bringing people together through song. Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership (TVCRP) fought off strong competition to take home the Involving Diverse Groups award, sponsored by rail operator LNER, at the 16th national Community Rail Awards, earlier this month. The partnership, which works along the Tyne Valley Line from Newcastle to Carlisle, was celebrated for its ‘Lyric to Line’ project. The initiative used music to identify and understand how more people, particularly groups with additional needs, could be enabled to take advantage of rail travel, by overcoming perceived and practical barriers.
It s full steam ahead for a Cumbrian partnership’s achievements which has engaged with families to make positive change A pioneering education project and an “inspirational” community rail scheme have won coveted national awards for their efforts in engaging people with the Cumbrian Coast Line. Community Rail Cumbria, working with Millom Discovery Centre and Flimby Primary School, fought off strong competition to win the influencing positive change and sustainable development award at the 16th national Community Rail Awards, on December 9. The partnership was recognised for its Better Side of the Tracks project, through which community rail aimed to support positive social change for children and families living in deprived communities by increasing access to educational opportunities, such as visits to Millom’s Discovery Centre and its museum.
Cumbrian partnership’s achievements engaging families in positive change celebrated at national Community Rail Awards A pioneering education project and an “inspirational” ‘community rail’ volunteer have won coveted national awards for their efforts in engaging people with the Cumbrian Coast Line. Celebrating for Cumbria on the night, was Kath Warbrick of the Friends of Aspatria Station she took home the Outstanding Volunteer Contribution Award, sponsored by Merseyrail. Reacting to her win, Kath said: “It was unbelievable, I never win anything! It was a big shock, but I’m very happy. The station is a lot different now to what it was, but the emphasis shouldn’t just be on me, it should be the people who work with me, Sandra, Stephen, and Tony, and my late husband Keith, who was there at the start.”
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1:25 PM December 16, 2020
Ella Legrice at the Lowestoft signal box - a photo which is one of 10 finalists in the National Community Rail Awards. PHOTO: Lowestoft Central Project.
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An inspiring railway project which helped attract thousands of visitors to Lowestoft has been recognised with a national award.
The project claimed the Tourism and Heritage award at the national Community Rail Awards after offering people a rare opportunity to visit Lowestoft s signal box and see it in full operation before its closure in February after more than 100 years in action.
Held in partnership with the Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership, the Lowestoft Central Project, and Network Rail, the sell-out tours formed a focal point of the Lowestoft Heritage Open Days Festival in September 2019, which attracted 15,000 visitors to the town - boosting tourism and the local economy.
Published:
1:25 PM December 16, 2020
Ella Legrice at the Lowestoft signal box - a photo which is one of 10 finalists in the National Community Rail Awards. PHOTO: Lowestoft Central Project.
- Credit: Archant
An inspiring railway project which helped attract thousands of visitors to Lowestoft has been recognised with a national award.
The project claimed the Tourism and Heritage award at the national Community Rail Awards after offering people a rare opportunity to visit Lowestoft s signal box and see it in full operation before its closure in February after more than 100 years in action.
Held in partnership with the Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership, the Lowestoft Central Project, and Network Rail, the sell-out tours formed a focal point of the Lowestoft Heritage Open Days Festival in September 2019, which attracted 15,000 visitors to the town - boosting tourism and the local economy.