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Thursday 12 May 2005

NETWORK RAIL GIVES CHARITIES A HIGHLY VISIBLE BOOST

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Charities all over the country will be changing colour when they receive a Network Rail package of orange high visibility clothing.  Over 1600 pieces of surplus kit are being donated to a diverse number of organisations, including: scout groups, schools, railway heritage groups – and even a parachute centre! Iain Coucher, Deputy Chief Executive, said: “Network Rail is committed to developing initiatives that will benefit the community and the environment. This scheme will benefit charities and avoid the needless waste of vital safety equipment.”  As part of an environmental initiative, rail workers across the country have been collecting their surplus kit, including high visibility vests, jackets, body warmers and coats that were no longer needed, as the company has gradually introduced its own branded equipment.  Rail staff use the equipment to remain safe and seen while at work rebuilding Britain’s railway.   The reuse of this equipment is not only environmentally friendly but will provide valuable personal protective equipment (PPE) for over a hundred organisations.   ENDS Notes to Editors

1. Network Rail is the 'not for dividend' owner and operator of Britain's railway infrastructure, which includes the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, level crossings and stations – the largest of which we also manage

 

1. We are working to rebuild Britain’s railway and provide a safe, reliable and efficient rail infrastructure for freight and passenger trains to use

 

1. Our website: www.networkrail.co.uk

  4.      Organisations set to receive clothing: 1935 Steam Loco 1st Swindon Sea Scouts 1st Whimple Scout Group 20th Walsall Scout Group 2nd Amersham Scout Group 2nd Nailsea (Holy Trinity) Scout Group 49th Newcastle Scout Troop 4-COR restoration 4th Coventry Scouts 9th Sale Scout Group and 145 Air Training corps AC Locomotive Group Amman Valley Railway Society Avon Valley RailwayAvon Valley Railway Heritage Trust Bala Lake Railway Bideford Railway Company Limited Bluebell Railway PLC Bodmin & Wenford Railway plc Bournemouth Aviation Charitable Foundation Ltd Bovingdon Memorial Hall Committee - Bovingdon Parish Council Brandon Wood Farm Visitors Centre British Trust for Conservation Buckie Accessible Community Bus Scheme - Dial a Bus Caledonian Railway CAMBRIA TRUST Cantraybridge CAST.IRON The Cambridge & St Ives Railway Organisation Chasewater Railway Cheshire Army Cadet Force Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Association Ltd Christian Aid Churnet Valley Railway Class 37 Locomotive Group Class 56 Group Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society Ltd Corris Railway Cotswold Steam Preservation Limited Coventry Godiva Harriers Dava Way Association Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire Derwent Valley Light Railway Diesel & Electric Preservation Group (DEPG) DMU Group (West Midlands) _______________________________________ Page 2 of 4 NETWORK RAIL GIVES CHARITIES A HIGHLY VISIBLE BOOST Downpatrick Railway Museum Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway Dunhams Wood Light Railway Earthship East Kent Railway East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society East Somerset Railway Company Ltd Eden Valley Railway Trust Elsecar Railway Preservation Group Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust Epping Ongar Railway Volunteer Society Festiniog Railway Company Foxfield Light Railway Society Friends of Neston School Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Goring Primary School Great Western Society Limited Growler Group Gwili Railway Preservation Society GWR Preservation Group Limited Heritage Shunter Trust Hunton Bridge Conservation Group Inchberry & District Community Association Isle of Wight Railway Company Ltd Keighley & Worth Valley Light Railway Limited Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society Keith & Dufftown Railway Association Kent & East Sussex Railway - Forestry & Conservation Group Kent & East Sussex Railway Company Ltd Laggan Heritage - archaeological survey group Lakeside Railway Society Largs Community Council Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Llangollen Railcar Group Llangollen Railway Trust Llangollen Steam Railway Locomotive 6201 Princess Elizabeth Society Limited Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust Moseley Railway Trust Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester Neath and Tennant Canals Preservation Society Nene Valley Railway Ltd Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group North Cheshire Rail Users Group North Dorset Railway Trust - supporting the Shillingstone Station Project North Norfolk Railway North West Parachute Centre North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Limited North Yorkshire County Scouts - Activities _______________________________________ Page 3 of 4 NETWORK RAIL GIVES CHARITIES A HIGHLY VISIBLE BOOST North Yorkshire Moors Railway North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway - Levisham Station Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Northumbria Rail Ltd Options for Life Peak Rail Plc - The Matlock and Buxton Railway Project Plym Valley Railway Association Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Company (1983) Ltd Railway Mission Ribble Valley Rail Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Rother Valley Railway Limited Royal Deeside Railway Rugby Model Engineering Society Limited Rural Community Council, Isle of Wight Rushden Historical Transport Society Rutland Railway Museum SARA - Severn Area Rescue Association Scottish Railway Preservation Society Severn Valley Railway Shackerstone Railway Society Limited Shed 47 Railway Restoration Group South Devon Railway Association South Devon Railway Totnes Preservation Group South Devon Railway Trust South East Locomotive Group (SELG) South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society Spa Valley Railway St Luke's Hospice Steeple Grange Light Railway Strathspey Railway Strathspey Steam Railway - Friends of Boat of Garten Station Swindon & Cricklade Railway Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society The Boys Brigade, Birmingham Battalkion, North East Division Titley Junction Railway Transport Interest Group Trees for Life Weardale Railways Limited Wellingbourough CubsWelsh Highland Railway Society / Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Eryri Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Wensleydale Railway Association West Lancashire Light Railway Association West Somerset Railway West Somerset Railway - 5542 and 169 Projects West Somerset Railway - the Friends of Minehead Station Wisbech & March Bramley Line Yeovil Railway Centre York City Scout Fellowship Media contact:  020 7557 8292