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On World Mental Health Day – today, Monday 10 October - Samaritans and rail partners Network Rail, and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), as well as London North Eastern Railway (LNER), are coming together to raise awareness of Samaritans emotional support services and to encourage rail users to look after their own and each other’s mental wellbeing.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are donating 600 redundant computers to The Turing Trust, the IT recycling and education charity. Most are expected to be passed on to schools in Malawi.
The final run for Southern’s now-retired 40-year-old Class 455 fleet has raised over £26,000 for the mental health charity Mind.
Help for unemployed, homeless and vulnerable people in East Sussex has received a boost with the donation of bikes abandoned at Southern Railway stations.
Southern Railway donate bikes abandoned at its stations to Cycling UK 'Build a Bike courses' by Southwark's Community Cycleworks teach young people maintenance skills 15 youngsters will get to keep the bike they renovate Fifteen young people in south London will learn cycle maintenance skills and earn a renovated bike of their own, thanks to a partnership between Cycling UK and Southern Railwa
Southern Railway has forged four new recycling partnerships with charities who will restore bikes abandoned on the railway to support their vital community work across Sussex, Surrey and south London.All four charities run bike recycling programmes, and every month Southern will donate up to 30 bikes from its stock of abandoned and unclaimed machines to each charity in turn.The train compa
As Covid-19 deepens the poverty crisis, Govia Thameslink Railway partners with local charities across its network once again to support homeless people over the winter season and break stigma associated with homelessness.Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s largest rail network, will join forces once again with a variety of its regional charity partners this Christmas, to provide support f
Thanks to generous donations at Bedford and Brighton stations, a total of 822meals have been given to those desperately in need, following a six-week community pilot scheme from Govia Thameslink Railway and UK charity, The Trussell Trust.The Railway Food Collection is a partnership between Govia Thameslink Railway and local food banks that aims to encourage members of the public, as well as ra
Govia Thameslink Railway has partnered with Bedford Foodbank and The Black & Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP) Food Bank in Brighton to launch a community pilot, encouraging members of the public and railway staff to make food donations at new collection points at Brighton and Bedford.Following the widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, food banks across the country have s
Thameslink staff embrace the outdoors in support of local charity
A Sussex family has undertaken a huge fundraising drive by running a full marathon in their own garden.
South London charity for homeless people, Spires, handed out over 100 pairs of socks to rough sleepers and insecurely-housed people invited to its annual Christmas celebration on Saturday 21 December.
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