Community Rail Network has announced the shortlisted entries for this year’s Community Rail Awards, headline sponsored by Angel Trains.
The Community Rail Awards, now in its 16th year, recognises the important and often unsung work carried out by community rail partnerships, station adopters and community groups, in areas such as station enhancement, community engagement and diversity. As always, the standard of entries has been extremely high. The shortlisted entries can also be view on the Community Rail Network website
The overall winners will be announced at a special online gala presentation evening on Thursday 9 December 2020.
The photo competition has also been launched. This year’s them is ‘Community Rail in Action’. Visit https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CRA20photocomp to cast your vote.
The Community Rail Awards 2020 shortlist
Involving Children and Young People – sponsored by Grand Central Railway
· Sheppey College & Kent CRP– The Sheppey College Project- A Chance to Shine
· Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership & The Water, Mills & Marshes Landscape Project – Art on the Line
· Community Rail Lancashire – Ticket to Pride
· Friends of Kents Bank Station & Foreshore – Railway Safety Training Initiative with Allithwaite C of E Primary School
· Friends of Buxton Station – Mini-saga Challenges
Involving Diverse Groups – sponsored by London North Eastern Railway
- GTR, SCRP, County Care, Aldingbourne Trust – Good to talk – Even better to share
- Sussex Community Rail Partnership/ Culture Shift – Get into Trains
- Community Rail Lancashire – From Seats to Sacks
- Worktown (Bolton) Cotton Queens – Worktown Cotton Queens Community Project
- Esk Valley Railway Community Rail Partnership – Forget Me Not Train
- South Western Railway, Devon and Cornwall RP, East Hants CRP and Surrey Hills to South Downs CRP -Try the Community Rail Train
- Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership – Lyric and Line
- Friends of Hindley Station – Working with diverse groups at Hindley
Community Art Schemes: Permanent and Larger Projects – sponsored by Abellio
- The Lightbox and South Western Railway – We all have a happy place
- Community Rail Lancashire – Horizons
- East Hampshire Community Rail Partnership – Liss Station Vinyls
Community Art Schemes: Renewable and Smaller Projects – sponsored by Transport for Greater Manchester
- Community Rail Lancashire – #BeeFree MCR
- Friends of Parson Street Railway Station – Parson Street Railway Station Heritage Plaque
- Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership – Sixth Form College Art in Colchester Station waiting room
- Friends of Heaton Chapel Station – Guess Who?
- Track Record Arts – Track Record – The Soundtrack to the Severn Beach Line
- Sussex CRP – The Horsham Station Pianimal
- Poacher Line CRP and South Nottinghamshire Academy – Fine Art at Radcliffe-on-Trent
- The Arts Society Guildford, South Western Railway and Network Rail – Art @ the Station
Most Enhanced Station – sponsored by Greater Anglia
- Five Acre Wood Special School and Grow19 – A Chance to Grow
- Cumbrian Coastline CRP in partnership with the Rail Industry, Local Authorities and Community Groups – Maryport Hub Development / Edge of Empire
- South Western Railway, Surrey CC, Haslemere Town Council and partners – Haslemere Community Station refurbishment and improvements
- Friends of Goostrey Station – Restoring the station building at Goostrey in Cheshire
- North Staffordshire CRP – Uttoxeter Pergola and Arbour / Tool Shed Project
- Friends of Gipsy Hill – Rejuvenation of Gipsy Hill
Small Projects Award (under £500) – sponsored by Community Rail Lancashire
- Friends of Hunmanby railway station – Attracting passengers to Hunmanby’s new hourly train service
- Friends of Wool Station – Making Connections
- Friends of Brockenhurst Station – Launching towards community engagement
- Friends of Brockenhurst Station – History exhibition project
- Friends of Buxton Station – From train station to weather station
- Friends of Parson St Railway Station – The Secret Garden at Parson Street Station
- Friends of Spondon Station – Hedgerow Habitats
- Lake Community Kids – Lifeboat Planter project
Best Community Engagement Project – sponsored by Rock Rail
- Community Rail Lancashire – Women in STEM
- Isle of Wight and Lymington – Brockenhurst Community Rail Partnership ‘Food on the Move’
- Furness Line CRP and Lakes Line CRP – Skill Swap
- Arriva Rail London & Artyface Community Art (Maud Milton) – Putting the Community at the heart of our stations
- Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership – The Tamar Valley Christmas Train
- Furness Line Community Rail Partnership and Friends of Cark Station – Cracking work in Cark
- Hope Valley Rail Users Group – Hope Valley 125
- Wherry Lines CRP, Lowestoft Town Council, Lowestoft Central Project & Ormiston Denes Academy – Holocaust Memorial Day Event at Lowestoft
Best Marketing or Communications Campaign – sponsored by CrossCountry
- Hereward Community Rail Partnership – Online Consultations
- Community Rail Cumbria – Walks from your Railway Station Calendar 2020
- The Bittern Line, Wherry Lines, East Suffolk Lines, Hereward Line, Essex and South Suffolk CRPs and Greater Anglia – Room with a view
- Women in Community Rail – A Journey Through Community Rail
- East Suffolk Lines CRP – Folk East Festival Video ‘Hop on the Bus, Gus’
- Tyne Valley CRP – Open in Winter
- Wherry Lines CRP & Network Rail – Norwich, Yarmouth, Lowestoft Modernisation Project
- Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership – Looe Pirate Trail
Influencing Positive Change & Sustainable Development – sponsored by TransPennine Express
- Community Rail Lancashire – The Autism-Friendly Line
- Chester Shrewsbury Rail Partnership & Porterbrook – Pacers for Chester Shrewsbury Rail Partnership
- Fran Shelley and Alison Botha – Suit Yourself
- Incredible Edible Bristol, Severnside CRP & Great Western Railway – The Secret Garden at Avonmouth Station
- Great Western Railway, Network Rail, Tarka Rail Association, Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership & Turning Tides Project – Tarka Line Engineering Works Initiative
- Millom Discovery Centre / Flimby Primary School – Better Side of the Tracks
Tourism & Heritage – sponsored by Transport for Wales Rail Services
- Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership, Lowestoft Central Project, Lowestoft Heritage Open Days Festival, Network Rail – Lowestoft Signal Box Tours
- Furness Line CRP and Morecambe Bay Partnership – To stations and beyond – wayfinder maps on Furness Line stations and window gazer guide
- Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership – Christmas in St Albans By Community Rail
Photo Competition: Best ‘Community Rail in Action’ Image – sponsored by Porterbrook
- Bedford to St Albans City CRP – It seems they enjoyed their visit
- Abbey Line CRP – Ghouls Train
- Severnside CRP – A Full House for Pride, Drag Queen Bingo on the Train lit up the Severn Beach Line
- Kaye Robinson & Poacher Line CRP – Age is just a number
- Three Rivers CRP – OK, we’ve got the lease, now what do we do with it?
- Lowestoft Central Project – Signal Box Tour suitable for all ages
- Wherry Lines CRP – Art on the Line, Children on Acle Footbridge
- Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership – Festive Fun on the Tamar Valley Line
- Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership – Having a cracking time
- Kent Community Rail Partnership – Snodland Garden – Growing together!
Outstanding Volunteer Contribution – sponsored by Merseyrail
- Kath Warbrick
- Mike Willmot
- Sarah Hampton
- Laura Lee
- Mick Stone
- Ken Griffiths
- Maureen Callen
- Tony Smale
It’s Your Station – sponsored by Avanti West Coast
Bronze
- Evesham Station Garden Project
- Friends of Penmere Station
- Gunton Station Adoption Group
- Roughton Rd Station Adoption Group
- West Runton Station Adoption Group
Silver
- Bottesford Station Adoption Group
- Brundall Gardens Station Adoption Group
- Cooperatie Stationspark Deurne
- Elmstead Woods Station Garden Club
- Friends of Beeston Station
- Friends of Berkhamsted station
- Friends of Radcliffe Station
- Friends of Brighouse Station
- Friends of Brockenhurst Station
- Friends of Cark Station
- Friends of Crewkerne Station
- Friends of Heaton Chapel Station
- Friends of Kidsgrove Station Gardens
- Friends of Parson Street Railway Station
- Friends of Spondon Station
- Friends of Strines
- Heckington Station Adoption Group
- Langley Mill Station Adoption Group
- Reedham Station Adoption Group
- Somerleyton Station Adoption Group
- Woburn Sands
Gold
- Fenny Stratford Station Adoption Group
- Friends of Alsager Station
- Friends of Angmering Station
- Friends of Gipsy Hill
- Friends of Goostrey Station in Cheshire
- Friends of Kents Bank Station & Foreshore
- Friends of Rosehill Station
- Longport Station Adopters
- Maghull Station Volunteers
- Mirfield in Bloom
- The Friends of Yatton Station
- Uttoxeter Station Adopters
- Willington Station adopters
Platinum
- Friends of Buxton Station
- Friends of Glossop Station
- Friends of Handforth Station
- Friends of Hindley Station
- Market Rasen Station Adoption Group
- Mytholmroyd Station Partnership
Photo credit: Community Rail Partnership
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