Towards the end of 2022, Heart of England Community Rail Partnership (CRP) worked with Highly Sprung, a local physical theatre company, to deliver A Day Like This, which was funded by CrossCountry and Community Rail Network.
Last month Community Rail partners in the North East joined together to undergo training with professionals from the media training company CoComms.
CrossCountry pleased to award a grant from our Community Engagement Fund to Hereward Community Rail Partnership to produce a brand new Transport Planning Guide for Local Communities.
The ‘Rivington Rambler’ bus service recently concluded its second year of service on Sunday 23 October.
CrossCountry have launched the UK’s first Sustainable Travel Educational Toolkit at the National Railway Museum in York.
In October, teams from CrossCountry joined the Newcastle Rail Academy to host a series of events to give students a behind the scenes view of how Britain’s railway works.
Between March - July 2022, CrossCountry funded four Railway Engineering STEM+ Challenge Days across four schools in Coventry and Warwickshire.
CrossCountry’s Community Engagement Fund has contributed towards a £204,000 project to repaint Sleaford station and convert an unused space into a community room.
CrossCountry have recently launched its partnership with 6VT Community Rail Partnership, providing funding to the UK’s only youth partnership.
On Wednesday 17 August, CrossCountry’s West& Wales Regional Director, Huw Margetts, visited Oxford to join Network Rail, GWR, the city council and other stakeholders to welcome the DfT announcement of funding to complete the next phase of station improvements.
For more than 20 years the Community Rail Network has helped local groups engage with the railway to deliver better journeys and promote rail. Each year the successes and achievements of their members and partners are recognised at an awards ceremony.
CrossCountry Community Engagement Funding has delivered brand new digital information 'totem' displays in Belper and Matlock town centres.
