Charity

Railway Children is urging the rail community to swap their warm beds to spend the night on a cold station floor to support their work with vulnerable children around the world.  The charity’s popular Sleepout event is back for 2024...

Okehampton United Charities has leased seven acres of unplanted grassland to Network Rail for 35 years under a new agreement that will help protect wildlife and increase biodiversity in Devon. New habitats for rare hazel dormice will be created in...

Network Rail has joined Samaritans to encourage the public to have a cuppa and a catch up for the charity’s annual Brew Monday campaign. Samaritans has long campaigned to dispel the idea that the third Monday of January, also known...

Network Rail enployee Zoe Sookun has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the railway through her work in project managing the delivery of the Rail Aid for Ukraine project.  Zoe project managed the £10m Network Rail aid...

A charity photoshoot in York organised by colleagues at Network Rail has raised £3,000 to support Yorkshire-based charity, Martin House Children’s Hospice. Held at Network Rail’s Holgate Engineering Works, the company’s largest in the country, over 70 people were at...

The Samaritans Lifesaver Award, recognises workers who have used all their communication skills and training to help protect a life on the rails. Megan Moore from ScotRail took home the prize at this year's RailStaff Awards. Megan was awarded for...

Mark Fielding-Smith of AtkinsRéalis is a force of nature when it comes to charitable work and raising money for causes close to his heart. He was certainly a worthy winner of this year’s RailStaff Award for Charity. The Railway Children...

Railway Mission chaplain Dylis George features in an inspiring video produced by train operating company c2c to celebrate Inter Faith Week. Recognising the important role the Christian faith-based charity plays in the lives of the railway family, Dylis was invited...

Iain Ferguson, director of regulatory liaison and accident investigation, at Network Rail, has a stressful job that involves dealing with complex and sensitive issues on the railway. To unwind from his hectic work, he often takes to drawing with...

On Monday 18 December, the London Transport choir will be serenade London Bridge station with heart-warming Christmas carols, alongside the majestic sound of the church organ to help raise money for the (RBF). The event will start at 6.00pm...