# HRH The Princess Royal names new train after Save the Children

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/10/11/hrh-princess-royal-names-new-train-after-save-children/
- Published: 2007-10-11T00:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

HRH The Princess Royal will name a new train after Save the Children – the charity
of which she is president.

 

The naming of the Great Western High Speed Train power car takes place at platform
1 of Paddington Station, Praed Street, London, on Thursday 18th October at 15.20.
The name plate will also feature Save the Children’s logo.

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Transport company FirstGroup, First Great Western’s parent company, named Save the
Children as its charity of choice earlier this summer. The partnership is worth 
£1m in corporate donations, in kind support (including gifts and employee volunteering)
and fundraising initiatives.

 

more: www.savethechildren.org.uk

 

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