Network Rail partnership with £2 million to Action for Children

Howard Lake | 28 May 2014 | News

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A two year partnership between Action for Children and Network Rail has raised more than £2 million in donations and support.

The partnership began in April 2012. Since then, the company has:

• raised over £760,00
• donated more than 2,324 hours of time
• provided over £1 million worth of free advertising space in stations

At launch the targets were £500,000 in donations and 750 hours of time. 

volunteers for Network Rail collecting change at stations across the country

Fundraising and volunteering activity by Network Rail staff included:

• 44 Network Rail workers overhauling Action for Children’s Rhondda Short Breaks Centre. This included painting ceilings and walls and replacing the floor.
• a team of 23 apprentices in Portsmouth in a tandem skydive raising more than £2,800.
• volunteers collecting change from commuters at Network Rail managed stations.

Sherine Krause, executive director of fundraising and communications at Action for Children, said:

“The main success factor was the incredible support of the volunteers from Network Rail; 323 members of staff donated their time to the children we work with. Having a partner on board like Network Rail made an enormous difference to our work and we can’t thank them enough.”

The partnership was shortlisted in the Charity Partnership category for Third Sector Business Charity Awards which were announced earlier this month.

Photo: railway tracks by Yuttasak Jannarong on Shutterstock.com

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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.