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Southern donates roadshow van to Horsham charity
Charities in the Horsham area now have a new mobile service centre, following the extensive renovation of a van donated by Southern Railway.
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![Up for the cuppa: Stevenage Academy players [l to r] Kymani Skyers, Tanil Salik and Baron Cambaz gave passengers teabags and smiles on the Thameslink Brew Train [more downloadable images below]](https://mnd-assets.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_746/w4zndfq86wynzraagvil)
Boro Academy players share cheery char on Thameslink’s Brew Monday special
Members of Stevenage FC’s Academy joined Govia Thameslink Railway on the rail operator’s ‘Brew Train’ to support the Samaritans’ annual Brew Monday campaign.
Thameslink to run new ‘Brew Train’ with Samaritans to get people chatting over a cuppa
The UK’s largest rail operator is once again teaming up with Samaritans to flip ‘Blue Monday’ on its head and turn what is commonly believed to be the most difficult day of the year, into something positive.
Replacing ‘Blue Monday’ with ‘Brew Monday’ on 15 January, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is teaming up with Samaritans volunteers to hand out teabags, biscuits and leaflets to Thameslink p
Southern supports independent rail travel for disabled youngsters
Five young Mid-Sussex people with learning difficulties have enjoyed a ‘Try a Train’ trip with Southern, boosting their knowledge and confidence to use train services independently.
Train firm awards £375,000 for community-led social and environmental projects
Govia Thameslink Railway has awarded grants totalling £375,000 to 19 charities who are launching community projects in areas served by the train operator.
Train company’s computers change lives for hundreds of Malawian children
Children at Chambala Community Day Secondary School in central Malawi have begun to learn computer skills, after the arrival of equipment donated by train company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
Herd of giraffes to be unleashed in Croydon as part of new and exciting art trail
Southern Rail is one of the campaign sponsors, working with Wild in Art and Croydon Business Improvement District
Families can begin the trail by taking the train to East Croydon
An eight-foot giraffe sculpture is set to appear just outside of East Croydon train station as part of a new art trail which will take over Croydon town centre. From Monday 21 August, passengers can see the vibrant g
Morph drops in to tell Brighton youngsters about his London trail
Morph, the cheeky children’s clay character from BBC’s Take Hart of the 1970s, has enjoyed a day trip to Brighton.
GTR donates £12,500 train retirement collection to Sussex children’s hospice
Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice in West Sussex has received a cheque for over £12,500 from train company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). The money was raised at a special charity tour last month, organised with the help of the Branch Line Society, to mark the retirement of the Southern fleet of Class 313 trains.
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Redundant GTR computers transforming children’s lives in Malawi
Children at a rural primary school in Malawi are learning computer skills on recycled tablets provided by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) in partnership with IT recycling and education charity the Turing Trust.
The train company donated over 200 redundant Android tablets to the Trust in November 2021. The charity’s IT workshop team have carried out a comprehensive, data-secure refurbishm
Southern station opens doors to Surrey foodbank
Southern Railway has come to the rescue of a Surrey foodbank that had to move out of its previous accommodation by providing space at the local station. The foodbank, run by the Whyteleafe Community HUB charity, now has its preparation and distribution centre in a large former storeroom at Whyteleafe station.
St Albans station is set to look bloomin’ lovely this spring, thanks to volunteers
Passengers travelling through St Albans City train station can look forward to seeing a burst of colour in the spring after a local charity planted more than 200 flower bulbs
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Samaritans on hand with a cuppa and a chat at East Coast Main Line stations this World Mental Health Day
On World Mental Health Day – today, Monday 10 October - Samaritans and rail partners Network Rail, and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), as well as London North Eastern Railway (LNER), are coming together to raise awareness of Samaritans emotional support services and to encourage rail users to look after their own and each other’s mental wellbeing.
Redundant GTR computers to transform students' lives in Malawi
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are donating 600 redundant computers to The Turing Trust, the IT recycling and education charity. Most are expected to be passed on to schools in Malawi.
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Farewell tour for 40-year-old train fleet raises £26,000 for mental health
The final run for Southern’s now-retired 40-year-old Class 455 fleet has raised over £26,000 for the mental health charity Mind.
Newhaven employability scheme changes lives with abandoned bikes
Help for unemployed, homeless and vulnerable people in East Sussex has received a boost with the donation of bikes abandoned at Southern Railway stations.
Southwark youngsters will bring new life to bikes abandoned at Southern stations
Southern Railway donate bikes abandoned at its stations to Cycling UK
'Build a Bike courses' by Southwark's Community Cycleworks teach young people maintenance skills
15 youngsters will get to keep the bike they renovate
Fifteen young people in south London will learn cycle maintenance skills and earn a renovated bike of their own, thanks to a partnership between Cycling UK and Southern Railwa
Abandoned bikes brought back to life-changing impact
Southern Railway has forged four new recycling partnerships with charities who will restore bikes abandoned on the railway to support their vital community work across Sussex, Surrey and south London.
All four charities run bike recycling programmes, and every month Southern will donate up to 30 bikes from its stock of abandoned and unclaimed machines to each charity in turn.
The train compa
Great Sock Appeal Needs YOU This Christmas
As Covid-19 deepens the poverty crisis, Govia Thameslink Railway partners with local charities across its network once again to support homeless people over the winter season and break stigma associated with homelessness.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s largest rail network, will join forces once again with a variety of its regional charity partners this Christmas, to provide support f
Govia Thameslink Railway food bank pilot scheme collects over 800 meals for local charities
Thanks to generous donations at Bedford and Brighton stations, a total of 822meals have been given to those desperately in need, following a six-week community pilot scheme from Govia Thameslink Railway and UK charity, The Trussell Trust.
The Railway Food Collection is a partnership between Govia Thameslink Railway and local food banks that aims to encourage members of the public, as well as ra
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