My Whole Self Day – 11th March 2025
Community Rail Lancashire (CRL) is joining the My Whole Self Day – celebrating diversity, embracing inclusion. My Whole Self is Mental Health First Aid England’s campaign for workplace culture change, culminating on My Whole Self Day. We want organisations to empower employees to bring their whole self to work. By bringing together diversity and inclusion with […]
International rail safety project launched
This week Karen went to St Luke’s CofE Primary School in Bradford about safety on Transport for London Underground ahead of their upcoming residential! She also introduced the Global Rail Pals project which she is working on with Michel Lintermans in the Netherlands and Kyle Evans at Queensland Rail. Year 6 at St Luke’s are […]
Aboard for Learning! Discover Accrington Eco Station’s Free Educational Workshops
Looking for an exciting, educational day out for your school or community group? Look no further than Accrington Eco Station Education Centre! Tucked beneath the ticket office in a unique space fondly known as “the bunker,” we offer FREE workshops designed to inspire young minds while promoting rail safety, sustainability, and careers in the rail […]
On Track
For the next two years we will be ramping up our work to help disabled people, who lack confidence to travel on public transport, thanks to being part of a funded programme in partnership with Community Rail Network. The programme has been developed in light of evidence showing the proportion of disabled people facing barriers […]
TrainEd Team Members join Bishopline CRP for Careers and Safety Day
Last week Karen and Catherine headed up to Locomotion Railway Museum in Shildon to support the team from the Bishopline CRP with their education engagement for 4 local secondary schools. On Tuesday 4th February and Wednesday 5th February, Locomotion opened its doors to 120 year 8 pupils who learnt about keeping safe on the railway […]
Last Feel Good Field Trip
On Thursday Dave delivered the last Feel Good Field Trip. Since January 2023 there have been 215 trips for over 5200 pupils aged 5-18 at over 40 different destinations. For the final trip, 60 pupils and 10 staff from St Margarets School, Heywood had a trip to London. Despite a delayed start after their coach […]
2024 TrainEd team highlights
2024 has been another busy year for the TrainEd team. Here our some of our highlights of the year. Dave enjoyed planning and delivering Feel Good Field Trips for over 2000 pupils during 2024 but his highlight was taking 50 pupils from Birmingham and Rugby on a trip to Wembley theatre for a workshop and to […]
Railway 200 teaching and learning resources launched.
Next year, the railway will celebrate 200 years! TrainEd is delighted to support a host of activities which will take place during 2025 and into 2026. There are many resources that have been collated for teachers and group leaders to use to celebrate Railway 200 here: Teaching and learning materials – Railway 200
Bolton Wanderers Feel Good Field Trip
On Tuesday, 5th December, 30 excited Year 1 pupils from Willow Lane Primary School in Lancaster embarked on an unforgettable Feel Good Field Trip to Bolton Wanderers. This unique journey combined fun, learning, and adventure, leaving the children with cherished memories to last a lifetime. The day began at Lancaster station, where Dave met the […]
Preston Station – Careers and safety day
Dave took students by train from Burnley College to Preston Station to have talks from the British Transport Police and career talks from a range of different staff at Avanti West Coast. We had college students studying Police Studies, Business Innovation and Construction Management. Students were briefed by Sergeant Laurence Dixon on the importance of […]
