The Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership was founded in 2003 and exists to engage communities in creative development projects in the railway environment along the Mid Cheshire Line (Chester to Manchester via Northwich). The Partnership is funded by several local authorities and railway industry partners. Our aim is to develop perceptions of railway stations as community assets. We have been recognised with national and regional awards for innovation in community engagement projects and have recently won significant funding from Cheshire's Year of the Garden 08 to implement an entire line 'community stations garden project' at the majority of stations on the line.
Previous accolades have been achieved for the development of a state of the art community cyber-cafe (The Zone) at Northwich, which delivers adult education, continual learning programmes and youth projects. The Zone has won several awards for 'new uses for station buildings'. This year we won national recognition for work with a local school that delivered safety initiatives and a significant reduction in anti-social behaviour at the local railway station.
Contact: Mark Willcox, Community Rail Officer, c/o Vale Royal Borough Council, Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1AH
Tel: 07825 681583
Email: m.willcox@valeroyal.gov.uk
Website: www.midcheshirerail.org.uk
- Post to:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
Nowpublic
Reddit