Background

The mission of the Mountsorrel Railway project is to recreate this sadly forgotten industrial steam line, which was once crucial to the local community. We aim to recreate the line with the support of the local community as well as the railway community, to work with schools and other groups, and to promote ecological aspects of the project.

The project has reached a point where progress is only limited by a lack of money. Would you consider donating to the Mountsorrel Railway track appeal, so trains can run again from the Great Central Railway towards Mountsorrel?

Please see the Mountsorrel Railway track appeal donation form for more information, or donate online. You can help by donating whatever money you can afford, for example:
  • You could sponsor one or more sleepers at £15 each
  • You could sponsor one or more lengths of rail at £180 each
  • You could setup a standing order donation to the appeal, which would help reopen the Mountsorrel Railway even sooner
For more information please contact George Overton.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

NatWest competition update - please vote!

Thanks to many votes from our supporters, we're in an impressive leading position to claim one of the £6,000 NatWest CommunityForce grants. But if votes don't keep coming in we might miss out. Please vote by following the instructions below, especially if you've tried to vote beforehand and had problems with the process.

 NatWest have devised a voting process that ensures fairness by asking voters to register their email address first. If you have been trying to vote for us but without success please follow these simply instructions. Please note that at times the NatWest website can be very slow. Do be patient.

First register your email address at the following link: https://communityforce.natwest.com/user/register

You will receive a confirmation email with a link you have to click on to confirm your registration.

You can then login using the details you have just entered at the following link: https://communityforce.natwest.com/user/login

Once logged in, go to the NatWest Mountsorrel Railway page: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/2350

Click on the check box to confirm the terms and conditions and then vote for us. Please make sure the vote count goes up by one to ensure your vote has been counted.

The prize money would go towards the £25,000 currently being raised for rail and sleepers to extend the branch to almost a mile long, nearly all the way to Mountsorrel. Winning the £6,000 would make a huge contribution. But we need as many people as possible to vote for us, so please don’t wait, and place your vote now! And please get as many friends and family to also vote for our project. Thank you.

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