New Art Installation at Worcester Foregate Street Station
A coalition of partners has created an exciting new Art Installation at Worcester’s Foregate Street Station.
The aim of the installation is to enhance the environment, to improve the visual impact for visitors, to provide information for tourists, to encourage sustainable travel and to promote the City of Worcester and all it has to offer.
The collaboration is between: WCRP; The Arts Society Worcester; the Colour Palette Co.; Worcester BID; Estee Allen-Powell (the artist); and two art mentees.
See more here…
Worcester Access Map
Our new Worcester Access Map is now available.
The map contains information on the best walking, wheeling, cycling routes for people with hidden and visible disabilities.
It is available either as a download from this website, or as a printed copy.
We hope the map will encourage Worcester visitors to use sustainable forms of transport – such as rail – to both access, and move around, the city.
It has been created by WCRP with funding from GWR. We worked in partnership with the University of Worcester and Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership (GCRP) to produce a valuable resource for visitors to the city.
Students from the University received training and guidance from GCRP on how to walk the routes collecting data which was sent to the designer for input onto the map.
Which Side of the Tracks
County Lines Video Released
Stop press: WCRP Video wins a Community Rail Network Award 2024
Read the full story here…
Which Side of the Tracks - County Lines Video
New resource aims to prevent child exploitation by drug traffickers
A new video resource to help schools, train operators and youth workers prevent children being groomed and exploited by drug trafficking gangs has been released.
This video is a resource to help schools, train operators and youth workers prevent children being groomed and exploited by drug trafficking gangs.
Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults in this way is recognised as modern slavery and perpetrators can be prosecuted for forcing their victims to sell drugs.
Community Champions Award for WCRP 2023
WCRP is delighted to receive an award from WMR for our work to keep young people safe in Worcestershire. Our film ‘Which side of the Tracks’ has inspired partners to create a range of resources to help schools, train operators and youth workers prevent children being exploited by criminal gangs.
WCRP took part in a Safer Communities Day at Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form earlier this year where the film was shown to 250 pupils followed by discussion on the main themes. Platform, our rail education scheme, also offer classroom based activities on their website here platformrail.org/resources/which-side-of-the-tracks.
WCRP Vice Chair, Colin Major said “I am delighted that this collaborative work between the West Midlands Safer Travel Team, West Mercia Police and West Midlands Railway lead by our WCRP Partnership Officer Fiona Saxon has been recognised. The video is available to anyone who can alert young people to the dangers of County Lines and to assure them that help is available.”
Known as ‘County Lines’, gangs and organised criminal networks move illegal drugs and weapons from one area to another using dedicated mobile phones lines.
They groom children and vulnerable adults to assist them with this by using coercion, intimidation, and violence.
The video has been developed in partnership with Worcester Cathedral, Platform, the Clewer Initiative, Mothers’ Union and Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (WCRP).
New Film – Take the train to Worcester
Take the train to Worcester for a fabulous day out.
Discover how much Worcester has to offer with this brand new film, with GWR and WMT.
Building links
within the County of
Worcestershire
Embedding stations within the communities that they serve
Working with communities to enhance their local stations
Engaging with businesses and organisations within the County
Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership has been established to enable local communities to work with the three Train Operating Companies to improve the 18 stations within the County.
What are the benefits of the Worcester CRP?
- Engage with communities to improve station facilities and encourage support for rail use.
- Encourage Station Adoption Groups to enhance station environments and build local pride in the facilities.
- Improve station accessibility through sustainable travel plans.
- Support links between the stations and local businesses.
At its heart, community rail connects communities, schools, businesses, charities and organisations in enhancing and improving local rail services.
This community rail partnership is a member of the Community Rail Network. Everyone works together for a common goal, to make local rail more sustainable, economical, enjoyable and safe. Read an overview of the role community rail partnerships will play to support our communities’ and railways’ recovery, and help to ‘build back better’
The partners financially support our work to meet these mutually beneficial aims of increasing passenger numbers and putting something back into the local communities.
>>> Read more about all of Our Partners here …
