Community Rail Week - partner toolkit

Thank you for your support of Community Rail Week 2025. We’ll be using the week to raise awareness and shine a spotlight on the vital work our members deliver within their communities all year linking in with the theme of Railway 200. You can find out more about the week and the theme here.

We’d appreciate your support in amplifying our messages to your audiences, partners and colleagues.

To help you to do this, we’ve produced a range of digital tools that you are welcome to use to link in with our national campaign.

If you’d like to discuss how you can help support in more detail, please get in touch with our Comms team here.

Community rail activities and events

Map of activities

This map is being updated all the time. If you would like a downloadable list of activities for a specific region/country, please get in touch with our Comms team. Also get in touch if you’d like to attend or give specific support to any of the activities listed on the map.

If you are delivering an event, activity or online promotion during the week that we can add to the map and share, please get in touch.

Social media

We’re provided an example post below that you can lift and use on your social media channels to show your support during the week:

Launch – Monday 19 May

We’re proud to support #CommunityRailWeek, launching today linking in with #Railway200. This week local community organisations across Britain will be showcasing the work they deliver to bring people together, create more inclusive communities and help tackle social isolation. You can find out more here: communityrail.org.uk

Generic post – anytime throughout the week

This #CommunityRailWeek we want to share why we are passionate about supporting this grassroots movement. [insert why your organisation/business supports community rail]

We’re proud to support #CommunityRailWeek, shining a spotlight on the positive impact community rail initiatives have on social inclusion and access to opportunity, sustainable travel and tourism, health and wellbeing, and local economic developement. You can find out more here: communityrail.org.uk

Community Rail Network’s social messages

Our social media schedule

You can see what key messages we are posting and when using this schedule. You’ll notice each day has a different theme, linking in with the four key themes of Railway 200:

Monday – Launch day messaging

Tuesday – Skills & education

Wednesday – Innovation, technology & environment

Thursday – Heritage, culture & tourism

Friday – Celebrating railway people

Saturday & Sunday – generic Community Rail Week messaging

Graphics

Template social media graphic (editable)

Countdown graphic – 1 day to go

Countdown graphic – 2 days to go

Countdown graphic – 3 days to go

Graphic with date and theme