The Community Rail Education Network meeting on Thursday 19 October focused on engaging with the wide range of special educational needs within communities. The resources from this session (from speakers Community Rail Lancashire, Kent CRP, Platform Rail and the Friends of Hindley Station) are now available on the Education Network website.

The next Education Network meeting will be held on Thursday 9 November, 10am-12pm. The session will focus on safeguarding training and information and will be joined by Joe Clay from Railway Children. There will also be an update on the ‘Platforms for Change’ project from the Scouts.  

The Education Network is open to anyone with an interest in railway education. If you would like to join the Network and attend any of the upcoming meetings, or if you have any education or youth engagement matters you would like to discuss, please contact Karen Bennett on karen@communityrail.org.uk.

All notes, resources and recordings from previous meetings are available to view on the Education Network website, using generic username ‘Education Network’ and password ‘Z9Y2L79aGjvdYMSE2Khc#80A’.