Case study – Community – Charity and community partnership

Recycling cash for good causes

In its first year the Tube Lines Community Support Fund has enabled us to channel some £16,500 – raised through our recycling activities – back into the community by boosting the fundraising efforts of our employees who are actively involved with charities, local organisations and community initiatives.

The scheme has already supported 60 employees and numerous charities, including the Alzheimer's Society, Macmillan Cancer Support, local scout groups and premature baby charity BLISS.

Nursery school

Tube Lines’ Senior Engineer David Price is one of a group of volunteers helping his local nursery school, St Margaret’s in Barnet, to raise funds for new musical equipment by arranging school raffles and various competitions.

St Margaret’s is attended by over 100 children aged between three and five years old. Thanks to the fundraising activities of the volunteers, topped up with a £300 donation from Tube Lines, the school will be able to buy new musical instruments that will help pupils develop basic key skills.

“Tube Lines is responsible for many stations in the Barnet area, so it’s great we can help a local nursery,” says David. “The nursery relies on donations to make ends meet and provide the best it can for the children. This donation will go a long way in helping us bring smiles to the faces of many young children.”

Louise Brooker-Carey, Director of Communications at Tube Lines, who chairs the Community Support Fund, adds: “The Community Support Fund shows Tube Lines’ commitment to putting something back into the communities where we work. We are delighted to be able to support employees like David who are involved in fundraising for good causes, and will continue to do so in the future.”

Meningitis Trust

Gavin Silvey, Northern line Improvement Projects Manager, received extra support when he cycled from London to Paris, a total of 300km, in aid of the Meningitis Trust. “I applied for Tube Lines support and they agreed to donate £300 towards my target, which was a terrific help,” he says. “Friends of mine lost their young son to the disease a few years ago. This was an opportunity for me to do something.”

HIV awareness

Another employee, Project Analyst Darren Henderson, walked over 10km through the capital for Crusade’s Walk for Life, Europe’s largest walk, to help raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. "I took part to help people who have been affected by the devastating HIV virus,” he says. “I enjoy making a difference and hope a cure will be discovered soon. Without support from schemes such as this there is little hope.”