Tube Lines supports Barnet nursery school children

The Tube Lines Community Support Fund has boosted the fundraising efforts of Senior Engineer David Price, who is supporting his local nursery school, St Margaret’s in Barnet. David, along with other volunteers, has been helping the school raise funds for new musical equipment by arranging school raffles and various competitions.

 

St Margaret’s Nursery School is attended by over 100 children aged between three and five years old. The school is keen to buy new musical instruments which will help pupils develop basic key skills, and with the help of volunteers and a £300 donation from Tube Lines the school is able to invest in the new equipment.

 

Tube Lines’ Community Support Fund aims to support Tube Lines employees who help good causes through fundraising, volunteering or personal donations.The fund channels money raised through recycling the newspapers left on the Tube to good causes that are supported by its employees. Since the fund started in early 2007, Tube Lines has donated over £30,000 from the money generated through recycling activities.

 

Tube Lines Senior Engineer, David Price said:

“Tube Lines is responsible for many stations in the Barnet area, so it’s great we can help a local nursery. The nursery relies on donations to make ends meet and provide the best they 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, said:

“The Community Support Fund shows Tube Lines’ commitment to giving back to the community. We are delighted in being able to support our employees like David who are involved in fundraising for good causes and will continue to do so in the future.”

 

Tube Lines, the company responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, has more stations in Barnet than any other area. Tube Lines has already refurbished ten of the 13 stations within the area and is set to begin work on the other three stations this year.    

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Notes to Editors

1. Tube Lines is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. London Underground is responsible for operating the Underground, for employing drivers and station staff, for ticketing and fares, and for the Tube’s safety regime.
2. The Tube Lines consortium consists of two shareholders – Amey and Bechtel. They bring together some of the most experienced providers of business services with specialist skills in the rail industry, including track and signal renewals, plus project and operational management. They are providing some of the best project and operational managers from around the world to work on the modernisation of the Tube system. Amey owns two-thirds of Tube Lines’ business and Bechtel one third.

3. Stations located in Barnet that have been refurbished: Burnt Oak, Colindale, Hendon Central, Brent Cross, Golders Green, Totteridge & Whetstone, Woodside Park, Finchley Central, East Finchley and Mill Hill East.

4. Stations located in Barnet that are set to be refurbished: Edgware, High Barnet and West Finchley.

 

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