THE 2007 GREAT RAIL CHALLENGE

www.rmt.org.uk :: march 2007 :: RMTnews 27 P laces are still available for the Railway Children’s Great Rail Challenge in May. This one-day event is an opportunity to raise funds to help children worldwide who are alone, at risk and living on the streets. The charity is looking for teams of four to take part in a series of physical and mental challenges in Sunningdale Park, Ascot, designed to test teams to the limit in lots of different situations. All the activities are designed to have objectives to encourage workplace skills: teamwork, strategic thinking, decision making, communications and negotiation. Teams will be awarded points for completing each activity and there will be lots of unexpected twists and turns throughout the day to enable each team to gain more points. The challenge starts before the event when additional points can be earned by raising funds for the charity. The team which is most successful in combining physical, mental, team building and fundraising skills will be the ultimate winner of The Great Rail Challenge Cup 2007. Your investment will be £300 per head for the first team; subsequent teams will be allocated places at £250 per head. So if you are interested in a great “team building” day out, with a chance to help vulnerable children, get in touch. Railway Children is a registered charity, No. 1058991. It works in the UK and worldwide giving a point of contact for homeless children at railway stations, providing shelter, food, healthcare, education and above all, friendship. The countries in which it provides support includes India, Mexico, Guatemala, Russia, Tanzania, Kenya and the UK. For further information e- mail events@railwaychildren.org.uk or Railway Children, 1st Floor 1, the Commons, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1EG. R MT member Tony Bint will be taking part in a trek across South Africa this month in aid of St John Ambulance and is looking for sponsors. The 10-day trek starts at Cape Town, passes through the Cederberg Wilderness and ends at the top of Table Mountain. Trekkers will also spend a day at a project run by St John Ambulance, South Africa. Trekkers will visit one of two projects run by St. John Ambulance South Africa. The first project offers sustainable home-based care to HIV/Aids sufferers living in communities visited by the Phelophepa train, a 16-car train which travels the country providing health screenings, education and medical treatment. The other is a community project aiming to increase the health of young children and reduce the mortality rate of under-fives. Tony said that trekking 125 miles from Sandriff near Cape Town to Table Mountain will be an adventure of a lifetime with for a worthwhile cause. He has been a member of St John Ambulance in Derbyshire for 12 years. Despite a full-time job at Bombardier in Derby, he still manages to give on average 500 voluntary duty hours a year – providing First Aid/ambulance cover at local events including the football at Pride Park and working with east midlands ambulance service. “I would like to raise £5,000 and I am looking for sponsors who can help me reach my target. It is a long way – all uphill – to the top of Table Mountain,” he says. Trekkers will be raising sponsorship to take part and this money will be ploughed back into local and national St John Ambulance projects. Each trekker must raise a minimum of £2,700 and pay a registration fee of £300. Sponsorship money must be received before the end of April. For further information on the trek or to make a donation visit website www.justgiving.com/tonybint The site is totally secure and if you are a UK taxpayer a further 28 per cent in tax can be added at no extra cost to you. THE 2007 GREAT RAIL CHALLENGE SOUTH AFRICA TREK IN AID OF ST JOHN AMBULANCE