WHAT IS THE RAILWAY BALL?

The Railway Ball is when the great UK Rail industry comes together to have fun and help change children’s lives. The Ball generates income used by Railway Children to transform lives here in the UK, as well as in India and East Africa.

VITAL STATISTICS

2000

ESTABLISHED

15,000 RAIL

EXECS

£8 MILLION

RAISED

275,000

CHILDREN

PROVEN

HIGH ATTENDANCE

FOR RAILWAY CHILDREN

LIVES MADE BETTER

Ball Supporters

Over 190 businesses have supported the Ball over the years in some shape or form. Many attend year on year.

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TEAM WORK

The Railway Ball is brought about by a committed team who’ve helped countless children thanks to the amazing generosity and fundraising brilliance of the businesses and individuals who attend and donate.

CHAIRS & TREASURER

Chairperson

Dyan Perry (nee Crowther) OBE

CEO, HS1

Vice Chair

Mark Hopwood CBE

MD, GWR

Past Chairman

Sir Michael Holden

Coledale Consulting

Treasurer & Company Secretary

Debbie Francis

Managing Director, Loram UK

Vice Chair

James Bain

CEO, Worldline UK & Ireland

Vice Chair

Angie Doll

CEO, Govia Thameslink Railway

PATRONS

Lisa Coleman Worldline

The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber in the County of Wiltshire Network Rail

Mark Thurston HS2

Andy Lord Transport for London

Darren Caplan Railway Industry Association

Andrew Haines Network Rail

COMMITTEE

Richard Allan Chiltern Railways

Chris Atkinson Trainline

Sambit Banerjee Siemens Mobility

Clive Berrington Network Rail

Jean-Pierre Bertrand Colas Rail UK

Simon Blanchflower CBE GCRE

Rufus Boyd Great British Railways Transition Team

Rupert Brennan Brown Rail Positive Solutions

Oxana Brookes Redgrave Partners

Malcolm Brown Angel Trains

Graeme Bunker-James CRC Ltd & A1SLT

Anit Chandarana Department for Transport

Jason Cotterrell Global

Jamie Crystal EY

Gary Franklin Belmond

Stuart Harvey Transport for London

Philip Heathcote UK Power Networks Services

Ben Hewlett Granger Reiss

Tom Joyner CrossCountry

David McLoughlin Business Daily Group

Jack Miller Railway Children

Craig Moffat Belmond

Chris Rayner HS2

Richard Schofield Project Leaders

Martin Sheehan Trainline

Grace Smithen Railway Industry Association

Mark Swindell Rock Rail

Mark Tarry Innorail

Ed Thomas KPMG

Joe Whalen Railway Project Services

Christian Wolmar Writer & Broadcaster

Piers Wood Alstom

EVENT ORGANISERS

Alison Rhind-Tutt CL Events

Get Involved

The Ball committee is made up of senior rail executives who voluntarily give their time and use their influence to improve the lives of Railway Children. The rewards are immeasurable.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Last year’s Ball raised £461,000 thanks to over 1,400 generous guests and more than 100 kind-hearted businesses buying tickets and sponsoring. This helped Railway Children support thousands of children here’s a few examples…