Fighting Fund

Railfuture Fighting Fund

Railfuture can provide funding to rail campaigners to enhance, promote and protect the railway.

Our Fighting Fund currently holds around £20,000, which has been accrued from donations, appeals and the annual draw.

We encourage branches to request funds for local campaigning where it cannot be covered by the annual cash grants.

Any organisation can apply for a grant. Typical awards are £100-£500. There have been four applications in the past two years and all were successful.

Outside organisations are expected to contribute towards their own campaign and show that attempts have been made to obtain funding elsewhere.

Railfuture expects to be given public recognition for any funding that it provides. Like all grants, the organisation must put forward a case for funding, with evidence.

Railfuture's original Rail Defence Fund provided funding to fight proposals to close stations and/or lines (now thankfully very rare).

The Fighting Fund has a wider remit:

• Fighting attempts to reduce passenger services (including closures)

• Developing proposals for infrastructure improvements to the British railway network, such as new stations, reopened lines, passing loops, line speed increases, station modernisations, electrification etc.

• General campaigning, which does not fall into the above two categories, such as producing publicity to promote existing services and rail freight.

How to apply for funding

Click here fighting_fund