Survey Response Document
GWR Customer & Community Improvement Fund
Unconfirmed
#00008924

Please tell us about the project
First, we need some details about the project you’re reporting on

1. Name of Organisation: Gloucester Model Railway Club
2. Name of person submitting report: Paul Armstrong
3. Job Title of person submitting report: Committee Member
4. Email Address: pa####@#######.com
5. Phone Number: ##### #######

Project Update – How are things going?
We’d love to know how things are going – please let us know accurately on your success so far and
any challenges you’re facing.

If you’re not delivering to plan, we need to know and please get in touch with us directly by email
Community.Fund@GWR.com

6. How much has been delivered?
Give us some quick headlines on the delivery you’ve achieved since your last update to us; you don’t
need to include delivery you have reported on before:

As this funding has only recently been awarded, we are of course in the very early stages.
However, I am pleased to say that I visited GWRs Customer services Manager (Sarah Bennet) at
Gloucester Station 20th May and had a full discussion on what is required, location and logistics for
the public model railway display we will be putting together for the station. We also had a further
chat around one or two suggestions I made regarding GWR possibly marketing this as part of a
Cotswold Line day out, given the other heritage interests Sarah mentioned at Stroud and Kemble. I
also mentioned our club’s proposed railway display at Gloucester’s British Waterways Museum
which we’d been approached for at a later date.

During our discussion, we agreed upon providing a Gloucester based model/diorama 6ftx2ft to be
displayed adjacent to the ticket office. Details of the specific theme are now being worked out by
our members – which is likely to be a historical context. We also held our club AGM last week
where, in addition to this project, we also decided to look at re-starting our youth section (which
was part of the bid). We are currently in the process of finalising the processes necessary to run a

youth section again and will shortly be convening a meeting on that subject regarding how we re-
open and recruit to the group. One possibility will be school visits as part of that drive.

As regards funding, I originally bid for approx. £700 towards the Youth Section and £300 for the
diorama, although I can see the actual division of costs may change somewhat if we want to
produce a good quality, robust display for Gloucester station. This, I’m sure, will be projected to
some extent in the next month or two during planning.
As a final note, the members are very keen on both these projects and are already getting
involved.

7. Are you delivering in line with your original plan?
Projects need to deliver to the agreed timescales: Yes – we’re on track

8. How much of your funding have you spent so far?
Please let us know a value in whole £: NIL

9. Do you have any photos of your project being delivered?
We love seeing the work you’re doing in your projects. Do you have any photos you could share of
your work so far? Please send them by email to Community.Fund@GWR.com: No – no photos yet