Nature at Newton Station
🌿 Case Study: Nature at Newton – Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership 📍 Location: Newton Station, South Lanarkshire 🛤️ Led by: Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership (CRP) 🤝 Partners: Friends of Newton Station Group, ScotRail, Herbal Homestead, local volunteers, and community groups 🎯 Focus Areas: Biodiversity, community engagement, health and wellbeing, place-making 🌱 Project Overview Nature at Newton is a growing community initiative led by Rail 74 CRP to revitalise the greenspace surrounding Newton Railway Station. This multi-stranded project brings together local people, organisations, and volunteers to turn…
Nature at Newton Station
We are delighted to host session and receive funding from Cross Country Trains to provide interactive and inclusive sessions at newton station in 2025. Our Friends at Newton Station have a facebook page to get information from throughout the year https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563396324475
Acts of Green Love at Newton Station Oct 2021
Concept Aims Our Project Aims were:Awareness of a more sustainable way of travelCommunity cohesionEncourage train support in the wider community rail idealsRaise interest in growing at the stationSignpost greening groups/activitesImprove awareness around mental health support/reducing anxietyHighlight importance of COP26 & climate action within the communitiesDelighting passengers & inspiring a new generation What Happened Recent decline in passengers travelling and lack of confidence in public transport due to covid had urged the Rail 74 CRP/St Charles Primary to take action with simple acts of kindness with a green theme…