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If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must give permission for you to volunteer, and you will always be supervised by an adult whilst onsite. We cannot always provide supervision in all departments, so this may restrict days younger people can volunteer without a parent or guardian visiting with you.
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Many departments have their own social media groups to relay any calls for help or short notice changes, plus e-mail contact lists for organising projects and work parties.
There are also general social media groups across multiple platforms for all departments, which enables all volunteers to be kept abreast of any changes and upgrades around the railway, receive formal documents and announcements, and also allow the sharing of memories and experiences from your time on the railway.
Members of the NSRC receive a tri-annual journal detailing the latest activities associated with the railway plus a periodic e-newsletter, whilst Shareholders of the PLC receive an annual update from the company.
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We let you break away from the doom and gloom of modern life to the high life of the railways.
This is a free Green Gym.
Make new friends and yearly social event arranged by the railway.
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A good number of our volunteers have moved across departments during their time on the railway. One particular case has seen a volunteer join the Motive Power Department to gain engineering skills, before moving to events and commercial. Another member joined for the Diesel Department but then went onto guarding, signalman and ops officer.
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With the natural flow of volunteers, member do often leave various items behind for re-use which are distributed amongst the remaining volunteers as required.
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