Retail and Fundraising
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Check out the latest arrivals at the WR Shops in Leeming Bar and Leyburn ! |
WR Christmas Order Form
Christmas Cards, Calendars, Books and other present ideas.
Click for full details and order form
WR 2011 Calendar
The WR Calendar 2011 is now available to buy at the usual WR retail outlets (price held at £6.95).
Featuring shots of the Railway's resident and visiting rolling stock at locations along the line, the calendar is supplied packaged with mailing envelope.
Dinky Toy Enthusiasts
Pop into Leyburn Shop as soon as you can to see our great range of collectable (1950s/1960s) Dinky Toys or call 01969 625182 on train running days for further details or to reserve an item.
Train Sounds
Leyburn Shop has recently been the lucky recipient of a collection of train sounds on vinyl. Many of the LPs are on the renowned "Argo Transacord" label.
Click here to see the full list (updated 27 August 2010)
Call the Leyburn Shop (01969 625182) on train running days to check current availability or to reserve these vary rare and highly collectable records.
Prices are £12 for single LP.
Cinerail and Marsden Rail DVDs
The Wensleydale Railway shops are pleased to be able to offer the full Cinerail and Marsden Rail DVD range. There is something for everyone from profiles of modern diesel locomotives to vintage footage from the 1950s, including some of our own area. A future release will include some interesting shots of the Wensleydale line.
Click to see details of the full DVD range.
Place your order through the WR shops by email and we will send your order POST FREE.
Make sure you include your telephone number so that we can ring you to arrange payment, and please allow 14 days for delivery. Every order directly helps the Wensleydale Railway.
Shop or Search Online and Support the WRA
 | If you shop online there is now a simple, easy and FREE way for you to support the Wensleydale Railway Association. Best of all, you can even save money ! |
We've teamed up with easyfundraising who provide a shopping directory listing some of your favourite online stores. Over 500 popular retailers participate including Amazon, Play.com, Toys 'R' Us, Dell, John Lewis, Woolworths, HMV, Comet and Vodafone.
All you need to do is use the links provided on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost, we will receive up to 15% of every purchase you make. It's that simple !
It doesn't cost a penny extra to shop and raise funds in this way and you can even SAVE money as many retailers give exclusive discounts and savings when you shop using the easyfundraising site.
If you shop online anyway why not help raise extra funds for us by using this completely FREE service.
Visit easyfundraising and when you register select Wensleydale Railway Association as the organisation you wish to support.
You can also raise money every time you do an online search with easysearch. Make easysearch your search engine of choice!
As at 21 July 2010, WRA has received £1,494.23 (via 102 supporters and four referred organisations) from easyfundraising and easysearch.
EasyFundraising Referral Scheme
The WRA can raise extra money by introducing other groups or charities to easyfundraising. The WRA will earn 20% of whatever the other group raise without this in any way affecting the amount raised by that group. So both the WRA and the other group benefit.
To refer another group in this way please ask them to join easyfundraising by using this WRA link.
The money raised from our referred organisations is included in the total amount shown above.
Coin Challenge - 40 Miles of Coins
The WRA has embarked on a challenge to collect 40 Miles of coins which is 70,400 yards. All UK coins are counted in our totals. As at 21 July 2010
45p of one pence pieces = 1 yard
£39 in £1 coins = 1 yard.
Why not save your spare copper coins and donate them to the WRA. This can be done by taking coins to Leeming Bar office, or Leyburn Station, please mark your package Coin Challenge.
We have collected
4,170 Yards
and have raised £7,459.71 
WRA 250 Club
The 250 Club is a long term fund-raising project, established on the initiative of the Northallerton Branch, and operated by the Branch on behalf of the WRA Ltd Management Board.
Fully paid up members of the Association, who are over 16 years of age, may apply for membership of the Club. By making an annual payment of £12 you purchase 12 Units with the same number.
There is a monthly draw into which these numbers are entered giving you 12 chances per year to win a prize. Click here to see the recent prizewinners.
(August winners added)
The Club year runs from 1 October until 30 September the following year. At the beginning of each Club year the gross takings are equally divided between WRA Ltd and Prize Money after a deduction for administration purposes.
In the current year £450 has been donated for the purchase four hot water boilers and items of crockery for Catering. The Club Committee thanks 250 Club members for their support in making these purchases possible.
| 2010/11 renewal details are now being despatched. New applications for the next period should be sent in by the end of August for inclusion in the October draw onwards. (posted 2 August 2010) |
(Photo: Malcolm Street)
Donations
Money
Donations to either the WRA or the Wensleydale Railway Trust (WRT) to help progress the reinstatement of the railway are welcome at all times. The WRA is not a charity and may use donated funds in line with the aims of the Association on any project of its choosing. The WRT is a charity and is permitted to spend money only on activities relating to its charitable purposes (see below). Donations made to the WRT may qualify for Gift Aid.
A "Development Fund" has been created to support major projects on the railway, such as permanent maintenance/workshop facilities. These projects would be in co-operation with the plc. A minor works fund has also been created.
Goods
The Association also accepts donations of items for re-sale by auction, normally either in arrangement with Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn or online through the WRA eBay team. These are important and proven fund-raising mechanisms.
Goods do not have to be railway or transport related and will be appraised and categorised for specialist sale if appropriate. Contact the WRA eBay Team or telephone Stuart Thompson on 01904 750058 for eBay donations(WRA). For FOLS eBay donations please contact Sandra Ward by email.
Current items on the WRA eBay pages can be viewed here (WRA) or here (WRA-FOLS).
Wensleydale Railway Trust (WRT)
The Wensleydale Railway Trust Ltd is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, without share capital, established by the WRA in October 2000 to support and promote educational, heritage and other charitable aspects of the Wensleydale Railway. The Trust was set up, in part, to facilitate the acceptance of donations of money or materials from individuals or organisations only able to gift to a charity. In such circumstances a "mile of track" (ex-Settle and Carlisle line) was donated by Railtrack NorthWest in September 2001 to the WRT which has managed its use and incorporation into the railway.
The Trust can own assets in its own right (which it can permit to be used on the railway) and has purchased rolling stock (1929 built "Walrus" ballast hopper) which awaits restoration. The costs of public displays and exhibitions (which help to educate the public about the past and present of the railway) are also a legitimate charge to the Trust's resources. The Trusts’s objects enable it to support the training of volunteers, and it has met training costs, both by paying fees when external training is needed and by supporting in-house training, particularly by buying training equipment and furnishing the Training Room at Leeming Bar.
The most significant project managed by the Trust has been the acquisition and restoration of the North Wootton Signal Box. David Walker managed this project on behalf of the Trust, and successfully applied for a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Trust’s next major project will be the restoration of Scruton Station. The preliminary work on this project is already under way.
In March 2009 The Trust revised the Objects in its Memorandum of Association, so that the Advancement of Heritage is now an object alongside its educational objects, and its power to restore and maintain rolling stock has been clarified.
The Trust is run by a Council of six trustees. The Chairman is David Haxby, Secretary Philip Smith and Treasurer Mike Alexander. The other trustees are Colin Brown, Angus Maude and David Walker. Individual membership of the WRT is available on payment of a subscription (minimum £10 per year). Although careful not to compete in any way with the WRA, the Trust is keen to enlarge its member base and as its income increases it intends to play a more prominent part in the development of the railway than hitherto.
Further details about the Trust are available from the Company Secretary of the Trust and leaflets about the Trust are available in the Railway shops.
Enquiries specifically about membership should be addressed to David Haxby.
The Foundation Fund
In issue 48 of Relay there was a reference to ‘the newly launched Foundation Fund’. What is this?
The Trust relies for most of its income on donations. It can, of course, apply for grants, and was recently successful in obtaining a grant from the lottery to help with the restoration of the North Wootton Signal Box. But after the work on the box has been completed it will remain in the ownership of the Trust and will have to be maintained.
It became clear to the directors of the Trust that to enable it to take on longer term and more substantial responsibilities, whether buildings or other commitments, it needed a more predictable income from invested funds which is additional to its fluctuating income from donations.
The Trust’s Council therefore resolved to establish a Foundation Fund. Money placed in this Fund would not be available for immediate use, but would be invested to provide income for future use. Donations totalling £3,000 have already been received to enable the Fund to be opened.
In order to attract money for investment in the Foundation Fund, the Trust has established a new category of membership. A Foundation Member may be an individual or a corporate body making a single donation of at least £500. An individual Foundation Member will be a member of the Trust for life with the same rights as other individual members. A corporate Foundation Member will be granted membership for 10 years, and at the end of this period a number of options will be available (see detailed terms).
The names of all Foundation Members will be listed prominently in the Annual Report of the Company (unless anonymity is requested). The support given by Corporate Foundation Members will also be publicly acknowledged whenever it seems appropriate, unless the member requests no publicity.
Anyone considering becoming a Foundation Member is invited to contact David Haxby, by phone on 01845 526893, by email or by post to 1 The Croft, Sowerby, Thirsk, N Yorks YO7 1NZ.
Full details and an application form will then be provided.
Gift Aid
A charity is able to recover tax on money donated through the Gift Aid Scheme.
If you wish to make a donation to the WRT during your lifetime please contact the Company Secretary of the Trust to request a Gift Aid Declaration Form. If you are a taxpayer, completion of this form will enable the Trust to reclaim tax you have paid and will significantly increase the value of your gift by 28p for each £1 donated. Cheques should be made payable to "Wensleydale Railway Trust Ltd".
Please note that the Gift Aid Scheme cannot be used for WRA membership subscriptions or WRA donations. Similarly WRA subscriptions and donations cannot be made with "charity cheques".
Will Provisions
Suitable provisions can be made in your will to leave money to the Wensleydale Railway. If you nominate the WRT as the beneficiary then the bequest is free of Inheritance Tax. Click here for leaflet which includes sample wordings.
Disclaimer : This area of the law is complex. Neither the WRA nor the WRT accept any liability for actions taken or not taken in relation to the issues addressed in this section and you are strongly advised to seek independent professional advice.