From time-to-time the The SVR has itself organised regularly organises membership-wide raffles (rather than groups on the railway doing so for their own benefit) to raise money for particular projects. This has developed into a tradition of an annual raffle.
These ==History== The practice began in the 1960s when quarterly raffles were held by the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] to help raise funds to purchase the line between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade.<ref>SVR News 13 etc</ref> From the 1970s on, raffles were usually promoted by the [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] . Normal practice was to hold two raffles each year, one organised by the Association committee and the other by one of its individual branches.<ref>SVR News 70 (1983), SVR News 137 (2001) etc</ref> Some raffles were for major infrastructure projects such as [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], or purchase and restoration of particular locomotives. Others were for less glamorous projects like better washing facilities for working volunteers<ref>SVR News 73, 74</ref>. At some time after 2006 raffles became annual rather than biannual, and subsequently have been organised by the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited| Guarantee Company]] after since the merger with the two merged Association in October 2015. ==Listing of raffles held==
An incomplete listing is given below:
==See also==
*[[Severn Valley Railway Association]]*[[The 200 Club]]
==References==