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Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd

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*In May 2016, the Trust secured a grant of £75,000 from the Department for Transport towards a project which will transform the Railway’s facilities for disabled visitors by adapting a carriage to wheelchair use to complete the SVR’s fleet of accessible carriages, and rebuilding a second carriage to provide wheelchair-accessible dining facilities
*It works with supporters to ensure their wishes are kept when they decide to leave a final legacy to the Railway in their Will.
*In October 2017 the Trust announced it was establishing an In Memory Garden for SVR supporters, close to [[The Engine House]]. The area is directly beneath the gallery, on level ground below the retaining slope. Initial work involved fencing off the area and creating a set of access steps, before landscaping and designing the garden layout and planting scheme.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/memorial-garden Memorial Garden - Landscaping garden design expertise needed, SVRLive, 16 October 2017] (Retrieved 14 July 2018</ref>. By July 2018 vegetation clearance was underway.
===Current appeals===
[[The LNER Carriage Group]] - part of the Trust<br>
[[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall]] - integrated into the trust to maximise income through Gift Aid<br>
[[Falling Sands Viaduct]]<br>[[The Engine House#Commemorative_Garden|Commemorative Garden]]
==References==
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