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A Team Of Rail Industry Colleagues, Led By Network RailS Wessex Route Director, Mark Goodall, Recently Completed The London Landmarks Half Marathon, Raising Vital Funds In Aid Of Charity Cosy Coats. The Rail Industry Team Consisting Of Mark Goodall; Laura Heath, Network RailS Southern Region Programme Manager; Deborah Pike, Network Rail Performance Process Specialist; Zeb Butt, Network Rail Security Assurance Analyst; Tara Walsh, Network Rail Customer Account Manager, And Eleni Jordan, Commercial And Customer Director At C2C, Partnered With A Group Of Teachers And Have So Far Raised A Combined Ps8,436 For The Cosy Coats Charity, Which Mark Goodall Mark Completed The Course In Two Hours And 15 Minutes While Laura Broke The Sub Two-Hour Mark, Crossing The Line In One Hour And 50 Minutes. Following Completing The Half Marathon, Mark Commented: IM Delighted To Have Completed The London Landmarks Half Marathon And Raised Vital Funds For Cosy Coats, A Charity Very Dear To My Heart. It Has Been Several Years Since I Ran Any Significant Distance And Even With My Training, It Was A Very Tough Challenge. However, The Thought Of A Child In Need Without A Warm Coat On Their Back Really Drove Me On And IM So Pleased With The Near Ps8,000 WeVe Already Raised Which Will Go Such A Long Way In Purchasing New Coats That Will Bring Both Warmth And Self-Esteem To Those Children Who Most Need It. IM So Grateful To My Network Rail Colleagues And Teachers Who Joined Me In Tackling This Half Marathon And Kindly Ask If Anyone Is Willing To Sponsor Us, No Matter The Amount, It Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Cosy Coats Works With Schools And Other Organisations To Identify Children And Families In Need Of New Coats. The Children Identified Can Choose A Coat Of Choice From High Street Provider Such As Next Or Marks & Spencer Which Ensures They Are Wearing A Coat They Are Proud Of, And Something That Is New And Theirs. Most Of The Time, Children Never Find Out That A Charity Purchased Their Coat. Since Launching The Charity In 2020, Cosy Coats Has Provided Nearly 1,000 Coats For Children At Over 100 Schools. Two Years Ago, Mark Opened A Pop-Up Shop At Birmingham New Street Station In The Hope Of Selling The 22 Coats He Had Bought In The Space Of A Week. The Generosity Of The Public Saw To It That He Had Sold Out Within Just A Little Over Three Hours, Requiring Him To Go And Purchase Some More That Evening. Since Then The Charity Has Continued To Grow - In 2023 It Provided Coats For Around 400 Children - And Last October, Mark Ran Another Pop Up-Shop In Birmingham, Again Selling All Of The Coats Available. To Donate To The Half Marathon Runners, Please Visit: For More Information About The Charity, Visit: . Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Rob Breckon Senior Communications Manager - Southern Network Rail 07395 390759 We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
