HOLLYBROOK SECONDARY IS FINALIST IN PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Friday 4 September 2009
A Glasgow school has been named as a finalist in a prestigious community awards’ scheme.
Hollybrook Special Needs Secondary School has been shortlisted in the Involving Young People category of the Community Rail Awards for its "adoption" of the city’s Queen Park Station.
Pupils have transformed the station, thanks to tending four brightly-planted half-barrel planters on the station’s island platform.
Their work is supported by ScotRail’s Adopt a Station scheme which aims to put stations at the heart of communities.
Irene McNally, Principal Teacher of Enterprise, Employability and Citizenship at Hollybrook, said: "We were thrilled to recently win an award in the Glasgow Community Champion Awards for our work which included ‘adopting’ Queens Park Station.
"We are delighted at being shortlisted in another awards’ scheme. It’s all down to the hard work of our pupils in adding colour to the station.
John Yellowlees, ScotRail’s external relations manager, said: "I am pleased for the school and the recognition of our Adopt a Station scheme.
"The plants cared for by Hollybrook pupils have made the station brighter and even more welcoming."
The awards are sponsored by The Association of Community Rail Partnerships, a federation of more than 60 community rail partnerships and rail promotion groups across the UK. It works with decision-makers to ensure that local rail’s important role is fully recognised.
The awards’ gala dinner will be held on September 25 in Carlisle.
Media enquiries
John Yellowlees, ScotRail Communications: 0141 335 4787 / john.yellowlees@firstgroup.com
www.scotrail.co.uk
Notes to Editors
Pictures available on request from Hollybrook Secondary, tel: 0141-423 5937
ScotRail’s Adopt A Station scheme has gone from strength to strength since launched in September 2005. Nearly 80 stations now benefit from floral displays maintained by volunteers and funded by ScotRail. Initiatives range from spectacular murals, second-hand bookshops, a toy library, and heritage centres, to community meeting rooms and a model railway club-room.
Hollybrook Secondary pupils have been involved with the Princes Trust in litter busting at Riccarton St Park, initiatives to tackle graffiti, and also with GREAT, doing gardening work in homes and community plots.
