Gambian Deaf Children Charity Weekend
Gambian Deaf Children Charity Weekend
The Amerton Charity Weekend is on 11th & 12th July 2015. Trains will run each day from 11.30am – 4.30pm and all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to support the ‘Gambian Deaf Children Support Project’ (GDCSP).
On both days the ‘Gambia Express’ will be hauled by the 118 year old locomotive ‘Isabel’ and for this weekend only passengers can have ‘two rides for the price of one’!
Malcolm Garner, driver of ‘Isabel,’ is the founder and Chairman of the charity which has now been working to support the education of deaf children in Gambia for nearly 10 years. Some of their achievements to date and photos and details of the work done by the GDCSP in Gambia will be on display on the platform and they can also be viewed at http://www.gambiandeafchildren.com.
The Amerton Railway Charity Weekends have raised nearly £10, 000 for the work of the GDCSP over 10 years. On Sunday afternoon the Signing Choir from De Ferrers Academy in Burton will perform a number of songs in British Sign Language (BSL) to publicise its importance in education deaf children.
For further details and any other information please contact Malcolm Garner direct on 07811 333373 or at malcolm.garner@yahoo.co.uk.