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Lifesavers honoured

The nominees for each and every category in the RailStaff Awards are real heroes, but only those honoured with the Lifesaver Award can say...

So much to celebrate

With the summer now behind us, the nights are quickly closing in and the creature comforts of home are becoming more appealing in the...

Get ready for Rail Wellbeing Live 2024

Rail staff face health and safety challenges unheard of in most other industries. Accidents and traumatic events, abusive customer behaviour, the toll of physical...

Working together to relieve stress and strain

Mandy Geal & Professor Patricia Riddell Stress is a complex problem and the responsibility for mitigating its worst impact is not always clear. Individuals are advised...

Community health and rail

Columnist Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain explores the link between access to travel and community wellbeing. When we think of ‘health’, we usually picture hospitals, undertaking physical activities,...

ResponSec: Saving lives on the rails

If there’s one category at the RailStaff Awards with a little more weight than the rest, it’s the Lifesaver Award. While the nominees in...

What makes a good listener?

Listening supports safety and a strong people culture that values mental health. It’s something we can all learn to be better at, says Lucinda...

Northern staff in County Durham praised for saving woman in distress

Three members of Northern’s train presentation team have been praised after they saved a woman who climbed onto the tracks. Connor Strover, Phil Williams and...

Rail Minister applauds Railway Mission’s £1.8 million value to society

Rail Minister Huw Merriman joined fellow MPs and peers to hear how RSSB’s research is verifying the social value of the Railway Mission’s work,...

Samaritans and Network Rail train over 30,000 rail staff to help prevent suicide

Samaritans has today (Monday 13 May) announced a new milestone with its Managing Suicidal Contacts programme - in partnership with Network Rail and the...

Hull Trains to showcase Yorkshire as part of Mental Health Awareness Week

Hull Trains has revealed plans to support Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May 2024) by partnering with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Meteorologist Jon...

Expert commentary – Jo Kaye, CEO, Railway Benefit Fund

Jo Kaye was appointed CEO of Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) in September last year after a lengthy career in rail leadership. RailStaff caught up...

Covid plaque unveiled by Network Rail chair and Railway Mission chaplain

A commemorative brass plaque has been unveiled at the National Railway Museum byNetwork Rail Chair Lord Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill and Angela Levitt-Harwood,...

Nurturing neurodiversity: Creating a more inclusive workplace

Ian Chapman is AtkinsRéalis’ practice director for the Rail Systems & Infrastructure Practice. He has three sons, all of whom are neurodivergent in different...

RailStaff Insights: Jo Kaye, CEO, Railway Benefit Fund

Jo Kaye was appointed CEO of Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) in September this year after a lengthy career in rail leadership. RailStaff caught up...

Rethinking New Year’s resolutions: Embracing empathy for mental wellbeing

Railway Mission’s Liam Johnstone ponders whether this yearly tradition is helpful or harmful, and considers an alternative. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's...

A social media Samaritan

The Samaritans Lifesaver Award, recognises workers who have used all their communication skills and training to help protect a life on the rails. Megan...

Healthier and happier lives

The health and wellbeing of employees is a critical concern for the rail industry. Physical and mental health problems can have the same devastating...