Railways anti-trespassing competition for 11-18 yr olds

There are many statistics associated with lockdown. One that has worried many is this – in the first month of lockdown, trespassing on Britain’s railways increased by 25%.

With the prospect of a long summer ahead the Community Rail Partnerships (CRPs), who work with communities across the UK and rail industry to promote railway safety messages to everyone, have launched a competition to help raise awareness amongst young people of the dangers of trespassing on our railways. 

The competition is open to all 11-18 year olds across the UK. There are six categories and entrants are asked to share the anti-trespassing message by either:

• making a video
• writing a song/rap
• producing a storyboard / writing a script 

The competition is backed by the rail industry and prizes are up for grabs for each category, including a GoPro Hero8 bundle.

There are two key elements that entrants must remember – the video must be made from the young person’s home or garden (not at a railway or railway station) and must not show any violence.

Karen said:

We want young people to show off their creativity to get the message across to their peers that being on the tracks in potentially deadly. And in order to spread the message to as many young people as possible, we are suggesting that young people (over 13 years old) share their video or song on social media and we have a category for the entry with the greatest social media impact!

The deadline for competition entries is 30 September 2020.

View the full Anti-Trespassing competition details here

View resources and key facts about trespass on the railways here