Every Little Helps with Leighton Buzzard Railway Junior Club in line for Tesco cash giveaway
Members of Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Junior Railway Club (JRC) are in line for a cash boost to help buy vital equipment thanks to Tesco.
The JRC is raising money to buy suitable tools and safety equipment for young members of the club to carry out maintenance and operating activities on the railway.
And the club is delighted to have has been selected as one of three organisations to be supported by Tesco stores in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade which is offering cash prizes to deserving causes.
The stores are inviting shoppers to vote for their favourite and most deserving organisation with the group receiving the most votes getting £1,500. The second placed group will receive £1,000 and last placed £500. Voting opened on Monday (August 3) and runs until the end of November.
The stores taking part include Leighton Buzzard Superstore, Linslade Express and Appenine Way Express.
A spokesperson for JRC said: “To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value with the club looking for support from railway friends and families. You will receive one token per transaction so please vote for the JRC whenever you go in.
“Apart from working with the trains, activities look at the wider world and one recent project the members completed was to turn a pile of redundant railway sleepers into a
‘bug hotel’ for the benefit of wildlife at Stonehenge Works.”
The Junior Railway Club launched in April 2025 for 10 to 17 year olds to get involved with the railway. In the space of 18 months, the JRC has grown to 25 members and there is now a waiting list of others wanting to join.
Monthly meeting are held covering all areas of the railway such as maintenance activities, learningabout engineering and the history of the railway, supervised by a team of adult volunteers. In addition, the JRC members get the opportunity to help on operating days helping passengers or shadowing adult volunteers.