This appeal aims to help the Midland Railway charity replace the church windows that were vandalised in December 2011.
The Midland Railway rescued and rebuilt its Victorian tin tabernacle church from Westhouses in Derbyshire a number of years ago. Since then it has become a significant attraction at the railway's museum complex at Swanwick Junction.
The church will be very familiar to the railway's visitors, as well as to attendees of the annual Indietracks music festival, where the church acts as one of the festival's stages.
Unfortunately on Monday 5 December 2011, six of the church's windows were smashed in an act of vandalism. The charity understands that the windows will cost over a thousand pounds to replace.
This appeal will run until Saturday 14 January 2012. If you donate through this page, the site will reclaim gift aid tax on your donation (if you are a UK taxpayer), meaning any donation is worth around 25% more. So, for example, if you donate £10, the railway charity gets £12.42.
While the aim of this appeal is to help replace the vandalised church windows, the charity will be free to use the funds raised here for its other charitable purposes if the trustees consider there are exceptional circumstances or if the appeal raises more money than needed to restore the church.
Thanks very much for reading this. If you'd like to contribute anything, please do!
Indietracks is raising money for Midland Railway Trust:
The Midland Railway, Butterley is the home for all the things related to the Midland Railway. It is dedicated to preserving locomotives, rolling stock and buildings for the benefit and education of future generations.
Charity Registration No: 502278
Donations
55 donations made so far
Display Name
Date
Amount
Gift Aid
Message
Ian Atkinson
14/01/2012
£10.00
£2.50
Dan
12/01/2012
£5.00
£1.25
Mindless idiots. Hope it helps
Mark
05/01/2012
£10.00
£2.50
Wish I could go this year. Good luck x
gary
01/01/2012
£11.00
£2.75
Ffion Thomas
29/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Steve James
29/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Happy memories of struggling to eat (and not spill) a curry while stood near the back of a rammed church at Indietracks 2009...haven't been back since, but will be back in 2012! :)
STEVEN BANKS
25/12/2011
£12.50
N/A
Ingrid
21/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Colin Clary
20/12/2011
£20.00
N/A
boo to the vandals! yay to the awesome new windows you'll get now!
JuSi
20/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
M. RIcci
20/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
David Marples
16/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Kathrin
13/12/2011
£2.50
N/A
Matthew
13/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Nick
13/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Now all I need to do is get to the front of the queue so that I can actually get in to the church this year
a
11/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Joe P
11/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Scott & Jane
11/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Looking forward to seeing the church look as good as ever next year.
Carys
11/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
I've had many hours of fun in the church. Hope to see it looking tip top in 2012.
Stewart Moffat
11/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Hope to see you all in July, good luck with the repairs.
Tim Emanuel
09/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
David Weight
09/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Denise Cordery
08/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Good luck with your fundraising
Char
08/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Carl
08/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Mark Hibbett
08/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Emma
08/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Christos
08/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Hope you get the windows fixed very soon xx
graysonscolumn
07/12/2011
£50.00
£12.50
This donation is pounds and pence, but what Indietracks and those who attend it have given me is incalculable. See you all inside the loveliest church on the planet again next July. gc x
tonieee
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
This is terrible news. I hope you get them fixed.
Nat
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Hope you get the lovely windows fixed soon. Lots of love and best wishes x
Sophie Scott
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
This church makes me so happy, hope we can get it fixed.
Frank & Klaske
07/12/2011
£10.00
N/A
Jonathan Meacock
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Alan M
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Emily
07/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
John
07/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Simon Tyers
07/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Charlotte
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Marianthi
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Can't imagine a world without those windows to peek in the church and see happy faces watching pop. x
Jamie Henderson
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Nick
07/12/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Good Luck!
Heinz
07/12/2011
£20.00
N/A
Matteo
07/12/2011
£10.00
N/A
Trev
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Sorry to hear the news about the windows in the Church.
Tom Morton
07/12/2011
£50.00
£12.50
I played one of my happiest and sweatiest gigs in the church in 2008 (with Lardpony). Get well soon, windows!
Mark Boxall
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Good luck with the window fixing!
Ed Jennings
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Emily Bennett
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Lovely little place - hope you manage to fix it Xx
Sara
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
ROB PURSEY
07/12/2011
£40.00
£10.00
Kieran
07/12/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Positive vibes, everytime I think of the Church and Indietracks I smile. Hope this helps.
FactCheckinCuz
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Jane Thompson
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Andy
07/12/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Total online donations £786.00
Total offline donations £0.00
Total raised so far: £786.00
Total Gift Aid: £177.75
This page is not currently accepting new donations.
The Midland Railway, Butterley is the home for all the things related to the Midland Railway. It is dedicated to preserving locomotives, rolling stock and buildings for the benefit and education of future generations.
