Inspiration volunteer toolkit

Materials to help you become a volunteer for Inspiration: the Railway 200 exhibition train.

Before your volunteer day with Inspiration, you will have a 30 minute briefing with the Railway 200 team and your station lead to introduce the Exhibition Train, explain what the day will look like and answer any questions. You will be sent the link to the volunteer portal before this briefing.

After the briefing, you will then be asked to watch the videos below to give you sufficient information on what is expected of you as volunteers.

Please familiarise yourself with the information below to best prepare you for the day:

1. General briefing videos

    1. a. Your role on the day (4 min)
    2. b. Visitor movements (1 min)
    3. c. How to scan a ticket (2 min)
    4. d. Health and safety guidance (2 min)
    5. e. Accessibility and safeguarding guidance (1 min)

2. School visit videos

    1. a. How we structure the school visit (1 min)
    2. b. How to lead activity 1 – Railway Firsts (3 min)
    3. c. How to lead activity 2 – Wonderlab on Wheels (2 min)
    4. d. How to lead activity 3 – Your Railway Future (7 min)

3. Key documents – please let your station lead know you have read and understood

    1. a. Full volunteer briefing presentation slides
    2. b. Useful information about the train
    3. c. Lesson plan PowerPoint
    4. d. Visitors with disabilities guidelines
    5. e. Safeguarding guidelines
    6. f. Breakdown of roles in the career’s carriage
    7. g. How to book volunteer leave for NR staff

Any feedback on how your role as a volunteer is appreciated by the Railway 200 team, please submit feedback to railway200@networkrail.co.uk.