Our partners
The S&DR200 Festival is only possible thanks to the collaboration of several organisations.
Each organisation is committed to celebrating the story of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) and ensuring its legacy beyond the 200th anniversary in 2025. Our partner list continues to grow.
We have a series of packages suitable for corporate sponsorship. If you are interested in hearing more about partnering with S&DR200 Festival, please email info@sdr200.co.uk
Arts Council England
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture.
We have set out our strategic vision in Let's Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish. We want every one of us to have access to a remarkable range of high-quality cultural experiences. From 2023 to 2026 we will invest over £467 million of public money from Government and an estimated £250 million from The National Lottery each year to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
This year the National Lottery will celebrate 30 years of supporting good causes in the United Kingdom through raising £49 billion and awarding over 690,000 individual grants since the first draw was held in 1994.
For more information visit the Arts Council England website.
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
The Tees Valley Combined Authority was created in April 2016. Its purpose is to drive economic growth and job creation in the area.
It is a partnership of five authorities - Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. They work closely with the business community and other partners to make local decisions to support the growth of our economy.
For more information visit Tees Valley website.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund's vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. As the largest dedicated funder of the UK's heritage, they are dedicated to supporting projects that connect people and communities to heritage.
Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. They believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy, inspiration and to build pride and connection to the past. Over the next 10 years, the Heritage Fund aims to invest £3.6billion raised for good causes by National Lottery players to make a decisive difference for people, places and communities.
Find out more on the National Lottery Heritage Trust website.
Historic England
Historic England
Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environments, from beaches and battlefields to parks and pie shops.
They protect, champion and save the places that define who we are and where we have come from as a nation. They care passionately about the stories they tell, the ideas they represent and the people who live, work and play among them.
They work with local communities and specialists to share the passion, knowledge and skills to inspire interest, care and conservation. This way, the history that surrounds us all can be enjoyed by everyone from years to come.
LNER
LNER
LNER is on a mission to transform rail travel.
Our new modern Azuma fleet of trains continue more than a hundred years of LNER tradition - setting new, higher standards in comfort, reliability and customer experience.
LNER stops at more than 50 stations along almost a thousand miles on the East Coast route, including major towns and cities between London, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East of England and Scotland.
Railway 200
Railway 200
Railway 200 will be running a year-long campaign in 2025 packed with events, activities, and other initiatives, delivered by a host of people and organisations around the UK.
In 2025, Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. It showcases the role of rail in shaping Britain and the world. It also aims to inspire the next generation of pioneering talent to choose a career in rail, as the industry delivers a simpler, better railway for everyone.
On 27 September 1825, George Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 was the first train to travel on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. This historic event was celebrated with great fanfare and is widely regarded as the start of the modern railway.
Sponsored by
Sponsored by
The S&DR200 festival is sponsored by:
- Amazon
- Hampton by Hilton
- Railway Heritage Trust
In partnership with:
- Bishop Line Community Rail Partnership
- Durham University
- Eleven Arches
- National Railway Museum
- Network Rail
- UTC South Durham
- Teesside University
- The Wow Foundation
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