The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is now a member of 'Easy Fund Raising', a novel idea that lets supporters do internet shopping at normal market prices with the advantage that a commission is paid to the Railway for the 'introduction'.

Commission ranges from 5 - 15 per cent depending on the products you are buying and most household names are signed up from Amazon to John Lewis.

Go to www.EasyFundRaising.org.uk and give it a try for yourself. Register as a user on the site and select the GWR as the charity/organisation you wish to support.

Malcolm Temple, finance director of GWSR Plc, says: "This is a great way of helping your favourite heritage railway. It costs you absolutely nothing but we all benefit. After all, the more income we can generate the more gets ploughed into projects such as the Broadway extension.

"Please give it a try and tell your family, friends and colleagues - after all, to use the slogan of Tesco, one retailer listed on Easy Fund Raising, 'every little helps'!"