50 Things to Do Before You’re 5 nominated for national award 

Bradford based 50 Things has been nominated for an award recognising their contribution to children in the city. 

50 Things to Do Before You’re 5 were nominated in the ‘Involving Children & Young People’ category for their project bringing young childrenand their families to the seaside in Morecambe. Families with children from inner-city Bradford enjoyed their first ever trip on train and a visit to the seaside. Over the course of their day out, families were able to take part in 32 of the 50 activities encouraged through the 50 Things to Do Before You’re 5 app.  

The Community Rail Awards are organised by the Community Rail Network, anorganisation dedicated to supporting community-based groups and partnerships that connect their community with therailway and deliver social benefit. The awards recognise the important work done to make stations more welcoming as well as those educating passengers of the future. 

Rachael Dennis, Project Officer for 50 Things to Do Before You’re 5, said: 

“We'd like to congratulate the winners of this category 'Turning around vulnerable young people through engineering'. We are delighted that our Morecambe Seaside project was nominated and shortlisted for this award. Involving children and young people is what we are all about. In such an important category, it was lovely to receive recognition for our work with children.” 

“I’d like to thank Northern Rail, the Yorkshire Business Association and Bentham Line Community Rail Partnership for their support with our Morecambe Seaside Trip, which helped young children in Bradford have a day at the seaside when they would have otherwise missed out.” 

The 50 Things family is growing with 50 Things Primary being launched in Bradford on October 11th 2022 with two events area taking place, at the National Science and Media Museum and Cliffe Castle. Children from every school in Bradford have been invited to take part in a treasure hunt, where they will complete 10 of the 50 activities in the app, and hear our guest speakers share the story of how activities outside of school helped them on their journey through life. 

50 Things to Do Before You're Five and 50 Things Primary can be downloaded from Google Play, the App Store or www.50thingstodo.org