The Great North Run

Sep 15, 2019

1 min read

Updated: Sep 17

Simon and William had great success running the Great North Run.

With your support, encouragement and donations, we managed to raise £1,120 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

A very big thank you from us all at Rail Power Solutions.

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