Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust were successful in attaining an Approved accreditation through Modeshift STARS in July 2023. We have been following their progress over the last year and are really inspired by their initiatives and creativity. Here, Gemma Heath, Sustainability Manager, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust tells us more: ‘Modeshift has provided us the opportunity to […]
The latest STARS Education local authority league tables have been published following the most recent round of applications in Spring 2024. For the ‘small’ local authorities, i.e. Those with less than 100 schools, Southampton City Council are leading the way with 33.33 (17 schools) of their schools holding a level of STARS education accreditation. […]
We caught up with Claire Fleming, Travel Plan Officer at Swindon Borough Council to reflect on Swindon’s Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) four year on. It’s been just over four years since the adoption Swindon Borough Council’s Travel Plans Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The SPD arose from a frustration that travel plans secured by planning condition […]
Active Travel Ambassador (ATA) Campaign Junction Events and Campaign round up That’s a wrap! As the summer term approaches, the 2023/24 ATA Campaign Junction events draw to a close. This year, 11 multi-school events were held nationwide which saw all 750+ Ambassadors pitch to experts in the active travel sector to secure funds to deliver […]
Modeshift STARS Education Programme Manager, Cheryl Ford Lyddon met with Act Travel Officer , Kelly Leat at Transport for Greater Manchester who works with schools to deliver the Youth Travel Ambassador Programme (YTA) across the Greater Manchester area. They chatted about her work on the Youth Travel Ambassador programme and linking it with Modeshift […]
Students at Beverley Grammar inspire support from East Riding of Yorkshire Council with the aim to encourage cycling and scooting to school. The school are already fantastic ambassadors for sustainable travel but strive to encourage others to join them with more active commutes to school. The Active Travel Ambassadors (ATA’s) have been also supported by […]
Sheffield Primary Care Network become the first Primary Care Network to accredit all sites at an ‘approved’ level within Modeshift STARS Sheffield Foundry Primary Care Network (PCN) have recently developed their first Travel Policy. This will support over 200 employees to travel by a range of means across all eight GP surgery sites. Here, NHS […]
Interview with Andrea Bettridge and Rachael Skelding, Bridgewater Primary School in Hertfordshire. Tell us about Bridgewater Primary School and congratulations on achieving Outstanding STARS Accreditation! We have 458 children in our primary school and we are in a large former Middle school site on the edge of a National Trust Forest. We have a positive […]
School children across the country gathered at the prestigious Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards. The celebration event took place on Wednesday 20 March in a grand venue in Central London close to the capitals iconic landmarks. The annual awards ceremony recognises schools that have demonstrated excellence in growing levels of walking, wheeling and […]
Latest STARS Education League Tables The latest STARS Education local authority league tables have been published following the most recent round of applications in Autumn/Winter 2023/24. For the ‘Small’ local authorities, i.e. those with less than 100 schools, Southampton City Council are leading the way with 39.58% (19 schools) of their schools holding a level […]
In March 2022 Modeshift, in partnership with The Bikeability Trust, was awarded funding by the Active Travel England to deliver a pilot Active Travel Ambassadors programme across England as a means to increase walking and cycling levels and encourage more secondary schools to produce a Modeshift STARS accredited Travel Plan. The scheme involves training, resourcing, […]
We caught up with Paul White, Travel Plan Coordinator (TPC) at Woodville Primary School, Essex to find out more about his role and what the school how their plans to keep staff, parents and students engaged with their active travel initiatives How long have you been involved with Modeshift and as a travel plan coordinator? […]
