Bidwell West boasts ‘Very Good’ Modeshift STARS Accreditation The Bidwell West development in Bedfordshire has been recognised for the delivery of their Travel Plan with a Modeshift STARS ‘Very Good’ Accreditation. It’s all about community… Bidwell West is a large new housing development in Bedfordshire on the outskirts of Houghton Regis, near Dunstable. Eventually there […]
E-cycle trial set to run across primary care sites in Yorkshire seeks to strengthen links with the community and lower local air pollution An e-cycle trial project is aiming to embed pool e-bikes into GP surgeries for health care professionals to use for business miles such as home visits, or visits to patients in […]
RHS Harlow Carr call on visitors to make the journey to the site ‘part of the day out’ as they offer a 30% entry discount for those arriving car free. In September 2021, the RHS published their Sustainability Strategy, which aims to advise, support, encourage and promote a message of sustainability to Britain’s 30 million+ […]
Record year for Memberships and STARS licenses! As we approach the end of the 2023/24 Team Modeshift membership year, we’re delighted to reveal that the number of Members has broken all previous records! 207 organisations are fully registered Members of Modeshift in 2023/24 including 111 local authorities. A full breakdown is included in the table […]
The Modeshift STARS Regional Awards took place on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 November 2023. The regional awards showcase and celebrate the amazing Modeshift STARS journey each school is on. Congratulations to all the schools nominated and to all of this year’s winners! We had 124 schools shortlisted for the Regional Awards from 28 Local […]
Modeshift STARS Annual Education Report 2022/23 The Modeshift STARS Education scheme has had its most successful year since the inception of the programme in 2008. In this report we will present the results of the Modeshift STARS programme for the 2022/23 accreditation year which runs from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023, including delivery […]
Interview with Active Travel Champions: The Ridge Primary School, South Gloucestershire STARS Local Authority Primary School of the Year 2023/2024 We spoke to Beverley Furber from The Ridge Junior School, who were recently awarded STARS Local Authority Primary School of the Year 2023/24, South Gloucestershire Council Why did you get involved with travel plans and […]
Interview: Portercroft School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Portercroft School recently gained a STARS Outanding Travel Plan accreditation. We spoke with Deputy Headteacher, Sarah Holman, and Teaching Assistant, Paula Edwards formerly of Sheffield City Council. Why did you get involved in travel plans in the first place? What was your first motivator? Sarah said: ‘As a school […]
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. We are delighted the funding […]
Business Central, Darlington College and The Centre for Process Innovation all attained approved level travel plan accreditation through Modeshift STARS on August 31 2023. The range of occupiers all based upon the Central Park Business Park site in Darlington have worked in conjunction with Darlington Borough Council to develop and maintain a wide variety of […]
Modeshift support multi-occupier Business Parks through STARS Business Modeshift were delighted to attend the Sherburn in Elmet Business Forum meeting on Wednesday 18 October alongside representatives from North Yorkshire Council, Northern Rail, TransPennine Express and Arriva UK. An open discussion was held with a range of occupiers based upon the Sherburn in Elmet Business Park […]
TravelWise Week Awards WINNERS It was a difficult job for our judges, but we’re thrilled to announce the Winners and runners up for the TravelWise Week 2023 awards which took place at our Team Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards 2023 Thursday 23 November, at York Racecourse STARS Programme Manager Tom Murray said: ‘Well done to […]
