In September this year, we released one of the biggest ever upgrades to the Modeshift STARS system This included a number of minor bug fixes, some improvements to the layout of the system, more flexibility with user types, new dashboards for all users, and our new Carbon Commute tracking survey for businesses. ‘How to’ guidance […]
Modeshift STARS Spring Accreditation Success 2023! The Modeshift STARS schemes have seen fantastic numbers of sites achieving accreditation this Spring! 273 accreditation applications have been approved between January and March 2023. We have seen a huge increase in STARS Business applications demonstrating the continued commitment from our members in business settings, and we are also […]
The Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards Celebration event took place on Thursday 22 June, Where our STARS School of the Region winners headed to The Riverside Rooms in London in an exciting venue over looking the Aquarium hosted by the amazing Histrionics. We would like to say a huge Modeshift congratulations […]
Last year Modeshift established a STARS Education Focus Group made up of Modeshift staff and experienced representatives from local authorities, and schools that participate in the STARS scheme, some of which have achieved high levels of accreditation, including National STARS Schools of the Year. The group is led by Modeshift STARS Programme Manager, Cheryl Ford […]
We are delighted to celebrate the success of Forest Park School for achieving their Outstanding STARS Accreditation. The school were also winners at the recent Modeshift National School Travel Awards, receiving an award for National SEND School of the Year for 2022/ 2023! We thought we would share their journey with you, and we are […]
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, […]
The Modeshift STARS Residential Focus Group was set up in May 2022, The purpose of this group is to establish a forum for industry experts to network and share best practice, review the latest guidance and support the development of the STARS scheme for residential developments. John Hacker, Modeshift Board STARS Residential Executive has […]
Congratulations to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust on their recent achievement in attaining an approved accreditation through Modeshift STARS. Business / organisation name: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Can you tell us about the main initiatives you have delivered in attaining your Modeshift accreditation and what the motivation behind delivering those were: Installation of 14 EV […]
Modeshift STARS supports participants of the NHS England Net Zero Travel & Transport – Step up a Gear programme with Modeshift Membership for two years! Introduction: Step Up a Gear’ (SUaG) is a two-year programme to work intensively with a proportion of the NHS on specific interventions which will deliver modal shift. The […]
Modeshift STARS Business Specialist Tom Murray shares his expertise to help develop Travel Plans. When you first start to populate the information required to develop a Modeshift STARS Travel Plan make sure to utilise the “business initiatives” resource available so that you can baseline what you may have already delivered, plan to deliver […]
A presentation took place in celebration of Bishop Wood Primary School in Tring winning the prestigious Modeshift STARS ‘Primary School of the Year’ award for an excellent school travel plan. Since 2015, Janet Reeve, teacher and School Travel Plan Champion, has been leading the school community into achieving a huge reduction in car use on […]
Working within a healthcare setting during a global pandemic exacerbated the need for individuals to look after their physical and mental health. Therefore, we initially set up the Wellbeing team at Brighton Nuffield Health Hospital at the back end of 2020, with the vision of providing support to our staff in all areas of health […]
