National Modeshift Convention & Sustainable Travel Awards 2024

Initiatives in Leeds, Kirklees and Sheffield are in the running at the event on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 November at The Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.

This year’s theme is Making Sustainable Travel Journeys Easier, and Modeshift are bringing together experts, innovators, and changemakers to inspire, educate, and drive action.

eam Modeshift Partnership of the Year  

• Pedro Club Cycle Hub – Pedro Club, My Choice, Kings Park Moving Together, Sustrans/Hackney 

• Alwoodley Walk to School Week – Living Streets, Alwoodley Climate Action, Leeds City Council et al 

• Manchester City Matchday Buses – Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Football Club 

Business Engagement Project of the Year – sponsored by Brightwayz 

• Wellington Place, Leeds – Wellington Place (site), Hydrock Fore (Travel Plan Coordinator), MEPC (Developer), Leeds City Council (Local Authority) 

• Travel Disruption Sustainable Solutions for Washwood Heath – Transport for West Midlands Behaviour Change Team 

Community Engagement Project of the Year  

• Influencing Travel Behaviour – Leeds City Council 

• Community Influencers – Lambeth Council and Peddle My Wheels 

• Go Cycle and Scoot – West Midlands Combined Authority 

Education Engagement Project of the Year 

• Lowestoft Bike Library Project @ Phoenix St Peter Academy – The Way to Go Suffolk (Suffolk County Council), Scottish Power Renewables, the Rotary Club of Lowestoft East Point, Lowestoft Rising, Mandarin Cycles and Asda 

• Santa Challenge – Central Bedfordshire 

• Main Road School Street Improvements – London Borough of Islington 

• Dalton school – improving safety and our environment – Kirklees Council   

Healthcare Engagement Project of the Year – Sponsored by Baileys Street Furniture Group 

• Foundry PCN / University of Sheffield Greener practice project – NHS Foundry PCN, Greener Practice, University of Sheffield Medical School 

• Mode Shift May – Sustainability Team at SFT – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals – BetterPoints – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Innovative Sustainable Travel Project of the Year – Sponsored by Love to Ride 

• Matchday Buses – Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Football Club 

• Fleet Cycle Project – The Bikeability Trust 

• Kirklees council – Road Safety & Yorkshire Ambulance service Charity – Kirklees council & Yorkshire Ambulance service Charity 

• Santa Challenge – Central Bedfordshire 

Sustainable Spectator Event of the Year  

• Watford FC + Lowr Sustainable Fan Travel partnership – Watford FC and Lowr 

• Dragons RFC – Eco Dragons campaign – Dragons RFC/Wales 

• Manchester City Matchday Buses – Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Football Club 

Team of the Year  

• The Feet First: Walking Training team – Surrey County Council 

• Modeshift STARS Team – Hertfordshire County Council 

• The Bikeability Trust Team – The Bikeability Trust 

• Brightwayz staff and volunteers – Brightwayz 

Excellence in Active Travel  

• Cycle Security Measures – Transport for West Midlands – West Midlands Combined Authority 

• Exceeding the number of SEND (Special Education Needs and Disabilities) Cycle Training – Hertfordshire County Council 

• Richard Baker-Jones – Alverstoke CoE Junior School – Hampshire Council 

• Inpatient Therapies team, Southampton – Solent NHS Trust (soon to become Hampshire & IOW Healthcare NHS Trust) 

Rising STAR Award 

• Laura Fish – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

• Elizabeth Evans – Smarter Travel Ltd 

• Aya Collins, Operations Director – Smart Transport Hub 

• Samuel Dillon – Lambeth Council 

Team Modeshift Organisation of the Year  

This award recognises organisations that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally and the winner will be announced during the Awards evening.  

Team Modeshift Contribution to Sustainable Travel 

This award recognises individuals that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally and the winner will be announced during the Awards evening. 

The lineup of speakers, include:

• Greg Marsden,  INFUZE
• Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire
• Guy Boulby, Head of Investment, Active Travel England
• Caz Conneller, Loud Mobility
• Andrew Bradley, Sustainable Travel Lead, NHS England
• Emily Cherry, Bikeability Trust
• Sarah McMonagle, Cycling UK
• Dr. Amit Patel, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Consultant
• Catherine Woodhead, CEO, Living Streets
• Pete Dyson, University of Bath
• Simon O’Brien, Liverpool Walking & Cycling Commissioner

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