Belated CTPC write up
Re-cycle inundated with customers at freshers fair.
A much belated write up about the last Travel Plan Club meeting held at the University on the 6 September.
The CTPC has been very busy particularly helping the University and Colchester Institute with their freshers fairs plus undertaking lots of travel surveys for our various members.
Things have moved on since the meeting, so just a quick recap and update on a few key points…
Replacing Andrew: Claudia started today and David will start next week! We have successfully recruited two interns who will work with us until March 2013. We look forward to working with them and will introduce them to you soon.
Key projects:
ECC accreditation:
We are keen to help our members achieve ECC accreditation. Several of you are aiming for silver and a couple for gold. The main challenge is the survey response rate, so this year surveys will be bespoke to each organisation as a new approach to encourage more participation. The deadline for completing surveys was this week, and Colchester Institute, CHUFT and CBC’s are complete with the Uni’s ending this week. More on survey results in a future blog!
Cycling Promotion:
Emily is now a trained ride leader so could lead rides from your organisation if this is something you want to set up.
£300 funding is available for a See Me campaign, highlighting the need and legal requirement to use lights at night and to wear high viz clothing. Due to resource constraints this has only been pursued at the Uni this year with two very successful ‘See Me’ twilight rides. Let’s put this in the programme for next year and do something Travel Plan Club wide.
We also still have £2k funding for our own in house Cycle Challenge, Charlotte thinks the Uni might be able to help with this project – perhaps as a student project.. one to pursue for next spring.
Cycle Colchester E- Newsletters are going out each month, the aim is to show that cycling isn’t just for summer and that activities take place throughout the year.
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There is still funding for CTPC bespoke promotions. Events have already taken place at the University where we promoted their car share scheme and used an eco driving simulator to raise awareness of fuel efficient driving, we did the same at CHUFT, however there we were launching their new car share scheme offering dedicated parking bays. We aim to hold events in seven different organisations – so what can we do for you to promote car sharing and fuel efficient driving?
The Autumn campaign starts soon, and will highlight how Purdy’s savings have paid for her Christmas shop. We need the CTPC’s support to promote this campaign.
Forward planning/promotional events
We want to help you with anything you would like to promote over the coming months. Public Transport is one area that we haven’t promoted heavily. Please give us your ideas.
We are sponsoring the Active and Sustainable Travel NQE business awards this year, thanks to those members who have entered and good luck.
The temporary bus station in Queen Street will be closing on 17 November 2012 and the new bus station in Osborne Street opening 18 November. CBC will provide us with information shortly that we can share with our organisations.
We haven’t yet set a date for the next meeting but will do soon. It will probably be in January 2013.