Sustrans Big Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. Schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents making active journeys to school. The challenge will run from 19 to 30 April. It is free to enter and there are daily prizes to be won. […]
Looking to increase the uptake of pupils actively travelling to school. Cambridgeshire County Council Road Safety Team looked to the #Stay Safe Get Active Walking Bubble feature developed in the Modeshift STARS Education platform. The Council has a great track record for promoting sustainable and active school travel. They had recently setup a number of School Street programmes across the county, but realised for some schools they needed to find […]
Murrow Primary Academy located in the East of England have been working hard to support pupils in getting active on the journey to school. The school faced many challenges with parking issues causing much disruption at the beginning at the end of the school day. Local residents close to the school were facing much disruption […]
The latest lockdown has seen many children and young people across the UK stuck inside while the British Winter has run its course. On the 8th of March we will see most pupils across England return to school. This easing of lockdown is a great opportunity to get more people active by walking, cycling or scooting to school. Walking, cycling or scooting to school are the most accessible ways to reduce […]
Nearly 8,000 primary school pupils across Hertfordshire have received road safety education online since the start of the 2020 autumn term, thanks to the innovation of the county’s Active and Safer Travel Team. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen those responsible for the delivery of road safety education unable to visit schools and deliver interventions. To […]
Next Plc have been successful in achieving Modeshift STARS Business Accreditation at nine additional locations across England. All nine sites were awarded STARS Business Bronze accreditation in recognition for their work in promoting sustainable and active travel to the workforce. Sites in Fosse Park, High Cross, Thurmaston, Loughborough, Birmingham, Solihull and Luton showed reductions in […]
We are delighted to announce that the Modeshift STARS System Upgrades are complete! The system is now live following the upgrades. These upgrades see the STARS Education, STARS Business and STARS Community accreditation schemes all combined in one single platform, which provides a seamless user experience between all of our Travel Plans and accreditation schemes. […]
We’re writing to let you know that we’re scheduling some downtime for the entire Modeshift STARS system at the end of this month and the beginning of January which will enable us to significantly upgrade our systems. These upgrades will see the STARS Education, STARS Business and STARS Community accreditation schemes all combined in one single […]
On Friday 4th December, the Department for Transport (DfT) joined the Modeshift STARS Team along with local authorities and schools from across the country for the Modeshift STARS Education National Celebration Event. Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister for State (Department for Transport) joined the event via video to congratulate the schools for their hard work in reaching […]
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has scooped a top award for its environmentally-friendly travel plan which is working to reduce the number of staff driving to work. The organisation won the ‘contribution to sustainable travel by an organisation’ gong, for its work around introducing more cycle lanes, cycle parking, implementing a car share scheme […]
Three Ipswich-based Fred. Olsen companies have become the first in the town to receive a Modeshift STARS award, in recognition of their efforts to support and promote sustainable travel with the creation of their new head office. Modeshift STARS accreditation is awarded to companies, organisations and groups who encourage a change in travel behaviour and […]
Find out how this nursery became nominated for STARS Early Years Setting of the Year at the 2020 STARS Awards. Behaviour Change seen at the school Having already previously integrated sustainable travel into their eco-school ethos staff at Alfreton nursery continue to embrace opportunities to promote active travel, particularly cycling & scooting, including providing Balanceability sessions and taking part in national […]
