National Sustainable Travel Awards
Team Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards
We are proud of what we do here at Team Modeshift and what makes us really proud is celebrating your success. Big or small, we want to hear about achievements that demonstrate best practice, innovation, and can prove a positive impact on active and sustainable travel.
Each year we invite our Members and Partners to nominate initiatives they have been involved with, or that have been undertaken in their area.
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Check out the new award categories for this year and our Team Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards 2024 FINALISTS
Awards process
Nominations must show how they meet at least three of the specified criteria below.
Winners will be announced on the evening of the first day of the National Modeshift Convention, Tuesday, 19 November.
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Every Team Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Award presented is a win for our industry, and a win for people living, working, studying and visiting the UK. It’s so important for everyone to share their success and have others do the same, it builds public and political support, makes a case for continued funding and policy change for sustainable travel.
Ross Butcher National Chair of Modeshift
Award categories:
Team Modeshift Partnership of the Year
This award recognises and celebrates the efforts being made by individuals and groups to work in partnership with education providers, businesses and community groups, to promote and encourage active and sustainable travel.
Business Engagement Project of the Year
This award recognises projects and initiatives for business travel, developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage active and sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Community Engagement Project of the Year
This award recognises projects and initiatives for travel in communities, developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage active and sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Education Engagement Project of the Year
This award recognises projects and initiatives for travel to and between education providers, developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Healthcare Engagement Project of the Year
This award recognises projects and initiatives delivered within healthcare settings, developed by individuals and groups to promote, and encourage active and sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Innovative Sustainable Travel Project of the Year
This award recognises and celebrates individuals or organisations who have delivered projects and initiatives that have shown innovation in the promotion of sustainable and active travel. Submissions will be assessed based on the project or initiative’s originality, impact, scalability and sustainability benefits.
Sustainable Spectator Travel Event of the Year
This award recognises a team or organisation for the successful delivery of sustainable travel solutions for those attending a mid to large size venue or event during the last 12 months. Submissions must show how active and sustainable travel was considered before, during, and after the occasion/location in question. Mid to large size means an occasion/location attracting 5,000 or more fans/spectator/audience at one time and can relate to the sports, entertainment, cultural or related sector.
Team of the Year
This award recognises teams that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Excellence in Active Travel
This award recognises projects and initiatives developed by any Team Modeshift member, be that an individual, team, or organisation within education, business, or community settings, to promote and encourage active travel. Projects can include all active travel modes including walking, cycling, and scooting.
E-Mobility Project of the Year
This award recognises specific e-mobility projects and initiatives delivered within an organisation or by a local authority over the last 12 months. The project or initiative will have focused primarily on seeking to increase the role of e-mobility on a regular journey, either between sites during the working day, or to and from a site as part of a regular journey. This journey will have been undertaken by employees, students, customers, visitors, or another identified group of service users.
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Modeshift will also be awarding two Outstanding Achievement Awards. Nominations cannot be submitted for these awards, rather the Modeshift Executive Board discuss and identify organisations and individuals we feel are deserving.
Organisation of the Year
This award recognises Organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment and significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Individual Contribution to Sustainable Travel
This award recognises individuals that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment and significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Cathie Friar Rising Star Award
This award was first given to a Modeshift Member at our Team Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards in November 2024. The award is in remembrance of Cathie Friar, a former staff member and professional in our industry.
Cathie worked in our industry for over 20 years, spending the majority of her time at East Riding Of Yorkshire Council. Cathie would always go above and beyond, working tirelessly to achieve results with her schools, as she successfully increased levels of safe walking and cycling to school. Cathie was the winner of several accolades including our own national awards for delivering excellence and bringing about positive change for schools, children, families and communities.
Cathie announced her retirement from East Riding Of Yorkshire in 2020 before joining Modeshift. She immediately made an impact, elevating our organisation and contributing to our growing success. Cathie retired from Modeshift at the start of 2024 and she sadly passed away later that summer.
In recognition of Cathie Friar, our Rising Star Award was created to honour her legacy and inspire new and young professionals within the industry.
Criteria
Nominations must show how they meet at least three of the following criteria:
• It is innovative or creative - a new idea or successful adaptation of an old one
• It is inclusive and encompasses equality and diversity
• It shows engagement and involvement with the target group – e.g. pupils, students, staff, volunteers have been involved in the design and/or delivery of the project
• It involves a joined-up approach, working in partnership with other organisations, to share good practice
• Its success can be measured in outputs and outcomes, e.g. providing 10 pool bikes for staff (output) has seen a reduction in 20 car journeys per week (outcome)
• It is sustainable, has proven longevity and/or has now become part of the way of working within your organisation
• The travel behaviour change achieved by the initiative has been sustained
• It is transferable; other Modeshift Members have, or can, duplicate the initiative
• It is cost effective and shows good value for money
• It identifies barriers and provides solutions to allow the target audience to travel more sustainably
Past Award Winners
Our Honorary Members
- Julie Cooper, Thurrock Council
- Caitlynne Adams, Hull City Council
- Helen Akpabio, Essex County Council
- Holly Bunting, Essex County Council
- Rachel Brody, Essex County Council
- Annabelle Fosu, London Borough of Harrow
- Stewart Bethell, University of Cambridge
- Mark Gregory, Oxfordshire County Council
- Don Kent, Living Streets
- Jill Tinsley, Pindar Creative
- Robin Pointon, GO Travel Solutions
- James Rodger, Scoot Fit
- John Hacker, TPS Transport Consultants Ltd
- Elizabeth Saul , Transport for Greater Manchester
- Cheryl Ford Lyddon, Modeshift
- Ross Butcher, Modeshift
- Nick Butler, Modeshift
- Susan Walker, Wakefield Council
