For South Asian Heritage Month, we wanted to interview Manbir Cheema who works as a Programme Manager in the Network Rail Southern region. Manbir is a trained Project Manager and took part in a targeted female recruitment campaign in the region to urge more women and minorities to apply for roles that they may not otherwise consider.
Read moreNational Day for Staff Networks
Employee networks are wonderful. They’re a safe space to start difficult conversations, to explore collective and individual perspectives and to shape the ask that helps businesses to grow - attracting and engaging from a wider and more diverse talent pool.
They help to create a sense of inclusion and being part of an organisation that understands that it can do more – and seeks to do more – to enable people to have the best possible experience in the workplace.
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Road Safety Week is Brake's biggest road safety campaign and takes place between November 14-20, 2022 .The theme of Road Safety Week 2022 is SAFE ROADS FOR ALL, bringing together communities and professionals to shout out for everyone's right to make safe and healthy journeys on safe roads. In this blog, Rebecca Morris shares why it's so important.
Read moreRoad Safety Week 2022 raises awareness of risks for teenage drivers
Parents of young people are being warned that their children are more at risk from death or injury in road crashes than from drinking alcohol, taking drugs or violent crime as part of Road Safety Week 2022. The warning comes from Sharron Huddleston, whose 18-year-old daughter Caitlin was killed in 2017 in a traffic collision.
Read moreBlack history Month: The erased voices of Black women
Throughout October many of us have celebrated Black History Month, a time of national celebration to honour the achievements of black people. Traditionally, the focus has been on trailblazers, who have heroically fought adversity and won. This blog is about those ‘ordinary’ voices of resilience. Voices like Belly Mujinga.
Read moreWhistle-stop tour of influential women in the world of transport
Driving for Better Business is halfway through a year of videos, podcasts and features, launched to mark International Women’s Day (8 March). This initiative is raising awareness of the thousands of women who work in the transport sector, from CEOs of large multinational corporates, national and local government officials, directors of influential safety charities, freelancers, apprentices and everything between. Transport – like all areas of life – benefits from a diverse range of influences to best serve everyone.
Read moreVehicle Safety Matters
Every time we set out on a journey we expect that we will reach our destination safely. However, around 1,700 people die on Great Britain’s roads each year, and that number has hardly changed for the last ten years.
Read moreMeet the women running their own business in partnership with Amazon
For many women entrepreneurs, working in logistics has never been a career path they’ve seen themselves in. We share the experiences of some women who have benefitted from an exclusive opportunity in partnership with Amazon: The Delivery Service Partner Programme breaking through a heavily male-dominated field.
Read moreWomen in Transport Book Club: We All Ride Bikes Now by Phil Crompton and Joanna Ward
Review of the Autumn 2021 session of the Women in Transport book club. Members came together came together to discuss the intriguing set of characters from WiT member Jo Ward’s book, We all Ride Bikes Now, co-authored with Phil Crompton.
Read moreWomen in Transport Book Club: Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Women in Transport volunteer, Carmen Oleksinski, reviews the Summer 2021 session of the virtual book club. Hosted via Zoom, members came together came together to discuss the intriguing set of characters from Bernadine Evaristo’s prize winning novel, Girl Woman Other.
Read moreWomen in Transport Book Club: Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed
Women in Transport volunteer, Carmen Oleksinski, reviews the fifth session of the virtual book club. Hosted via Zoom in April, members came together to discuss their thoughts about ‘Rebel Ideas’ by Matthew Syed.
Read moreMember Insight: Beverley Clyde
Our member insight series is an opportunity to get to know some of our Women in Transport members. This month, we are featuring some of North East Hub volunteers. In this member insight, we showcase Beverley Clyde, Community Relations Officer covering the Yorkshire and North East region.
Read moreMember Insight: Helen Mathews
Our member insight series is an opportunity to get to know some of our Women in Transport members. This month, we are featuring some of North East Hub volunteers. In this member insight, we showcase Helen Mathews, Head of Corporate Planning (Nexus, Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive) covering the Yorkshire and North East Region.
Read moreMember Insight: Clare Wood
Our member insight series is an opportunity to get to know some of our Women in Transport members. This month, we are featuring some of North East Hub volunteers. In this member insight, we showcase Clare Wood, Director at Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Project Management covering the Yorkshire and North East region.
Read moreWomen in Transport Book Club: How Women Rise by Marshall Goldsmith and Sally Helgesen
Women in Transport volunteer, Carmen Oleksinski, reviews the fourth session of the virtual book club. Hosted via Zoom in January, members came together to discuss their thoughts about ‘How Women Rise’ by Marshall Goldsmith and Sally Helgesen.
Read moreBridging the Gender Gap in Micro-Mobility: Voi joins Women in Transport
Voi Technology is proud to be the first micro-mobility operator to join Women in Transport, to make the transport sector a better industry through diversity, gender parity, and inclusion. According to data from the EU, only 22% of transport workers are women, and we want to encourage women to leave their mark on what continues to be a male-dominated field.
Read moreWomen in Transport Book Club: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Women in Transport volunteer, Carmen Oleksinski, reviews the third session of the virtual book club. Hosted via Zoom in October, members came together to discuss their thoughts about ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama.
Read morePersonal Pronouns in the Workplace: A Beginners Guide
Wednesday 21 October 2020 is International Pronouns Day. It seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the wrong pronouns particularly affects transgender and gender nonconforming people.
Read moreAlien in the room
With women significantly underrepresented in the transport workforce, there are often situations where we are the ‘alien in the room’. Even if this hasn’t been your personal experience, I hope that reading Charlie’s latest blog will provide some insight into how it feels to be the minority in a room and offers a moment of reflection on how we can all be more inclusive.
Read moreA fantastic opportunity to broaden my network and get some fresh perspectives
Applications for Advance 2021, the mentoring programme designed for women in transport, launch on 1 October 2020. In this blog, Women in Transport member, Charlie Barnes, shares her experience of being an Advance 2020 mentee and the benefits of getting a fresh perspective on challenges that you’re facing to advance your professional development.
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