Women in Transport member, Jillian Kowalchuk, is the Founder and CEO of Safe & The City. The only street-smart app to navigate cities based on safety not just speed and empowering each journey to count towards smarter and safer spaces. In this guest blog, Jillian shares her mission to change the world for the better and how technology can and is helping support safer mobility.
Read MoreDriving 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 MoreBus Users UK are looking for new Trustees with the energy and drive to make public transport accessible to everyone. As well as campaigning for inclusive, accessible transport the organisation handles complaints, promotes active and sustainable travel and strives to improve bus and coach services for everyone. Trustees are pivotal in guiding this work and Bus Users UK are now seeking new members to broaden and strengthen its Board through their skills, knowledge, diversity and lived experience.
Read MoreWe’re delighted our President and Founder and Chief Executive of JFG Communications, Jo Field, has won the prestigious ‘Professional of the Year’ award at this year’s PRCA Dare Awards for the south east.
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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 MoreFor 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 MoreIt’s back - this September is Catch the Bus Month so get ready to celebrate these climate-friendly, people-connecting, congestion-busting, economy-boosting lifelines! #CTBM #CatchTheBusMonth #ILoveMyBus
Read MoreOver the past few months the volunteers of the hub have carried a number of activities on behalf of the Scotland Hub. In this blog article we’ve summarised what’s kept us busy and what’s next for us!
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On 27th May 2022 Women in Transport were delighted to launch the West Midlands Regional Hub at WSP offices within the iconic Mailbox.
Read MoreThere’s a highly experienced HGV and racing driver; a Traffic Officer who keeps traffic safe and moving on the motorways in the Midlands; and someone changing the face of road freight in sub-Saharan Africa and India – meet just some of the women who are breaking the bias in the world of transport.
Read MoreWomen in Transport has today announced the continued support of parliamentarians from across the political spectrum in addressing the under-representation of women in the transport industry workforce, as well as cross-party endorsement for making women feel safe as transport users.
Read MoreWomen in Transport, in partnership with Voi Technology and JFG Communications, have launched a report on women’s views and experiences of e-scooters.
Read MoreWomen in Transport President launches the organisation’s 3-year strategy based on reflection from the 2021 Members’ Survey.
Read MoreIt’s always satisfying when two organisations you enjoy working with join forces to make a partnership. That happened this month when Driving for Better Business marked International Women’s Day (8 March) by teaming up with Women in Transport, launching a year of podcasts and features.
Read MoreWomen in Transport President, Jo Field, welcomes the government’s pilot scheme announced on International Women’s Day where participating employers must list salary details on job adverts and stop asking for applicants’ salary history during recruitment.
Read MoreGender diversifying transport vital for industry’s future, MPs insist
Read MoreDriving for Better Business is marking International Women’s Day (8 March), launching a year of videos, podcasts and features, and teaming up with Women in Transport, a not-for-profit promotional, professional-development and support group.
Read MoreThe Diversity and Inclusion Bus Group, part of Women in Transport, has partnered with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) to launch a central resource for the whole of the bus and coach industry to use and benefit from.
Read MoreThe deadline for the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards, launched to inspire more women to progress careers in the industry, has been extended for two weeks until 21st February 2022. The awards celebrate the vital contribution women make to transport and logistics showcasing progression, accomplishments and increasing avenues of opportunity within a traditionally male-dominated industry
Read MoreSWM are hunting for innovative and leading examples of good practice to recognise the remarkable achievements of organisations across the West Midlands and to inspire others, focused on the themes of the West Midlands Sustainability Roadmap to 2030.
