Applications for our Advance 2024 mentoring programme are now open. This programme has been designed by Women in Transport to support the professional development of our members through structured, professional mentoring. Advance 2024 is generously sponsored by TXM Group, Xanta, Network for Skills, Applied Driving, Camilleri Appointments, Workplace Wellbeing Academy and Momentum Transport.
Read MoreThe Scotland Hub of Women in Transport are delighted to bring to you a conversation between two key officers at the The City of Edinburgh Council, Judith Cowie and Angela Voulgari.
Read MoreThis month we interviewed Helen Ryan, a Contracts Manager with HW Martin (Traffic Management) Limited, a national provider of temporary traffic management.
Read MoreThis September Women in Transport is supporting Catch the Bus Month run by charity Bus Users UK. Buses are good for our health, good for the economy and good for the environment. Pre-Covid, bus passengers boosted the UK economy by £64 billion each year, as well as reducing congestion, pollution, loneliness and social isolation.
Read MoreFor 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 MoreThe Women in Transport Equity Index survey will be live and open for registration from 3 July 2023. This momentous occasion marks a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity within the transport sector. The Index seeks to identify and address the real gender diversity in transport-related positions, fostering an environment where all individuals have equal access to opportunities and resources.
On Monday 26th June 2023, Turner & Townsend hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Women in Transport, where insights were shared about our successes and learning from the past year, as well as the plans to build on this incredible work in the year ahead. It’s always great to look back over the year and realise how much we have grown, how much more support has been achieved and appreciate the huge amount of activity that has been undertaken by this amazing team.
Read MoreThe not-for-profit industry body, Women in Transport has today (8 June 2023) announced the continued support of Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum in addressing the under-representation of women in the transport industry and being the voice of women using the transport network.
Read MoreGet moving in May! - Sonya Byers, CEO Women in Transport tells us about how she cultivates her wellbeing, for this years National Walking Month.
Read MoreWomen in Transport, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting diversity and equity in the transport sector, is launching a groundbreaking initiative to promote gender diversity and equity in the transport industry. This project will be an innovative cross-sectoral index from data collected across the transport community. The survey will begin in June and run for two months, with its headline report scheduled for release during London International Shipping Week in September 2023. The full report will be launched at Women in Transport’s Winter Reception.
Read MoreBe curious. Ask questions. Be a role model that not only builds bridges of understanding and cooperation between different cultures and religions but embeds solidarity and mutual respect into the culture of your team.
Read MoreThe Kindness campaign will help identify those towns that go the extra mile for HGV drivers and a little kindness goes a long way!
Read MoreEmployee 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.
Read MoreLast week Women in Transport officially launched its latest hub in the North West of England.
We are thrilled to announce that the City of Edinburgh Council has joined the Scotland hub of Women in Transport as a corporate member.
Read MoreIn an industry facing a skills shortage and striving to improve diversity, the importance of recognition and visible role models cannot be overstated.
Read MoreThe Scotland hub for Women in Transport hosted celebrations at the Scottish Parliament for its second anniversary.
Read MoreJFG Communications is proud to announce that, for the third time, our Founder and Chief Executive, and Women in Transport President, Jo Field, has been named as one of 100 high-profile women in Westminster.
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Visiting Parliamentarians pose in front of a newly installed V-shaped pier, the first of a set that will support a 300metre-long viaduct bringing high speed trains into the new station.. Photo credit: HS2
Members of Parliament visited HS2’s Curzon Street Station site in Birmingham on Friday, 20 January for a tour of the premises and to hear from people working on the project.
Read MoreFollowing the United Nation’s Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Bus Users UK has joined forces with Women in Transport to highlight how we can all help to make public transport safer for everyone.
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