Information for Partners Version Control 2 nd February 2016

2015 Winners

Are you ready to be recognised?! Sean Collins and Ross Higgins, University of Limerick Smarter Travel Campus 2015

Would you like your organisation’s promotion of walking, cycling, public transport and carsharing to be recognised at a national level? Is there a committed champion or team who deserve to be acknowledged for their work in sustainable travel? Tell us more!

Smarter Travel Awards 2016 Partners of the Smarter Travel Workplaces and Smarter Travel Campus programmes are invited to enter the annual Smarter Travel Awards Winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony which will take place in November This year we’ll be running an all-Partner travel change survey in April to coincide with the National Census. This will give all our Partners quantitative results to use in entry forms. Partners will also earn bonus points towards awards for undertaking the survey, and achieving a representative response rate. To help achieve a representative response rate, Smarter Travel will hold prize draws for all survey respondents. If it's been a while since you looked at your Action Plan or survey, get in touch and we’ll help you get started again! us at or and your Facilitator will help get you on track. Arlene, Ken, Sharon, Sinead and Siobhan

Award categories

Award Categories 2016 Whether our Partner workplaces and campuses have had success with walking, cycling, carsharing or public transport, there is a category to enter. Partners can enter as many Categories as they wish. Entry is via a short application form, which you can access here.here. Read about the 2015 Awards Winners on our website and get inspired!2015 Awards Winners

Workplace Categories Smarter Travel Workplace of the Year Walking Workplace of the Year Cycling Workplace of the Year Public Transport Workplace of the Year Carsharing Workplace of the Year Business Travel Workplace of the Year Sustainable Travel Champion(s) of the Year - individual or team (up to six people)

Campus Categories Smarter Travel Campus of the Year Walking Campus of the Year Cycling Campus of the Year Public Transport Campus of the Year Carsharing Campus of the Year Sustainable Travel Champion(s) of the Year -Student(s) SustainableTravel Champion(s) of the Year - Staff

When is the Deadline for Entry? The deadline for entry into the Smarter Travel Awards is the 30 th September Workplaces can include any actions undertaken since the previous awards deadline in February 2015 to the entry deadline in September Campuses can include any actions undertaken since the previous awards deadline in February 2015 to the end of the 2015/2016 Academic term. Workplaces and Campuses can include mode split results from when they started working on their Travel Plan, including any results from before Our Smarter Travel Workplaces and Campus Facilitators are available to work with Partners on entries, so please get in touch for assistance.

A Picture Says a Thousand Words... Remember to take photos of actions and events over the coming months to support your entry. Up to 4 high quality JPEGs can be included with each entry. A collage of images, news clippings, graphs etc can also be included. Winning entries will be displayed at the Awards Ceremony, on the Smarter Travel website and in the Awards Report.

How are Entries judged? Entries will be judged by a panel of independent judges – which means that the Smarter Travel Workplaces and Smarter Travel Campus team can help you with your entries! We will publish judges’ details on our website over the coming months.website Geoff Ginnetty, Galway University Hospitals (centre) Smarter Travel Workplace 2015

Your Facilitator will be in touch over the coming weeks to discuss entry categories for your organisation, and to help you draft your entries. In the meantime, please contact us with any questions - or