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We’re pleased to share the launch of the updated Health and Transport Action Plan for the NHS Grampian region. The plan builds on over 15 years of partnership, aiming to: 🚶♂️🚴♀️ Support people to walk, wheel, cycle or use other forms of active travel to stay healthy. 🌍 Reduce the impacts of the way we travel on our health and the environment. 🏥 Make it easier, and more sustainable, for people to get to health and social care services when they need them. Last year, schools across the region took part in our HTAP art competition, sharing their ideas about transport and health. We’re delighted to feature many of their colourful and lively artworks within the new document. You can read more about the action plan and the work of partners over on the Nestrans website. #HTAP2025 #HealthAndTransport #CommunityWellbeing #SustainableTravel #ActiveTravel #HealthOutcomes NHS Grampian Scottishambulance AberdeenCC Aberdeenshire Council @moraycouncil Community Transport Association Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action (TSI)

📅 Coming up: Tuesday, 4th February - 7pm 🌍🚍 Next week, our colleague Caroline Hood will be speaking at the NESCAN Hub & Aberdeen Climate Action Climate Cafe. She'll join David Kelly and Jenny Milne to discuss how community transport can reduce our carbon footprint and make travel more sustainable. 🌱💚 What potential solutions exist, what is being considered, and what might the future of community transport look like? 🤔 Join the conversation and learn more about the future of sustainable travel. https://lnkd.in/e4eZXmae

🎉We’re working on exciting plans for next year and are looking for partners to help deliver active and sustainable travel behaviour change projects across #Aberdeen and #Aberdeenshire.   🚶➡️ 🚴♀️ 🧑🦽➡️ Have you got a project that can help people put walking, wheeling, and cycling at the heart of their everyday behaviours and daily journeys?   🚌 Are you working on something that can better connect those journeys to the public transport network, offering more sustainable alternatives to car travel?   💪 Are you a community group or social enterprise looking for support to empower active and sustainable travel among your communities?   Over the past few months we’ve been working with a fantastic range of partners, supported by Transport Scotland’s People and Place programme. You can read all about our 2024/25 projects and their work here: https://lnkd.in/daKaFiQ6   As we look towards 2025/26 we invite expressions of interest from partners who can join us to keep delivering improvements to active and sustainable travel across the north east.   You can find the full details and guidance on our People and Place Programme Plan, as well as an expression of interest form here: https://lnkd.in/d7dj9Qrp   📅 We’re looking for submissions by 3rd January 2025, but if you’d like to have an informal chat about an idea, please do get in touch before 20th December.

We've had a fantastic amount of interest so far in our Community Sustainable Travel Grant scheme, after our launch last week. Thank you to those who helped share the news 🫶 The fund allows charities, community groups and social enterprises across the north east to apply for funding to support their eco-friendly travel projects and initiatives. Eligible groups can apply for up to 100% funding for a variety of impactful projects, up to a maximum of £5,000. Example projects include (but are not limited to): 🚶➡️ Community Paths – enhancements to local paths to improve accessibility and encourage walking and cycling. 🚴 Cycle Parking – installation of bike parking facilities to support cycling to facilities. 🚴♀️ Electric and Cargo Bikes – Acquiring electric or cargo bikes to use for community hire schemes, or as fleet vehicles. 📊 Travel Plans – Support to develop or implement comprehensive travel plans to support sustainable and active travel. 👉 Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/eZnaxJvW 📅 Applications close: 29th November 2024 #SustainableTravel #GrantFunding

📣 Calling all community groups, charities and social enterprises! 🍃 Our Community Sustainable Travel Grant is back! Apply now for funding to support your eco-friendly travel projects and initiatives. Eligible groups can apply for up to 100% funding for a variety of impactful projects, up to a maximum of £5,000. Example projects include (but are not limited to): 🚶➡️ Community Paths – enhancements to local paths to improve accessibility and encourage walking and cycling. 🚴 Cycle Parking – installation of bike parking facilities to support cycling to facilities. 🚴♀️ Electric and Cargo Bikes – Acquiring electric or cargo bikes to use for community hire schemes, or as fleet vehicles. 📊 Travel Plans – Support to develop or implement comprehensive travel plans to support sustainable and active travel. 👉 Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eZnaxJvW 📅 Applications close: 29th November #SustainableTravel #GrantFunding

We’re looking for your feedback on improving walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport along the route between Laurencekirk and Aberdeen. As part of our current consultation we’re looking for your views on: 🚶➡️ 🚴♀️ active travel infrastructure to connect communities along the corridor from #Stonehaven to #Aberdeen 🚴♀️ 🚌 🚗 a mobility hub facility to the south of Aberdeen 🚌 bus priority measures on approach to Aberdeen, providing a foundation for #AberdeenRapidTransit 🚉 creation of a new rail station in #Cove 🚉 creation of a new rail station in #Newtonhill. ℹ️ Find out more about proposals and take part here before 29th October: https://lnkd.in/ecddjx7K

📣 Let us help you with your greener-travel projects! 🍃 👉 Apply before Oct 31st! Our Sustainable Travel Grant Scheme offers businesses and organisations across #Aberdeen and #Aberdeenshire the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from £500 to £10,000 (up to a maximum of 50% of any proposal). We can help with your projects that support and encourage travel planning and increase sustainable travel, for example: 🚴♀️ Installing secure cycle parking 🚿 Installing or improving shower/changing facilities 🚶➡️ Improving pedestrian access to a place of work 📊 A survey to develop a travel plan 🙋 Employee training 📅 The fund is open for applications until 31st October 2024. ℹ️ You can find more information and guidance on how to apply at https://lnkd.in/eZnaxJvW If you’d like to chat about a potential idea or application, please get in touch at NestransInfo@Nestrans.org.uk

Today we're looking at improving access to health and social care as part of #CTWeek24, celebrating community transport across the UK with Community Transport Association. Volunteer drivers play a vital role in supporting community transport, helping vulnerable people to access health and social care. If you have free time and enjoy driving and helping people, then we’re looking for YOU! We are working together across a range of organisations to help recruit volunteer drivers who will: 🚌 Drive minibuses for community transport schemes. 🚗Drive their own cars to transport people (receive a mileage rate). 🙋 We also need people to act as escorts for some passengers. You can read more about what our Grampian Health and Transport Action Plan (HTAP) does to improve access to health and social care here: https://lnkd.in/epeA6gsT #HTAP #healthandtransportactionplan

📣Let us help you support your greener-travel projects!🍃 Our Sustainable Travel Grant Scheme offers businesses and organisations across #Aberdeen and #Aberdeenshire the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from £500 to £10,000 (up to a maximum of 50% of any proposal). We can help with your projects that support and encourage travel planning and increase sustainable travel, for example: 🚴Installing secure cycle parking 🚿Installing or improving shower/changing facilities 🚶Improving pedestrian access to a place of work 📊 A survey to develop a travel plan 🙋 Employee training 🗓️ The fund is open for applications until 31st October 2024. ℹ️ You can find more information and guidance on how to apply at https://lnkd.in/eZnaxJvW 👋 If you’d like to chat about a potential idea or application, please get in touch at NestransInfo@Nestrans.org.uk 

📣Drop in events today & tomorrow! Come along to drop in events in #Cove (today from 4pm) and #Newtonhill (tomorrow from 3:30pm) and hear about the plans as part of the Aberdeen to Laurencekirk Multi Modal Corridor Study. Chat to the study team about proposals for walking & cycling infrastructure, bus priority and #AberdeenRapidTransit, as well as a mobility hub and train stations. 📅 Wednesday 9th October ⌚ 4pm – 8pm 📍 The Aberdeen Altens Hotel, Souter Head Rd, Cove Bay, Aberdeen AB12 3LF 📅 Thursday 10th October ⌚ 3:30pm – 7:30pm 📍Bettridge Centre, Greystone Place, Newtonhill, Stonehaven AB39 3UL ℹ️ You can also find full information on the proposals online, and take part in our feedback at: https://lnkd.in/ecddjx7K