Sara Sloman and Jacob Pryor from Travelwest provide an update on the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and how your company could benefit from the match funding to support your sustainable transport actions.

1. Go Green Business Breakfast
24th March, 2015
Sara Sloman and Jacob Pryor,
Bristol Business Engagement Managers, LSTF

2. An LSTF update
Meet the team:
Sara Sloman - LSTF Business Engagement
Manager
Jacob Pryor – Bristol Business Engagement
Manager
Kurt Scheibl – Bristol Business Engagement
Support Officer
• An update on LSTF and plans for LSTF2
2015/16
• Dates for your diary including Grant Round
information

3. An LSTF update
What does success look like?
• Continued expansion of the Business Engagement Database
and currently 230 March 2015 – tripling the entry level.
• Measuring the uptake of services – quantifiable impact
• Case studies and testimonials – quality impact
• Grants scheme successfully delivered £200,000
• Meeting DfT reporting requirements
• Focus on project ‘Legacy’ for Businesses
• Continued support of businesses already involved in the
project
• Identifying and targeting businesses in ‘transition’ so that
resources are used to maximum effect

4. Statistics: Grants
Match funded grants (50:50) to support improvements to
facilities onsite such as improved cycling facilities, Electric
Vehicle Charging Point (installation and commission only)
showers, lockers, changing rooms, cycle parking, pool bikes):
Round 1, 2013, £48,000 – May 2013
Round 2, 2014, £74,000 – March 2014
Round 3, 2014, £69,000 – July 2014
Round 4, 2014, £21,000 – November 2014
70% of grant money distributed to RPS affected businesses
230 Actively engaged businesses (correspondence includes
regular newsletters)
There will be three grant rounds in 2015/16 with the first in
April 2015.

5. An LSTF update
LSTF in 2014 delivered beyond initial projections with the Database of Businesses
tripling since the project started in 2012, with a third of businesses receiving
intensive engagement.
2012 = 12 businesses intensively engaged (61 in total)
2013 = 46 businesses intensively engaged (153 in total)
2014/15 = 63 businesses intensively engaged (230 in total)
• Approximately 300 employer roadshows for Bristol businesses since 2012
• Developed a new approach to PTP with North Bristol NHS Trust and managing a
specific resource to work intensively in the RPS area
• Revived the Bristol Cycle Champions Scheme in 2014 with 56 Businesses
• Continuation of 25 core activities to assist with Businesses making sustainable
travel a priority for 2015/16

6. Key Dates for your diary:
Month Milestone
January 2015  Winter Cycle Champions mail out
 BWTN
February 2015  Closure for finance
March 2015  WoE Travel Survey
April 2015  Grant Round Spring 2015
 Cycle Champions Social Event
May 2015  Walk to work week
 European Cycle challenge
 BWTN
June 2015  Big Commuter Challenge
 Bike to work week
July 2015  Big Commuter Challenge
 Sky Ride
August 2015  Cycle Champion Summer Roadshows
September 2015  Grant Round Autumn 2015
October 2015  BWTN
November 2015  Travel Awards
 Winter Commuting Launch
December 2015  Grant Round Winter 2015
January 2016  Yomp cycle challenge
February 2016  BWTN
March 2016  Cycle Champion Winter Roadshows

7. New for 2015/16 – LSTF2
 Big Commuter Challenge – back bigger
than ever
 Freight Consolidation Scheme –
innovation and partnership
 Match funded grant opportunities
 Cycle Champions Scheme
 Roadshow events
 Public events to inspire and motivate
 Bristol 2015 European Green Capital
events and activities

8. Thank you
Sara Sloman and Jacob Pryor
Bristol Business Engagement Managers
Local Sustainable Transport Fund
T: 0117 903 6847