Gloucestershire businesses working together to enable active, sustainable commuting.
Active Businesses Gloucestershire is a new employer-led network with a shared ambition to enable many more people to use sustainable transport and be more active as they travel around Gloucestershire.
We also want to help the county reach Net Zero ambitions by decarbonising transport and reducing the number of car journeys in the county.
Active Businesses Gloucestershire has the following objectives:
To raise awareness of the positive impact of making sustainable travel choices.
To increase the number of sustainable travel options for our employees.
To help our employees undertake journeys by active travel or public transport.
To do our bit, as businesses, to address transport emissions, poor air quality and improve the health of our workforce during their commute and business travel.
Our businesses network focuses on enabling walking and cycling and promoting public transport and car sharing.
The network is supported by Gloucestershire County Council through the Capability Fund and is aligned with the development of the new walking and cycling infrastructure being installed along the B4063 corridor.
Our group is based on the model developed by North Bristol SusCom in South Gloucestershire.
Our area
Businesses in the Cheltenham, Gloucester, B4063 corridor, Bishops Cleeve and Gloucester Business Park areas are invited to get involved.
There is a wide range of activities and support available to businesses in the network:
Active Businesses Gloucestershire network meetings Quarterly meetings with briefings on transport projects in the area, sharing best practice and an opportunity to collaborate on sustainable travel and commuting issues.
Love to Ride Gloucestershire An online community to help get more staff cycling to work throughout the year with key events like Bike Month in May and Cycle September.
Led walks Support to develop a programme of lunchtime walks for staff.
Active Travel roadshows On-site travel advice stalls delivered by ThinkTravel advisers.
Bikeability Cycle confidence training run on-site for staff aimed at new cyclists or those looking to start cycling to work.
Car Share Gloucestershire An online platform to help staff find car share matches for their commute - a great way to save money on the commute and reduce carbon emissions.
