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September Parking News is out and ready for you to read! 📖 This month, read 'on the right path: is the Scottish pavement ban working?' as well as a feature on blue badge enforcement and how to take action on the worst offenders, key considerations for maintaining older carparks, and getting ready for this month's Scotland Expo Conference in Perth. Not only that, but you can expect Women In Parking developments, how technology can support CEOs, the British Parking Awards shortlist, and much much more! To read this month's great content, click the link in the comments. #ParkingNews #Parking #News #Magazine

🌟 Today marks Young Carers Action Day, focusing on the theme 'Fair Futures for Young Carers'. 🌟 As a former young carer, I've been fortunate to navigate through university and establish a fulfilling career, first as a teacher and now in the charity sector. But luck shouldn't be the determining factor. Every young carer deserves the opportunity to pursue their dreams with unwavering support. Yet, the reality remains stark for many remarkable young individuals: 📉 Young adult carers are 38% less likely to attain a degree-level qualification compared to their peers. This figure skyrockets to 86% for those providing over 35 hours of care per week. 📉 Those devoting more than 35 hours weekly to care duties are also 46% less likely to secure employment. Today, the Carers Trust launches the Young Carers Covenant, urging organisations nationwide to pledge their support for young carers. It's a simple yet profound act: ✅ Provide awareness training to identify and support young carers in education settings. ✅ Implement an Unpaid Carers Policy outlining available support within the workplace. Let's ensure that every young carer has the resources and opportunities they deserve. Let's create a future where their aspirations know no bounds. Sign up today and make a difference. #YoungCarersActionDay #FairFuturesForYoungCarers #SupportYoungCarers

Supporting Fair Futures for Young Carers means they're able to achieve career aspirations, beneficial not only to young carers, but also to society & the economy. #YoungCarersActionDay

The Young Carers Covenant sets out 10 key outcomes that young carers across the UK have said are key to improving their lives. Sign the covenant and support young carers: https://bit.ly/3Tq9oPi #CarersWeek

Yesterday Sadiq Khan launched his Mayoral Manifesto. The key pledges of note for London & South members include: - Freeze TfL fares “until at least 2025 and continue to freeze fares for as long as economic conditions allow”. - To create new Land Assembly Zones and set up more Mayoral Development Corporations to boost housing and regeneration projects. - Provide 4G and 5G service to all the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line by the end of 2025. - For Outer London, he aims to address the poor service and standards for users using non-TfL rail services. This includes exploring greater devolution of rail services and what lines could be better run by TfL. - He suggested he would push to deliver the next generation of major transport projects, including the Bakerloo Line Extension, West London Orbital and DLR to Thamesmead. These projects “could unlock an additional 150,000 new homes and would be a huge economic boost”. - Continue work to safeguard the Crossrail 2 route so that this project can be brought to fruition in the future. - He committed to delivering a fleet of 54 new DLR trains by 2028, developing plans to replace the Bakerloo line fleet, and delivering the new Piccadilly line trains from 2025 - Modernising TfL’s approach to ticketing. This will include allowing concession holders to use their phones as their travel pass, instead of having to carry an Oyster card; working with the government to roll out contactless payment in stations outside London; and working to include National Rail discounts when contactless payments are use. A link to the full document can be found below while if you have any thoughts on it let us know👇 https://lnkd.in/etVG89WN #RIAMember

Thanks for this awesome article on the Disadvantage Business Enterprise firms and our Workforce Development team at ACAA!!!

✈️ Exciting News for Our Community! ✈️ CISHA, the Local Community Forum led by Dr Roger Green and the Heathrow Area Transport Forum led by Anthony Smith have joined forces to address parking challenges around Heathrow Airport. 🚗 By bringing together Heathrow Airport, local authorities, police, the BPA - British Parking Association (BPA), Transport for London, and others, a Parking Special Interest Group was formed to tackle these issues head-on. As part of this collaboration, the AM-GO Scheme has emerged as the UK’s only police-supported certification for Meet and Greet parking operators. This initiative ensures parking providers meet top safety and customer service standards, giving travelers peace of mind. 🌟 We’re thrilled to share that Heathrow is the first registered member of the AM-GO Scheme! 🎉 💡 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eDEsKNZT Together, we’re committed to enhancing parking standards and ensuring safer, better experiences for all. #ParkingStandards #CommunityCollaboration #Heathrow #AMGO #CustomerService

#UnitedAirlines should be applauded for its moves towards #accessibility, BUT, what it needs to show is that it is serious in tackling accessibility for the mobility disabled. To date there has been nothing concrete to show it is moving in this direction. It’s #CEO #ScottKirby won’t even talk about the subject , at least publicly, even though he has been asked to by thousands of people. The hard ground work has already been done by groups such as #nonprofit All Wheels Up, #Air4All, #CollinsAerospace. There is #legislation being formulated which could force airlines to introduce wheelchair seating systems, but unfortunately this could take a decade or so before it is implemented unless United Airlines and other #airlines of their own accord started working with #aircraft manufacturers and other relevant aviation companies to make full accessibility a time-lined priority. It’s not rocket science, look at the first class facilities already being offered on commercial aircraft. #unitedboycott #Accessibility #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchairs #Disability #Transportation #aviation #AccessibleTourism #RightsOnFlights #tourism #equality #airtravel #wheelchairtravel #aircraft #design #airlines #aircraft #airtravel #equality #Boeing #Airbus #FAA #Boeing #Airbus #AllWheelsUp #aviation #DisabilityAwareness #AmplifyDisabledVoices #DisabilityRights #SeeTheAbility #AnericanAirlines #DiversityAndInclusion #DisabilityPride #tourism #accessibletourism #AllWheelsUp.

Imagine this: it's summertime and you’re off to London, but when you get to the train station you’re told to wear someone else’s sweaty clothes. Nothing fits. It’s uncomfortable. And worse, it’s undignified having to change into wet clothes in front of everyone. Outrageous right? It wouldn’t happen. Except it did. Someone in a wheelchair recently booked assistance for a Paris - London Eurostar trip. When he arrived in London, he was told staff weren’t allowed to push him in his own wheelchair. If travellers can’t propel themselves, they will be pushed in a generic station wheelchair instead. Only through a stressful and humiliating negotiation did the traveller end up getting to where they needed to go. (https://lnkd.in/edgDBjHd) This happened because of an uneducated policy change. This is why the statement, “nothing about us, without us” is so important! Policymakers need to understand the exorbitant value they’ll get from having consultations with the people who will be affected by the decisions they make. It’s great that Eurostar thought about their staff's health and safety, but how will they mitigate risk for travellers who can’t transfer without assistance from a person or equipment like a hoist? Also, most users' wheelchairs are bespoke. Specifically selected and adapted to suit the needs of that person. A generic chair will not be suitable for everyone, the same way that everyone’s clothes do not fit everyone else. Let alone wet and sweaty ones! It just doesn't make sense, if they will be pushing you in their generic wheelchair, who will be pushing your wheelchair to the train? Furthermore, Eurostar could be held liable for a fall, because they’re telling travellers they have to transfer to a station wheelchair. We need more considered thought processes.  We need more informed decisions.  We need more input, advice and guidance from the community it’ll affect. Assumptions will only end up alienating a massive customer base. Eurostar, I have used your services twice and found myself continuously advocating for how well you do things, this was before this article… Now, I'm not so sure anymore… Please do better in the future. #Disabilities #PolicyMaking #Inclusion

It’s #CarersRightsDay! This year’s theme, 'Recognising Your Rights', highlights the importance of carers knowing their rights. Learn more about the support available to carers in East Sussex by reading our article here: https://ow.ly/Ypt750UbCjk