Mayor’s Cycling & Sustainable Travel Awards Breakfast 10.11.22

This round of Mayor’s Cycling Awards will celebrate the active and sustainable travel achievements of participants in the 50-Day Workplace Challenger, as recorded by the Better Points app, and also the first phase of the MK Schools Cycling Challenge 2022-23 (awards and prizes below).

This event will be hosted by Network Rail at The Quadrant, Elder Gate, CMK, MK9 1EN (cycle and car parking details below). The event will have a similar format to the breakfast hosted by Willen Hospice in CMK earlier this year (see story).

Running order:

  • 8am – Arrival, coffee and pastries
  • 8.15 – Watch film about cycling in MK by MK Grid Spinners
  • 8.30 – Start – Welcome from Chair Deborah Cooper, MK Cycle Forum; Jo Lewington, Chief Environment & Sustainability Officer, Network Rail, and Steve Bassington, Workplace Manager, Network Rail – celebration of new visitor bike racks outside
  • 8.35 – Introduction from Cllr Zoe Nolan, Cabinet member for Children and Families, MK Council – Why cycling is good for MK
  • 8.40 – Recent MK cycling achievements including video of City Status Cycle Ride 14.7.22 – Ian Revell, MK Community Foundation
  • 8.50 – Mayor’s awards – presented by Mayor Amanda Marlow
    • Top Cycling School (most bicycles at school one day) – 1st place, Walton High (227), certificate to be collected by Chris Brittain
    • Top Cycling School (most bicycles at one school per 100 pupils) – 1st place, Watling Academy (10.71), certificate to be collected by Ian Bacon
    • Top Cycling Company (most cycling activities & miles cycled) – 1st place, Gemini Rail Services (285 & 3793) – Free Dr. Bike Repair Day, to be collected by David Smith
    • Top Cycling Company (most cycling activities & miles cycled) – 2nd place, The Open University (208 & 1074) – certificate to be collected by Jodi Houghton
    • Top Cycling Company (most cycling activities per employee) – ICAEW (35.2) – certificate to be collected by Liz Tribe
    • Top Cycling Individual (most cycling activities) – 1st place, Ann Kiceluk, World Vision (93) – Cycling Helmet
    • Top Cycling Individual (most cycling activities) – 2nd place, Alan Dewick, Gemini Rail Services (87) – £50 voucher (already received through Better Points)
    • Top Cycling Individual (most cycling activities) – 3rd place, David Smith, Gemini Rail Services (71) – T-shirt/tote bag
    • Winning Walker (most walking activities) – 1st place, Steve Porritt, Gemini Rail Services (221) – Bone conducting headphones
    • Winning Walker (most walking activities) – 2nd place, Charlie Byron, Gemini Rail Services (112) – T-shirt/tote bag
    • C02 Saver (most CO2 saved from walking and sustainable journey modes) – 1st place, Steve Porritt, Gemini Rail Services (265) – £50 voucher (already received through Better Points)
    • C02 Saver (most CO2 saved from walking and sustainable journey modes) – 2nd place, Alan Dewick, Gemini Rail Services (179) – T-shirt/tote bag
    • Most Sustainable Traveler (most sustainable bus journeys – bus, train, MK connect, eScooter, Car Club Journey) – 1st place – Maham Khan, Network Rail (38) – £50 voucher (already received through Better Points)
    • Most Sustainable Traveler (most sustainable bus journeys – bus, train, MK connect, eScooter, Car Club Journey) – 2nd place – Ian Turvey, World Vision (17) – T-shirt/tote bag
    • Top Better Points Company (most engagements per person) – Gemini Rail Services – donation of £200 to Willen Hospice (through Better Points)
  • 9.10 – Why cycling is important for our school & business – Ian Bacon, Headteacher of Watling Academy; David Smith, Gemini Rail Services
  • 9.15 – Launch of Bikeability Olympics 2023 (including video of Bikeability Olympics 2022) and update on MK Council cycle initiatives – Richard Allman & Raeesa Chowdhury, MK Council Bikeability
  • 9.20 – Building of Cycling CitizensMK alliance – Clive Faine, MK Cycle Forum; Malcolm Davies, Trek Bikes
  • 9.25 – Thanks and next steps, including MK Business Cycling Survey (similar to Schools Cycling Survey, Nov22), Cycling Santas 15.12.22 and City Celebration Cycle Ride 13.7.22
  • 9.30 – End
  • 9.35 – Celebration photo at Network Rail’s new bike racks outside main entrance & evaluation
  • 9.45 – Optional ‘How To Promote Cycling In My Institution’ workshop sharing best practice of businesses and schools.
  • 10.30 – End of workshop

Parking: cycle parking in racks newly installed outside main entrance; car parking in Pay and display parking around the QMK building, which can be paid for via the Ring Go App.

For further information, contact Tom Bulman, 07962 838685, cyclingmk@citizensuk.org, or Raeesa Chowdhury, raeesa.chowdhury@milton-keynes.gov.uk.

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