Green Gown Awards 2019 - Swansea University - Finalist

SEE Change - original, forward thinking initiatives which have brought real economic benefits through training and employment opportunities.  Our strapline ‘Everyone can use’ is true for all of our sustainable travel initiatives. Many of these are ‘firsts’ - for Swansea, nationally, and, in the case of our crowdfunded bike hire scheme, the first in the world. 

• Swansea Santander Next bikes - first bike hire scheme for the region 

• In-house Ride Leadership programme - first of its kind in Wales 

• Public Cycle Workstations - first to be installed in Swansea 

• Gold Cycle Friendly Employer Status - first business/organisation in Wales 

• Commercial 24 hour bus service linking communities to the rail station and local hospitals and providing local employment - first in Wales 

• Greened our fleet changing over to hydrogen/electric  

• Community partnership chairing the Swansea Bay Sustainable Travel Planning Forum 

Top 3 learnings 

• We planned, engaged with others, listened, acted and kept our eyes on the prize!   
• Our people are our biggest asset - work, listen and learn from them, and see the benefits. 
• We had a communications strategy in place for each step of the way.