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Paddy Leonard, 21 Jul
Foyle Street Bus Station and the North West Multi-Modal Transport
Hub have entered the 2023 SPIRIT of Translink Facility Awards, in
partnership with Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB).
Both will be hoping to maintain last year’s top Platinum standard
performance.
The initiative supports Translink staff in developing a culture of
continuous improvement, giving public recognition to the extra mile
taken by staff in creating a more attractive environment for passengers
and colleagues.
Assessed by KNIB, each facility is judged across a set of key criteria
examining key areas including resource efficiency, energy and carbon,
biodiversity, health and wellbeing activities, stakeholder, employee,
and community engagement as well as employee culture, behaviour, and
leadership.
Launching this year’s awards, Chris Allen, Environment, Social and
Governance Manager, Translink, said: “By showing leadership and
commitment to being a good corporate citizen we aim to inspire our
colleagues to make things even better for everyone that uses our
services and works at our stations.
“Embracing 4 key themes around Safety, Environment, Health and
Community, staff create a strong positive culture to make life better
connected for all which further drives more people to use public
transport as their first choice for travel, today for tomorrow. These
positive steps not only help to improve lives locally but also feed
into wider global sustainability development goals helping to create a
better world around us.
“Following the high standard of entries last year, we’re looking
forward to more strong performances across the public transport
network as colleagues display a real sense of pride in their
workplace and I’d like to wish everyone good luck in their efforts this
year.
“Attractive facilities play an important role in the overall visitor
experience. During the summer months we’re looking forward to welcoming
passengers to our stations and would encourage them to take advantage
of bus and rail services plus good value tickets to enjoy all that’s on
offer across Northern Ireland – find out more
at www.translink.co.uk/daysout .” said Chris.
Ian Humphreys, Chief Executive, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
said: “We look forward to getting this year’s SPIRIT of Translink
Facility Awards underway. This important programme recognises and
celebrates best practice across Translink in terms of safety, positive
environmental action and engagement with local communities.”
Awards results will be announced in October 2023.