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Local solutions to big issuesSustrans Annual Review 2012/13

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At Sustrans we make smarter travel choices possible, desirable and inevitable. We’re a leading UK charity enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day.

We work with families, communities, policy-makers and partner organisations so that people are able to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys, with better places and spaces to move through and live in.

520,000school children we’ve encouraged

to walk and cycle (page 10)

£460 millionwas the value of health benefits

to people using the National Cycle Network (page 6)

3.1 millionpeople used the

National Cycle Network (see page 7)

884,000 tonnes of CO2 were potentially

saved by people using the National Cycle Network (page 8)

175,000 hours'time was contributed by

volunteers (page 4)

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In one year . . .

Our big achievements

It has been a challenging year. Against the backdrop of a tough economic climate, the wet weather of 2012 meant we had to act quickly to repair damage to Sustrans’ National Cycle Network, so that people could continue to use their local routes. And we didn’t just react to events. Five hundred new miles were added to our ever-growing Network across the UK, meaning 34 million people now live within one mile of their local route.

Of course laying the foundations is not enough. All of the work you’ll find in this report demonstrates our commitment to encouraging people to walk, cycle and use public transport for local journeys. From tailoring travel advice for communities, to teaching children how to cycle safely, this year we’ve worked with more people and organisations than ever before. Doing this means we can be sure that every mile of the National Cycle Network is used for more school journeys, more work commutes, and more trips to the shops.

We’ve also seen some great results from our campaigning, including the Welsh Government's announcement of an obligation to make it easier for people to get around by foot and bike. For the first time local authorities in Wales must plan and continually improve a network of walking and cycling routes. And as the Active Travel (Wales) Bill was announced we took our Free Range Kids petition, signed by over 10,500

people, to 10 Downing Street, to campaign for slower speeds in residential streets so that children can play safely in their own neighbourhoods.

None of this would be possible without the ongoing support of our donors, funders and partners. This is a big thanks to you all from all of us and all those we work with and for. We’re thankful too, to our many volunteers whose dedication makes it possible for us to extend our reach. Receiving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012 was a perfect testament to their hard work and commitment.

We’re thinking big. And we hope this review goes some way to showing how our work is helping solve some of society’s most pressing issues. From encouraging community cohesion to enabling better health through everyday activities, you’ll see from the case studies we’ve included that small changes really can make a big difference.

Malcolm ShepherdChief Executive, Sustrans

Tackling big issues like climate change and obesity, as well as transport problems such as congestion and road safety, can seem daunting. But the work we all do at Sustrans, pieced together, is making a huge difference.

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Changing travel behaviour across the UK is a big task. But by starting with people at home, where of course most journeys begin and end, we’ve produced some impressive results. In 2013 we’ve already seen the success of the first stage of our work to provide personalised travel information to people across Wales. The four-year programme, the largest ever in the UK, is being funded by the Welsh Government and has so far achieved amazing results in North Cardiff, encouraging and enabling people to get active. Working with local authorities and our partner Socialdata, we engaged with over 10,000 households, resulting in an 8% reduction in single occupancy car trips and a 26% increase in sustainable travel. Cycling has trebled and walking is up by 18%.

Our travel planning expertise is also spreading into schools, workplaces and other places people travel to and from daily, where small changes can make a big difference. We’re making sure our work has long-lasting effects.

In Dunstable and Stockton we’ve set up permanent active travel hubs and trained the staff to deliver personalised travel planning. That way hub visitors, as many as 200 people a day, have ongoing access to information long after our work in the community has ended.

And we’re building on our success. At the end of 2012, we successfully landed the first project which we’ll be delivering on our own, for Dorset County Council. We’re providing travel advice to 12,000 households in Dorchester and Weymouth, to encourage them to cycle, walk or use public transport more. Just by giving people information on where to walk, cycle or catch a bus, we can take up to 10% of car journeys off the road. It’s a simple solution to a big problem, and if rolled out UK-wide would make better use of existing roads without the need to invest billions in expensive infrastructure. We expect big results from our work in Dorset.

Making a big difference to communities

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Walking, cycling and public transport use has increased by 26% since we gave personalised travel advice to 10,000 households in Cardiff


ENCOURAGING CYCLING CONFIDENCE

Thirty years ago Phyllis Kealey literally fell off her bike. She didn’t get back on until Sustrans’ new Waterside Greenway opened in Northern Ireland, and she joined a local cycling club, Derry Well Woman.

“ The greenway has given me confidence to get back on my bike because I feel safe. I’m experiencing the obvious physical benefits of cycling, but getting fresh air along a stress-free path is also good for the mind. I’ve also made so many more friends through the cycling group, and reconnected with people I haven’t seen for years.”


In the past year we’ve recruited and trained more than 700 new volunteers to help people walk, cycle and use public transport for more of their everyday journeys. Our volunteers offered advice and organised activities in communities, workplaces, universities and schools, and maintained routes that extend the National Cycle Network into the heart of local communities, encouraging their use. In recognition of the way we harness our volunteers’ hard work and commitment, we were among just 60 charities and voluntary organisations to receive the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.

Over the last year we’ve also made a number of streets safer for children to play out, easier for people to make their everyday journeys by foot or bike, and more vibrant places for neighbours to socialise. In 2012 we completed work in Turnpike Lane, Haringey, a two-year project working with more than 900 households. We cut traffic speed, made junctions and public spaces safer, and enabled the community to socialise. Almost three times the number of residents feel that the street is now safe for children to play.

We started our first ever project on a district scale, helping 3,000 households in Bridgwater, Somerset redesign their streets, as well as the first project in the UK to retro-fit natural drainage within a community, in Lambeth. The drainage slowly filters rainwater through plants, cleansing it and reducing pressure on the drainage system. It’s a solution to increasingly common surface flooding that we see as a result of heavier rainfall. We’re using the project to shape the street to calm traffic and give residents a more attractive place to live.

But we’re not stopping at residential streets. We want to reinstate high streets as community spaces for people to socialise. Building on the success of our work in communities, in January 2013 we received funding from the People’s Health Trust to make high streets in four areas safer for walkers and cyclists: Reading, Southend-on-Sea, Peckham and Derby. The local communities are playing a key design role to make sure the high streets suit local people’s needs.

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Our 3,500 volunteers contributed the equivalent of almost 100 fulltime posts to Sustrans’ work in 2012

HELPING PEOPLE RECLAIM THEIR STREETS

Involving all members of the community in street design, including children, results in solutions that suit everyone.

Sonia More, a resident of Cockmuir Place, Elgin, Scotland, decided to get involved in Sustrans’ redesign of her street because of concerns for people’s safety.

“ Since the redesign the traffic flow has reduced, and I’ve noticed more than anything the number of families cycling through the street. More children are walking to school too, which shows that parents feel it’s safer. I know more residents as a result of people socialising, and I have the pleasure of looking onto a landscaped area rather than the grey concrete jungle which was there pre-Sustrans.”

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2.4 million cyclists

said that the convenience of their local National Cycle Network route

influenced their choice to use it

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1,000+ peoplesaid that their cycling levels have increased since taking part in our Big Cycle and Walk Challenge in June 2012 – over

half of all participants

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8% reductionin car journeys and a 16%

reduction in the total distance travelled by car as a result

of our work in Cardiff. This equates to 20.6 million

fewer car miles per year

1.2 million National Cycle Network users

met new people in 2012 through making journeys on the Network


Every aspect of Sustrans’ work benefits the health of people across the UK; influencing national policy and guidance, building new routes, improving local streets, or helping people cycle and walk to work or school. We work with local and national governments and agencies including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), professional bodies and other charities, and the end result is more people being more physically active and healthier.

Thanks to our six years of campaigning, in February 2013 the Active Travel (Wales) Bill was introduced, the first ever bill of its kind. We built a broad coalition of partners and cross-party support to bring about the legislation which will place a duty on councils to plan and continually improve a network of walking and cycling routes in Wales. The Active Travel Wales Act is due to become law by October 2013.

We’ve also seen the positive results of a consortium we established to encourage more people to be physically active in their everyday lives. We worked together to enable over two million people to walk and cycle more. Sustrans brought together the Travel Actively Consortium, a group of 11 charities including the Ramblers and Walk England, thanks

to a Big Lottery Fund grant and support from stakeholders including the Department of Health, many local authorities and Primary Care Trusts (whose public health responsibilities now lie with local councils as the Trusts have been abolished).

In 2012 we made a number of recommendations to NICE on their guidance to encourage people to increase the amount they walk or cycle, working with experts from the NHS, the National Obesity Observatory, councils and universities. The guidance was commissioned by the Department of Health.

And we’ve persisted in our calls to action to promote public health. In 2012 we reviewed the progress of the recommendations set out in Take action on active travel, a 2007 report calling on governments to promote public health by investing in active travel. The 2012 review shows that motor transport is still taking priority in the big decisions and allocation of investment. We produced the original report with the UK’s leading public health organisations, including the Association of Directors of Public Health, who support the calls to action. There are now more than 110 signatories.

Making a big difference to our health

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The estimated value of health benefits to users of the National Cycle Network in 2012 was £460 million


50% said they felt

more productive at work

4 out of 5reported that it helped

increase their regular physical activity

80% said it helped them

maintain a healthy weight, feel happier, less stressed,

more relaxed or fitter

WALKING THE WAY TO HEALTH

Two years ago, Shirley Cotterrall’s grandson donated a kidney for her much needed transplant. Shirley must have regular exercise for her recovery – the opening of Sustrans’ new Pont-Y-Werin bridge in Wales has been life changing.

“ The new bridge has encouraged me to get out and about by foot which is great for my health. I use it most days. The exercise is good for me at my age and has opened up more options for me and my husband who uses a mobility scooter – we use the bridge to walk over to Penarth for a meal and to do our shopping, something we wouldn’t have been able to do before.”

Of the 3.1 million people who used the National Cycle Network in 2012 . . .

We’re in a unique position to build routes that overcome access issues stopping people from making sustainable, environmentally-friendly journeys. In 2012, over three million people made an amazing 485 million journeys on our National Cycle Network, and many of those were to everyday destinations; 23% for work or education, and 12% for shopping.

Our maintenance responsibilities along much of the Network cost us £1 million last year, and as a charity we rely on donations and funding to be able to keep these much-loved routes in great shape. It’s important that we do. Even though many everyday journeys are short enough to walk or cycle, the transport sector accounted for an estimated 24% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions in 2012. We take a practical approach to tackling this by extending the Network and encouraging people to get active. Based on average car emissions, the potential carbon dioxide saving of Network journeys in 2012 was around 884,000 tonnes. With more cycling and walking, we’re reducing congestion too – there was a 10% reduction in everyday car journeys to schools we worked in.

In 2012 we extended the Network by 500 miles, so there are now 14,000 miles of quiet on-road or traffic-free paths, across the UK. This includes 84 new networks which were funded by the Big Lottery Fund and other partners including local authorities, who collectively contributed £2.30 for every £1 invested by the Big Lottery Fund. The five year project finished in 2013 and has brought the Network to the heart of local communities, giving four million people who live within a mile of them access to nearby shops, workplaces and town centres. Over the five years we’ve built 70 bridges, tunnels and viaducts including a 300 metre bridge in Glasgow and a 280 metre bridge in Shoreham, over 450 miles of greenways, more than 70 toucan crossings, and upgraded canal towpaths, railway paths and cycle-friendly roads. We're celebrating this achievement in 2013, and look forward to telling you more in next year’s review.

We’re using all of this knowledge and experience to influence. At the start of 2013 we gave evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into getting Britain cycling more often and more safely. We told the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group that strong and consistent leadership is needed to transform cycling culture in the UK.

From laying the foundations that make walking and cycling possible, to lobbying national governments for investment and commitment to raising the profile of walking and cycling, we’re taking a holistic approach to getting the UK active.

Creating a big and accessible network

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Encouraging people to make everyday journeys by foot, bike or public transport is at the heart of what we do. But this work to inspire walking and cycling goes hand-in-hand with our projects which are literally linking people to public transport, work, schools and shops.


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The Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath

This traffic-free route to the city opened in April. Over 8,000 people attended the opening event and 1,600 went through the iconic Two Tunnels in the first hour, the longest walking and cycling tunnel in Britain at over a mile.

Oban to Fort William, Scotland

A vital section of the work to link Oban to Fort William was completed in 2012; a new bridge over the River Duror. The finished cycling and walking route will

span 32 miles. The route is already boosting local tourism, with hotels

installing showers for passing cyclists.

Finsbury Park, London

A new footway has replaced one of the traffic lanes along Drayton Park and Seven Sisters Road, giving walkers and cyclists more space, and the reconfiguration of streets has eased congestion.

Titanic Quarter, Belfast

In 2012, nearly 60% of people surveyed on the new section of the Comber Greenway could have used their car for the same journey, but chose not to. The new route links up with existing paths and provides direct links to the newly developed Titanic Quarter.

Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire

This new traffic-free route, which opened in April 2012,

diverts people away from busy traffic. It’s suitable for

pedestrians, cyclists, mobility scooter and wheelchair users, as

well as people with pushchairs. The number of trips made by

people over 65 has more than tripled as a result of the route.

The Swansea Valley

New cycling routes between Clydach and Glais were finished in 2012, giving communities easy access to shops, schools, nearby towns and the surrounding countryside. An estimated 97,000 trips were made on the route in 2012, and the number of trips by children using the route has quadrupled.

Hockley viaduct, Winchester

We oversaw work on a new traffic-free path in Winchester which brings a viaduct, once the biggest brick structure in the UK, back into operation for the first time in 50 years.

The Valleys Cycle Network, Wales

Several new cycle routes, which together make over 62 miles of traffic-free routes called the Valleys Cycle Network, were opened in 2012, including a seven-mile path between Merthyr Tydfil and Pontwalby.

Sustrans' extensive National Cycle Network and a selection of the work

we've completed in the last year


Our work to help children and young people walk and cycle more has long-lasting effects, influencing the way they choose to travel both in the short-term and into the future. Teachers we’ve worked with comment on the benefits to their pupils, including an increase in children’s confidence and self-esteem and improvement of their leadership, teamwork and organisational skills. These positive effects make Sustrans the obvious choice of provider for other organisations interested in changing travel behaviour. Transport and health departments in local authorities and Sport Northern Ireland are among many funders who say that our work helps to meet health targets and is good at raising the profile of cycling in their local area, and that raising awareness of the benefits and safety issues has overcome barriers to cycling and changed attitudes among the wider community.

We’re giving children a voice, and the power to bring about change. In September 2012 we launched a new resource, the Big Street Survey, for school children to investigate the area around their school and create a manifesto on how to make their streets safer and greener. These manifestos are being used to lobby decision-makers and elected representatives at a national and local level to make their changes happen.

When presented with the survey the Geographical Association praised the innovative and inspiring resource, and the fact it is free and available to all.

We’re calling on governments to introduce a gold standard of cycling in schools, recommending that cycling is integrated into the school curriculum along with an accreditation system such as Sustrans’ School Mark. This has already made a huge impact on schools across the UK, with bronze, silver and gold awards working as an incentive to promote cycling, walking and public transport for school journeys. By early 2013 eight schools had achieved the gold level, and their commitment since 2009 has produced long-lasting results.

As well as campaigning for government investment in active school journeys, we continue to expand our own work in schools, colleges and universities. We launched our Access to Education programme in September 2012 with Devon County Council, and are working with seven other local authorities to encourage young people to walk and cycle for everyday journeys, by giving tailored help and advice.

Giving children and young people a big voice

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In 2012 we worked with over half a million young people to promote walking and cycling at over 2,100 schools, colleges and universities. We doubled cycling levels at all the 700 new schools we worked with, for the second year in a row.


“ If we want to see a real change in the number of kids riding to school, and the benefits that entails, we need a minimum level of cycling education and facilities in every school in the UK.”

Olympic gold cyclist Dani King, backing our proposal

SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL MARK IN SURREY

St Anne’s Catholic Primary School in Surrey has benefited from Sustrans’ School Mark over the last four years. The bronze, silver and gold stages have given pupils a goal and having reached gold standard, cycling is now integral to the school’s planning, prospectus and curriculum. As teacher Teresa O’Brien explains, there have been plenty of changes:

“ Sustrans’ School Mark has brought cycling to the attention of some children who might not otherwise think of cycling to school. I think it has made both the parents and children keener to use cycling as a means of travel, and through various events we have learnt that it can be safe to cycle, even on the busy roads around school. The children also realise that biking can be cool!”

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We’re heading towards one million journeys in the UK’s biggest school cycle and scoot competition, the Big Pedal. In March 2013 we ran the event for the third year in a row. Pupils made over 700,000 school journeys by bike or scooter in three weeks. If each of these replaced a car trip, a saving of 704 tonnes of carbon dioxide was made over 15 days, and a potential saving of £358,000 in fuel costs.

And we’re influencing government to make our streets safer for children. In April 2013, after 18 months of building support for 20 mph speed limits in residential areas and investment in safe routes, we presented a pledge to 10 Downing Street which was signed by over 10,500 people across the UK. The Free Range Kids campaign called for measures to enable walking and cycling to be the norm for school journeys, and give children more freedom in their streets.

The campaign got children and young people involved too, with our postcard competition during summer 2012. Over 2,000 children wrote a poem, letter or song to someone in power, backing up our call for 20 mph speed limits. A parliamentary reception was held for the campaign, attended by TV presenter and Free Range Kids Ambassador Miranda Krestovnikoff, MPs Ben Bradshaw, Amber Rudd and Dawn Primarolo, and many more. We launched Transforming Young People’s Travel, a summary of our work in education and with young people, at the event.


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81.4 million trips

were made by children on the National Cycle Network

in 2012, and an estimated 18.4 million of those were

to and from school

600 schools have achieved Sustrans’ bronze, silver or gold

School Mark, and a further 1,000 are working towards it

46,000 children were cycling to the schools

we worked with, every day, by April 2013

WE’RE STEERING YOUNGSTERS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Sustrans’ project at Bow School in Tower Hamlets is the first of its kind to tackle gang culture in London, by engaging at-risk pupils in a fun, challenging and rewarding activity.

The 11- to 15-year-olds meet weekly at the BMX tracks, built as part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy project. Since September 2012 the boys have trained with professional coaches, with an aim to compete in local and national competitions and become BMX coaches themselves.

Bow School PE teacher, Dan Pitt, says,

“ Bow Boys strongly encourages healthy lifestyles for our students and believes cycling is a fantastic way to get active. We are always looking to expand opportunities for our students and hope that the BMX Club will help to address gang culture while providing students with a great sense of achievement.”


We have an ambitious long-term aim to extend our National Cycle Network to within a mile of everyone in the UK, laying more and more foundations to make everyday walking and cycling even more convenient. We hope to build on the success of our 84 new networks by using the funding we receive to lay many more miles of quiet on-road and traffic-free routes over the next year.

In London, much of what our recent Connect London campaign asked for has been proposed in Mayor Boris Johnson's cycle vision. As part of this ambitious vision, we look forward to working with the Mayor, Transport for London and London boroughs to plan the delivery of the Quietways network. This London-wide programme will complement our existing Network and will mean

a massive improvement in route options for new and less confident cyclists. We're really excited to be involved in a vision that is set to revolutionise cycling in one of the world's biggest cities.

We’re assessing the biodiversity along many of our traffic-free routes in England, Scotland and Wales, and enhancing habitats for plants and wildlife. Creating these ‘corridors’ for wildlife will bring many other benefits: our existing volunteers will have a chance to learn new skills in habitat management; we’ll be able to attract new volunteers; our Network will become a great place for educational trips; and people will have an even better experience of walking and cycling and another reason to make their everyday journeys on foot or by bike.

The route aheadOur ambitions for the next year are as big as ever. We’re extending our work into new areas and taking on even bigger projects. Here are just a few of our exciting plans that we expect to be telling you more about next year . . .

We’re thinking bigWe’ve set ourselves high targets, but this is vital if we’re to achieve our ambition of four out of five local journeys being made by foot, bike or public transport by 2020. Ours is a holistic approach, shown through this snapshot of our work. And our starting point is individuals. By influencing their travel behaviour we can help solve some of the big issues facing us all.

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A big thank youWe’d like to thank the people, project partners, local authorities and trusts, plus many other organisations that supported our work in 2012/13. You helped us give people more choice for healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys and create better spaces to move through and live in. In 2012/13 we were particularly grateful to:

Our volunteers and supporters

A huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers across the UK, for all the support they give us and for spreading the word about Sustrans in their local communities. And a big thanks too, to all our supporters. Their commitment to a shared vision demonstrated not only through donations but also by volunteering and supporting local campaigns make them integral to all aspects of our work and essential to our future success.

Local authorities

Sustrans receives funding from and works in partnership with numerous local authorities across the UK. Their support and commitment is hugely important and without it our work would not be possible. We are not able to mention them all individually but special thanks go to those who have supported, and continue to support, our schools and community programmes and who have contributed to the success of our 84 new networks funded by the Big Lottery Fund.

Charitable trusts and foundations

John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust

Stephen Clark 1965 Trust

The Blair Foundation

The Brownswood Trust

The Craignish Trust

The Freshfield Foundation

The Gunter Charitable Trust

The Melbreak Trust

The Mrs Jean M F Fraser Charitable Trust

The Peacock Charitable Trust

The Ratcliff Foundation

The Serve All Trust

The Shears Foundation

The Spear Charitable Trust

William Brake Charitable Trust

Arts and the travelling landscape

Arts Council England

Arts Council of Wales

Johnsons Wellfield Quarries Ltd

Laser Process Ltd

The Ernest Cook Trust

Two Tunnels Group

Businesses

Acer Engineering

ARM Ltd

Barcan Woodward Solicitors

Bath Ales

Bike Hub

Canopy & Stars

Cyclepods

Ecotricity

ERM

Hymans Robertson

Inbro Ltd

Islabikes Ltd

Lyons Davidson

Mosquito Bikes (UK) Ltd

Royal Haskoning

Saddle Skedaddle

Specialized Bicycles

Team M.A.D.

The AA

The Bicycle Association

The Camping and Caravanning Club

Other funders and partner bodies

Association of Directors of Public Health

Active Belfast

Adrian Davis Associates

Belfast Harbour Commissioners

Belfast Health Development Unit

Big Lottery Fund

BRB (Residuary) Ltd

British Cycling

British Heart Foundation

British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity

Butterfly Conservation

Cairngorms National Park

Campaign for Better Transport

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

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CTC the national cyclists’ organisation

Department for Regional Development (NI)

Department for Social Development (NI)

Department for Transport (England)

Department of Health (England)

DOE Northern Ireland Environment Agency

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Environment Agency

Environment Wales

European Cyclists’ Federation

European Greenways Association

European Network for Health Enhancing Physical Activity

Faculty of Public Health

Forestry Commission Scotland

Freight Transport Association

Heritage Lottery Fund

Highways Agency

Institution of Civil Engineers

International Federation of Pedestrians

Living Streets

Living Streets London

London Cycling Campaign

Men's Health Forum

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Natural England

NHS Health Scotland

NHS Sustainable Development Unit

Nike

Olympic Delivery Authority

Ouse Valley Cycle Network

Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety

Passenger Transport Executive Group

People’s Health Trust

Physical Activity Alliance

Polis

Public Health Agency NI

Public Health England

Railway Heritage Trust

Royal Society for Public Health

RSPB

ScotRail

Scottish Government

Scottish Natural Heritage

Sewta

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

SWWITCH

Taith

The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership

The Royal Parks

The Times

TraCC (Mid Wales Transport Consortium)

Translink

Transport and Health Study Group

Transport for London

Transport Scotland

UK Health Forum

University College London

Welsh European Funding Office

Welsh Government

World Health Organisation

Landfill operators and distributive environmental bodies

AmeyCespa Community Fund

Cory Environmental Trust in Britain

Glasgow City Council

Grundon Waste Management Ltd

Lancashire Environmental Fund

The Ulster Wildlife Trust

Veolia ES Cleanaway Mardyke Trust

Major landowners

Canal and River Trust

Canal trusts

DCAL Inland Waterways (NI)

English Heritage

Environment Agency

Forestry Commission England

Forestry Commission Scotland

Local Wildlife Trusts

National Park Authorities

National Trust

Natural Resources Wales

Network Rail

and numerous private estates

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Where our money came from

Total income 2012/13: £78,694,000

Charitable donations: £3,047,000

Big Lottery Fund for health promotion and community projects: £25,856,000

Fees and grants from governments: £35,037,000

Other (including fees and grants from local authorities, PCTs and shop sales): £14,754,000

How that income was spent

Total expenditure 2012/13: £78,005,000

Creating and maintaining routes for people to walk and cycle more: £65,882,000

Enabling children and young people to travel safely and independently: £6,319,000

Increasing levels of active travel amongst communities and workplaces: £4,550,000

Voluntary fundraising and marketing: £1,197,000

Governance: £57,000

The continued pressure on funding means that to continue to deliver our work in the future we need to expand our funding base and we continue to actively seek partnerships to work on projects from local schemes to city-wide programmes.

98% of our income goes into practical project delivery – so working with Sustrans is an excellent investment.

If you would like to help us achieve our vision of a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll find our contact details on the back cover.

A full financial breakdown is available at sustrans.me/accounts-2012-13

Financial reviewSustrans’ income rose by almost £30 million in 2012/13, from the previous year, despite a continuing tough economic climate. This support enabled us to work with families, communities, policymakers and partner organisations to make walking, cycling and public transport the obvious choice for people throughout the UK.

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£3,047,000

£14,754,000

£35,037,000 £25,856,000

£65,882,000

£6,319,000

£4,550,000

£1,197,000

£57,000


© Sustrans 2013 ISSN 1755-3636 (print) 1755-3644 (online) Design: Neo (weareneo.com). Photography: Sustrans staff, Gavan Connoly (page 3)

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Sustrans Head Office

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Sustrans Cymru

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Sustrans London

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Sustrans Northern Ireland

Premier Business Centres20 Adelaide StreetBelfast BT2 8GDTel: 028 9043 [email protected]: Gordon Clarke

Sustrans Scotland

Rosebery House9 Haymarket TerraceEdinburgh EH12 5EZTel: 0131 346 [email protected]: John Lauder

For a Welsh language version of our annual review, please visit www.sustrans.org.uk

For the most part, the statistics in this annual review are derived from the monitoring of our projects right across the UK. As such, they are based on the collection of data from a sample of beneficiaries which is then analysed by our dedicated research and monitoring team.

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