Events and Meetings
What’s on
Added: 19 March 2009 | Updated: 4 January 2012
Crossrail: Accessible for All?
Tuesday 17th January, 2 – 4pm; Ealing Centre for Independent Living (ECIL) , 1 Bayham Road, London W13 0TQ
John Goldsmith from Crossrail will be speaking to the Ealing Transport Action Group about the plans for Crossrail in the borough, and taking your questions on how Crossrail can be made accessible to everyone
Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, or if you have any specific access requirements such as speech-to-text translation, please contact Transport for All on 020 7737 2339.
Preveious events:
Demonstration for step-free access at Ladbroke Grove station
Monday 5th December, 5.30 pm to 6 pmLadbroke Grove Tube station
Ladbroke Grove station was promised a lift a few years back – but this was cancelled; and now a fresh round of cuts is threatening stepfree access throughout London. The demo aims to bring attention to the issue of step free access to public transport ahead of next year’s Mayoral and GLA elections.
Transport for All will be speaking, and Ken Livingstone will be speaking, as well as Val Shawcross AM (Labour’s GLA Spokesperson for Transport) and Jennette Arnold AM (Labour’s GLA Spokesperson for Equality and Diversity).
Please phone Transport for All on 020 7737 2339 if you’d like any info about travelling there.
Doing Transport Differently30 years’ progress on inclusive transport & the challenges ahead
Wednesday 7th December, 12:30 – 16:00Greenwich, London. (Venue details will be sent out prior to event)
Disability rights organisation Radar is holding a free seminar on transport, to debate how far we have come in the last 30 years. Panellists will consider the most important challenges ahead and how to ensure disabled people can voice priorities directly to operating companies.
The panel includes Paul Maynard MP (Chair – Transport Select Committee), Liz Sayce from Radar, Alice Maynard from Future Inclusion, David Sindall from ATOC, Mark Rose from Network Rail, Nigel Dotchin from the Department for Transport, Jocelyn Pearson from Passenger Focus, and our very own Faryal Velmi from Transport for All.
Please RSVP to intern@radar.org.uk by Wednesday 30 November indicating whether you need any additional adjustments – the venue is wheelchair accessible and there is sign language interpretation. And let us know that you’re coming – contactus@transportforall.org.uk – so we can look out for you there!
Brent Transport Action Group
Tuesday 29th November, 11am – 1pmBrent Association of Disabled People (BADP), Willesden Centre for Health & Care, Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG
The guest speaker will be Laura Warren from the London Assembly Transport Committee. She will be giving a talk about the work of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee, and how it addresses the transport needs of London’s older and disabled transport users.
If you’d like to come, please contact Jimmy on 020 8451 3822 extn 223, to confirm your attendance.
If you are unable to confirm your presence, you are still welcome to come to the meeting. However, refreshments may have finished by the time you arrive.
If you wish to discuss any issues with me prior to the meeting, or have any particular accessibility requirements, please feel free to get in touch.
On the Buses Day of Action, Tuesday 6th September
“On the buses” day has been organised for 6th September. Disabled and older Londoners will be gathering at 10:30am at four meeting points around London:
- Vauxhall Station (88 bus stop)
- Liverpool Street Station (11 bus stop)
- Camden Town Station (88 bus stop)
- Marylebone Station (453 bus stop)
We will then board London buses to Westminster (Parliament Square), where we will go to the Abbey Centre for lunch and ‘question time’ Senior figures from Transport for London, various bus companies and the London Assembly have been invited to attend. You will have your chance to put your questions to the panel!
The event ends at 3pm and includes free lunch and tea.
If you would like to take part, please register by 16th August. Contact Lianna Etkind, Campaigns and Outreach Co-ordinator at Transport for All via email or phone 020 7737 2339. Places are limited.
Transport for All are at Liberty 2011
3rd September 2011, 1 to 7.30 pm
Venue: South Bank Centre and National Theatre, London
Liberty is the arts and cultural festival showcasing the work of deaf and disabled artists. Transport for All will have a stall at the Royal Festival Hall, so come and say hello, tell us your transport gripes, take a campaign action for accessible transport, and hear more about our work!
Redbridge Transport Action Group
Thursday 21st July 2011, 11am – 1pm
Venue: York Room, Ilford Central Library, Clements Road, 1G1 1EA
Redbridge Transport Action Group will be quizzing transport providers about improving bus accessibility. Representatives from local bus garages and Transport for London will be present to answer your questions and hear your experiences of travelling on buses.
- What should you do if a bus driver moves off before you are safely seated?
- What are bus companies doing to ensure that bus drivers don’t prevent wheelchair users from boarding?
- Is enough being done to improve their bus driver training?
- Will the New Bus for London be more accessible?
Get your voice heard by Transport for London and local bus companies. Light refreshments will be provided.
Able2Travel event, Hounslow
19th May 2011, 10am to 4pm
Venue: Open Area, Ground Floor Annex, Civic Centre
Transport for All are speaking at an event hosted by the London Borough of Hounslow about transport access and safety on the buses.
The event will provide an opportunity to talk about your travel experiences on Hounslow buses. You will get information on how to complain about the bus services, report any incidents of safety on the buses and discuss bus design issues.
The event will also include a session for disabled people to talk about the impact of the Taxicard scheme proposals. The day will give you a chance to talk to Bus Operators, Transport for London, the Metropolitan Police and the Council.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Celia Golden 02085832566. Travel can be provided.
Lambeth Transport Action Group Launch
Thursday 17th March 2011, 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Venue: 336 Brixton Rd, London SW9 7AA
Lambeth Transport Action Group will campaign to make the borough’s transport more accessible to disabled and older people.
We will be discussing the cuts to Taxicard in the borough, and what actions we can take to get the council to rethink their decision. Southwark have reinstated double swiping. Let’s get it back for Lambeth residents too.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Ealing Transport Action Group Launch
Tuesday 1st March 2011, 1 – 3 pm
Venue: ECIL, 1 Bayham Road, West Ealing, W13
Ealing Transport Action Group will campaign to make the borough’s transport more accessible to disabled and older people. Come and have your say over what our campaigning priorities should be. Light refreshments will be provided.
If you would like free community transport to the event, please call Ealing Community Transport on 020 8813 3210.
For more information call TfA on 020 7737 2339 or email lianna@transportforall.org.uk
Public Consultation on Transport
Wednesday 19th January 2011, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Greenford Assembly Rooms, UB6 9QN
Join Boris Johnson, local councillors and Transport for London representatives for a discussion of transport issues.
Transport for All and older and disabled residents will be present and hope to raise the issue of Taxicard cuts.
Ealing Disability Connect meeting – Focus on Taxicard
Tuesday 18th January 2011, 2 – 4 pm
1 Bayham Road, West Ealing, W13
Transport for All director Faryal Velmi will be explaining the how and why cuts have been imposed on the Taxicard scheme in Ealing, and what you can do to campaign against these cuts. Some councils, such as Camden, Hillingdon and Sutton, have not imposed these cuts. Adenike Tilleray, the Council officer responsible for the card, will also be present.
Come and give your views.