Access Fund Mobilisation Day, March 22, Leciester City Hall

• A one-day Access Fund mobilisation event organised by Department for Transport and Landor LINKS, publishers of Local Transport Today magazine
• A chance to meet the DfT team, network and share experiences
• An exclusive and must-attend event organised for all Access Fund winners, so it is essential that at least one representative from winning authorities is able to attend on Wednesday 22nd March, Leicester City Hall.  
• Please confirm as soon as possible by emailing Riannah
• Landor LINKS is happy to talk over the issues and expectations for the presentations if required: please email Juliana

Agenda

9.45
Registration, tea and coffee

10.15
Welcome from City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby

10.25 
Overview presentations from Department for Transport 
Introduction to the Access Fund: Aims, objectives and expectations
Meet the DfT Sustainable Accessible Travel team

Introduction to DfT Access Fund monitoring & evaluation frameworks
Stephanie Gale, Evaluation Centre of Excellence, DfT

Q+A and discussion session, chaired by DfT

12.15 
Presentations from three Access Fund winning teams (3 x 10 mins)
Feedback on the application and bidding process
How teams made their business cases
Key deliverables and mobilisation plans

• Sally Slade, Team Leader, Walking & Cycling, Leicester City Council
• Nicky Dennison, Senior Public Health Practitioner, Blackpool City Council & Chris Rusholme, Living Streets
• Alex Linton, LTP Programme Manager, South Yorkshire Local Transport Partnership

12.45 
Q+A and discussion session, chaired by DfT

13.00 
Lunch

13.30
Workshop: Lessons for Access programme design and networking

Afternoon workshops facilitated by Ian Taylor & Beth Hiblin, Transport for Quality of Life

Building on the knowledge from the 2016 'What Works' report on LSTF delivery 2011-2015

Access teams: creating a knowledge-sharing support network
Overview presentation

13.40
Roundtable and feedback sessions 
Theme 1: Key lessons from What Works for the design and set-up phase of a sustainable transport programme
(maximising current and building long-term capacity, creating champions, upskilling and enriching the local workforce)

Theme 2. Key lessons from What Works for the design and set-up of effective monitoring and evaluation processes
(data sources, baseline data, surveys, data access and data housekeeping

15.40
Key lessons for building an active 'community of practice' knowledge-sharing network
Organising the network, using existing networks/groups, successful networks, preferred communications channels, organising and managing sub-groups and mutual support groups

Preferred options for a community of practice

Feedback and summary

16.00 Close