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Moving Britain Ahead
New Community Rail Strategy and Accreditation
Hannah Fitzpatrick/Kul Bassi
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Agenda
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Community Rail Development Strategy
and the Four Pillars
Accreditation
General Q&A
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Community Rail Development Strategy
The Four Pillars
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Helping Community Rail to Flourish
Community Rail
Development Strategy
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Providing a Voice for the Community
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Drawing on local insight to advocate for
local peoples views
Informing the rail industry about the
needs of local community to bring their
views to decisions about services and
infrastructure
Safe guarding the independence of
community rail organisations so that
they can fulfil the critical friend role
Encouraging engagement with local
authorities
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Promoting Sustainable and Healthy Travel
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Understanding local needs and placing
the railways at the heart of sustainable
journeys through partnership work
Understanding the experience of the last
mile, providing information and support
to create more integrated journeys.
Assisting with travel planning and
encouraging a modal shift towards
walking and cycling
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Bringing communities together and supporting diversity and inclusion
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Unlocking the social value of our railways
Helping to build and support integrated communities
Opening up the railways to a wider group of people
Making the railways more accessible
Providing children, young people and, others with the skills and confidence needed to access the opportunities it offers
Opening up opportunities for volunteering that develops new skills and tackles isolation
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Supporting Social and Economic Development
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Community rail helping local communities
to prosper and grow and assisting railways
to make a greater social impact and
support local regeneration
Promoting and enhancing tourism and
leisure travel by train to support small
businesses and social enterprise
development
Linking with heritage railways through joint
promotion and collaboration
Making better use of railway land and
stations
Growing the rail network – helping to
identify local opportunities for development
in line with local needs and aspirations
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Accreditation
• Under Development – Launching Apr 2019
• To be open to all ACoRP CRP members in England & Wales
• Administered by ACoRP, but final decision to rest with DfT & WG
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Draft Accreditation Process
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Initial application
• Once agreement reached with TOC, notify ACoRP of intent to apply for accreditation status
Planning process
• Create a plan agreed with local stakeholders in line with the accredited plan requirements
Planning meeting
• Attend a planning meeting with ACoRP and stakeholders from the rail industry
Acreditation and renweal
• Fill out a form outlining the policies that the CRP has in place and the CRPs willingness to agree to the principles of accreditation.
• Continue to apply the principles of accreditation and renew plans on an annual basis
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Accredited Plan Requirements
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The plan must include objectives on:
Community engagement
Organisation development
The plan must also:
Support the new Community Rail
Development Strategy
Be Achievable
Be Evidence based
Support the five core principles of
accreditation
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Principles of Accreditation
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Effective, beneficial engagement of the
community
Transparency, openness, and ease of
contact
Working in a safe, responsible, ethical
manner
Collaborating constructively with the rail
industry and local partners
Equality, diversity and inclusion
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Benefits of Accreditation
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Public support from Government
Accreditation means that the
Government supports the objectives
of a CRP and the way it operates.
Government & ACoRP will provide
information on what accreditation
status means for CRPs and why
others should work with them
Access to funding
Engagement in DfT/WG consultations
Encouraging flexibility in unregulated
fares
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General Questions
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Community Rail
Kulvinder Bassi MBECommunity Rail Team Leader, Passenger Services.
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