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Charity event set to be a knockout!
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We are determined to end homelessness, we do it person by person and by influencing policies to ensure everyone has a place to call home. Showfighter is hosting
Talking to business: Kieran Harte Uber’s congestion solution By Jon Griffin
Technology trail-blazers Uber are joining forces with Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) in a bid to take tens of thousands of cars off the road – dramatically easing congestion chaos across the region. The global transport tech firm
is in talks with the region’s premier business organisation over the GBCC’s Congestion Research Project as frustrating delays on traffic-choked roads continue to cost West Midland business millions of pounds a year.
Uber chiefs see the Congestion
Research Project as a major opportunity to cut congestion by incentivising drivers to share their journeys, especially at peak hours. Kieran Harte, Uber’s Head of
Cities for the Midlands, said: “The infrastructure and the technology is there for people to share their journeys much more – we would love to open up conversations with business – how do we incentivise people who are making a single car journey to share? “The next few years are going
to be tough for congestion with the building of HS2. We believe that we have some solutions that can help ease the situation.”
Kieran said Uber had rolled out
a pilot in Chicago called uberCommute which could help transform usage of the region’s road network if trialled on West Midlands roads. “The exciting part of this opportunity for Greater Birmingham is that the technology and infrastructure already exist to better co-ordinate shared car usage at scale,” he said. “With no financial investment
required, a review of private hire licensing could make a huge impact on easing congestion, reducing pollution and also the need for car-parking spaces. It is about how you challenge the mindset and incentivise drivers.”
Scholarship offers students a chance to build their future
Applications have opened for the second year of the David Bucknall Scholarship, a scheme launched in memory of one of Birmingham’s most influential property professionals. Set up by Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) and friends
and family of David Bucknall, in partnership with Birmingham City University, it offers a combination of financial support and work experience, creating the opportunity for the successful student to embark on a career in the property and construction industry. In financial terms, the David Bucknall Award is worth
£10,500 over three years to a school leaver studying for a BSc or BEng in a built environment subject in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Birmingham City University. RLB commits to supporting the winning student with
guaranteed work experience, and careers guidance. Iman Farah Mohamed (pictured) from Moseley
School sixth form received the inaugural David Bucknall Scholarship and started studying for a BSc in quantity surveying in September last year.
David Bucknall was a key figure on the property
scene in Birmingham. The scholarship is open to selected schools and colleges and the application process involves students submitting a short video about the built environment.
Visit:
www.bcu.ac.uk/built-environment/student- experience/david-bucknall-scholarship
Anthony Joshua on 10 June 2017 at Birmingham ICC with a Samba themed evening/dinner event to help raise funds for Crisis Skylight Birmingham. World heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua wore Crisis’s name proudly on his kit when he beat Dillian Whyte at his O2 fight in December 2015. Following the fight, Anthony joined us at one of our Crisis at Christmas centres, leading 25 guests in a boxing lesson and donating a boxing kit to Crisis for all of the students.
“We would like to thank Showfighter for choosing Crisis as the chosen charity for this fantastic event, and specifically the work we do at Crisis Skylight Birmingham. It is only with the help of supporters like Showfighter & all of you who support, that Crisis is able to continue with our vital work towards ending homelessness. Thank you.” Matthew Green Director – Crisis Skylight Birmingham, Coventry & Warwickshire
Homelessness ends with donations, campaigning, fundraising & volunteering. To find out more, contact Uzma Shaheen, our Regional Fundraising Executive for the West Midlands at
uzma.shaheen@
crisis.org.uk Text to donate: CSBA50 £5 to 70070
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