How Can We Make Transport Work for Women and Families in Scotland?
May 11, 2024, 11.00 – 15.00
Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow
Transport impacts the everyday life of women across the country, with each area of Scotland facing different challenges. In an effort to understand how women would like the transport system in Scotland to change, we are hosting a conference, asking attendees: How Can We Make Transport Work for Women and Families in Scotland?’.
During the event, you will hear from a range of speakers who will provide their expertise on transport and its impact on women. This will be followed by a Q&A, where you will have the opportunity to ask any relevant questions. Following a free buffet lunch, attendees will also be asked to take part in roundtables, where we will ask questions surrounding personal experiences of transport in Scotland, and what you would like to see change.
We are excited to announce that we have the below speakers joining us:
Lara Henderson, Community Transport Association (CTA)
Lara Henderson is a Development Officer for Scotland working at the CTA, a UK charity and membership organisation leading a thriving Community Transport movement. Lara works directly with members, providing advice and support to new and existing Community Transport initiatives, building networks for peer support and identifying development opportunities. She has led key elements of CTA’s Mapping Scotland project, creating the first-ever online and interactive map of the Community Transport sector in Scotland in collaboration with members and partners. She is passionate about working towards a transport network which is safe, accessible and affordable for all.
Ellie Harrison, Get Glasgow Moving
Ellie is an artist, writer and public transport campaigner based in Glasgow. She is founder and co-ordinator of ‘Bring Back British Rail’ and the co-founder and current Chair of ‘Get Glasgow Moving’, public transport campaign. This campaign aims to establish fully integrated and affordable public transport.
From 2019-2023, Ellie fused together her art and activism in ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’, telling the history of public transport policy in three of the UK’s biggest post-industrial city regions in collaboration with local public transport campaigns. In 2023, Ellie helped to launch the new region-wide ‘Better Buses for Strathclyde’ campaign to put pressure on the transport authority to bring the region’s bus network back into public control using new powers in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.
We hope to create a welcoming and safe space for all attendees and are aware that topics covered during the day may cause distress. Therefore, there will be listeners available throughout our event to provide support.
In conjunction with the conference, we are running an online survey which you can access here, and please feel free to share it with other women in your family, workplace, and communities.
Any further queries please do not hesitate to get in touch on 0141 339 4797 or info@scottishwomensconvention.org.
