GO TOGETHER

Over 75% of employees have signed up to our employee Spirit App

6 key Public Safety Information Campaigns delivered

Secured a high level of stakeholder support throughout the year

Supported over 40 community initiatives annually

£18,000 raised for new charity partner, Air Ambulance NI, in first year of partnership topping the annual fundraising target of 10K

Achievement of the Silver Charter Mark from Diversity Mark NI recognising our ongoing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Translink continued its long-running support of Anti-Bullying Week, a positive initiative which raises awareness of important issues affecting young people across Northern Ireland through a series of events, including the popular school’s art competition.

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Translink launched the Young Changemakers Programme which saw a panel of young climate ambassadors established to help elevate the voices of young people ahead of COP26 at the end of 2021.

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Translink’s Youth Summit was hosted last October at Stormont, attended by almost 100 young people aged 14-24. The youth-focused event was hosted by the Science Communicator and TEDx speaker, Emer Maguire, and sought to give young people in Northern Ireland the opportunity to have their say on how Translink can help meet their current and future transport needs. 

As part of our ongoing commitment with the NI Youth Forum which helps manage the Translink Youth Forum

With the cost-of-living crisis impacting even more families this winter, Translink teamed up with FareShare to collect food and essential household items for families in need across Northern Ireland.

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Translink has been getting behind its new charity partner, Air Ambulance NI, and has helped raise awareness and funds with a range of staff events and challenges.

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Our employee-based charity scheme contributes through a payroll Give As You Earn scheme. During 2022 the committee asked staff to nominate charities focused on key issues including mental and physical health, food support, and older and younger people.

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Translink employees were moved by the Ukraine crisis and rallied to collect essential items to ‘stuff a bus’ and lend their support to the Ukraine Humanitarian Aid efforts. 

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We are currently engaging key partners in the Disability sector to develop a Work Placement scheme to provide those with a disability the opportunity to avail of meaningful placements that will develop their skills and provide them with on-the-job mentoring and support.

We're proud to have been awarded the Silver Diversity Mark for advancing Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace by the awarding body Diversity Mark NI Ltd who assessed our progress in addressing matters relating to Gender, Disability, Race and Ethnicity. This accreditation recognises our achievements so far but demonstrates our ongoing commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion in Translink, where all employees can feel valued, safe and respected.

Translink is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and as part of this value, we continued our support of Belfast Pride by providing a Pride branded bus as part of the parade for people with accessibility issues to use to help them be part of the celebrations.  Translink staff also took part in the much-loved parade, demonstrating their support for equality and diversity, with a band to help provide a celebratory atmosphere.

To further enhance our plans to increase Translink’s cultural diversity we have signed-up to the Business in the Communities’ Race at Work Charter.  Aligned to this is the development of a Cultural Employee Network who inform and advise Translink on their actions in this area.

As part of our commitment to attracting and developing female talent, we continue to implement a range of initiate to actively promote more female representation.  We took part in a ‘Women Driving Change’ event to encourage females to consider a career in Transport, had a range of celebratory and inspirational events to mark International Women’s Day and shone a light on our Female Engineers to celebrate International Women in Engineering day.