As part of the community, Translink is involved in a range of initiatives to protect and enhance safety, wellbeing and the environment.
Key Highlights
Employee Engagement
Over 75% of employees have signed up to our employee Spirit App
Secure sustained support for public transport
Secured a high level of stakeholder support throughout the year
Air Ambulance
£18,000 raised for new charity partner, Air Ambulance NI, in first year of partnership topping the annual fundraising target of 10K
Annual Public Safety campaigns delivered
6 key Public Safety Information Campaigns delivered
Support at least 30 community initiatives annually
Supported over 40 community initiatives annually
Diversity
Achievement of the Silver Charter Mark from Diversity Mark NI recognising our ongoing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Youth Engagement
Anti Bullying Week
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.
Youth Forum
Youth Summit
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.
Committed to Accessibility
We’re committed to ensuring our services and facilities are accessible to everyone and continue to make significant progress in the delivery of our ‘Transforming Transport & Social Inclusion’ Project
Learn more about accessible travel with Translink
Supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion supports the ‘Go Together’ work stream as it positively impacts on employee engagement and helps us respond to our customer needs better.
Disability
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.
Belfast Pride
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.
Women in Transport
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.
EDI Silver Award
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.
Race at Work
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.