October 11, 2006 - NOTE TO EDITORS: COMMUTE SMART DAY
NATIONAL COMMUTE SMART DAY
Don’t be in the dark, commute smart
National Commute Smart Day will be on Wednesday 1 November 2006. With the clocks having gone back the previous Sunday, many commuters will be faced with travelling both to and from work in the dark.
Commute Smart Day will highlight the possibilities of averting despondency felt by workers during the winter months by encouraging employers to adopt smarter working practices such as flexible working times, staggered journeys and part home working.
The call on the day will be for employers to try out smarter working practices for themselves over this winter. Not only will this benefit staff, it will have knock on effects of reducing traffic congestion and public transport over-crowding by extending the rush hour, reducing peak demand.
In addition, smarter working may help mitigate the increase in deaths and injuries which occur on our roads during the winter months.
A number of spokespersons will be available from both Work Wise UK and from organisations which successfully practice smarter working, both national and regional.
Further information will be issued the week before but if you have any advance requests, please contact the press office below.
Further details about Work Wise UK can be found on the website (www.workwiseuk.org). There is also a dedicated pressroom available through the website or directly at www.pressrooms.net/workwiseuk.
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Notes to editors:
- Work Wise UK is being organised by the IT Forum Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.
- Further information about Work Wise UK can be found on the website www.workwiseuk.org.
- A dedicated electronic news room has been established for journalists to obtain further information, to download print-quality materials, and to register for media updates about Work Wise UK. This can be accessed either through the main website or directly at www.pressrooms.net/workwiseuk.
- Supporters of the Work Wise UK campaign include the CBI, TUC, the British Chambers of Commerce, Scope, the RAC Foundation, Technology Means Business and Henley Management.
For further information, please contact:
Work Wise UK: Michael Hardware, Chelgate PR, on 020 7939 7939, 07775 925 274 or meh@chelgate.com.