The links below provide you with updates and answers to FAQs regarding local transport operators’ services. Rail c2c – https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/coronavirus/ Greater Anglia – https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/coronavirus-travel-information Bus Arriva – https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/coronavirus/ First – https://www.firstgroup.com/help-and-support/coronavirus-information

The end of this month marks three years of South Essex Active Travel, which is a good opportunity for us to recap on some of the things that have been achieved since the project started in April 2017. We have helped more than 2,000 people change their travel habits through the provision of targeted travel […]

We are encouraging businesses in south Essex to get their employees to travel more sustainably by installing cycle parking on their premises. The ParkThatBike scheme is part of a wider campaign by ForwardMotion to get more people out of their cars and using bicycles, walking or public transport. Bike hangar storage units, worth £2,900, are […]

In July 2019, our small grants scheme helped outdoor arts company Kinetika expand their T100 Walking Festival into Southend-on-Sea. Kinetika’s festival comprised of a series of walks across Thurrock, along the Thames Estuary in to Canvey, Southend-on-Sea and over to the Isle of Sheppey and along the North Coast in Kent. ForwardMotion funded the Southend-on-Sea […]

Head over to Southend-on-Sea, Grays and Basildon town centres this month for the chance to watch wheeled sports stunt riders, race your family and friends in a static bike race and receive free, bespoke advice about how to travel differently around south Essex. ForwardMotion’s travel roadshows will be coming to Southend-on-Sea on 26 October, Grays […]

ForwardMotion launched its ‘This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like’ campaign last week. The campaign aims to challenge people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and encourage more people to start travelling by bike around south Essex. The campaign was officially launched at the Cycle County Active County event, which took place at […]

ForwardMotion is set to launch a new campaign called This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like, which challenges people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and aims to encourage more people to travel by bike around south Essex. You don’t have to be really fit or wear Lycra to get on a bike, […]

Thanks to ForwardMotion support, communities in Southend have been busy designing and painting silk flags for the upcoming T100 Walking Festival. This year, we have lent our financial support to Kinetika’s T100 2019 festival in order to raise awareness about people’s travel habits. By funding the walks and workshops taking place in Southend for the […]

We are delighted to be sponsoring the Southend Festival 2019. As part of our support for the festival, we organised an art competition with Southend BID to encourage the public to think differently about their travel habits. The challenge was to create a 2D piece of art that creatively communicates the benefits of active travel such […]

As part of our involvement with the Village Green Festival, ForwardMotion and Metal invited sculptor Nik Ramage to work with a group of students to create an interactive, moving sculpture crafted from recycled bicycles. During a weeklong series of workshops, Nik worked with a group of students, including students from South Essex College, to explore the […]