RossRail
Midlands Regional Corporate Responsibility Statement
Our passengers ~ Our community
The RossRail Midlands Regional Corporate Responsibility Statement
RossRail Midlands carries over 350 million
passengers
a year throughout the Midlands and beyond. We provide critically
important
public services to the Midlands, South East and South Yorkshire, and
are
one of the largest companies in the country.
...but what do we do for you?
As well as providing a range of transport services,
we
are residential and commercial property owners and providers of
services
to business. As a large company, we have a responsibility back to our
customers
and those who we impact upon. In March 2002, we launched our Environmental Impact Reduction Strategy,
but
we still feel we need to do more to integrate into the varied
communities
of the Midlands. So this is what we're doing...
- on, the country's largest listings service, provides
details
of gigs, plays, performance and other events from Avon to Yorkshire
- Sponsoring arts projects, including those which allow local
communities
to express their relationship with transport and how it affects their
lives. Some of the results have been used in
InterRegio's
recent TV advertising campaign
- Participating in community development projects, integrating the
transport
network and the areas it runs through, and supporting local community
facilities,
youth sport and skills development. Bromford
Central
station provides a previously absent focus for the local area, with
shops,
a community hall and learning centre
- Offering discounted travel to the long term ill, allowing them to
improve their quality of life by improved access to facilties and
leisure opportunities
- Actively supporting the homeless, including a new homelessness
resource
centre and hostel in the centre of Birmingham
- We are corporate members of ten major charities, and in total
donate
over 10% of our annual profits to charity. We also help that money go
further
by being involved in projects throughout the region, whether resources
for
the elderly, or preserving habitats for wild birds.
RossRail and the Midlands... working together in
partnership
for RossRail Midlands, Birmingham,
October 2002
