{"id":1474,"date":"2023-10-05T06:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T06:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T06:29:59","slug":"delivering-good-work-a-stakeholders-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/delivering-good-work-a-stakeholders-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivering Good Work: A stakeholders&#8217; perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Charlie Couve, Ersilia Verlinghieri and Tiffany Lam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2023 we published the results of a research project looking at working conditions in the cargo bike sector. The report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/delivering-good-work-labour-employment-and-wellbeing-in-londons-cargo-bike-sector\/\">Delivering Good Work: Labour, employment and wellbeing in London\u2019s cargo bike sector<\/a>&nbsp;shed light on the current state of the cargo bike sector in London. It highlighted the challenges faced by both managers and riders, and provided over 45 recommendations to address these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Building on this work, our second report in the &#8216;Delivering Good Work&#8217; series funded by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanhealth.org.uk\/\">Impact on Urban Health<\/a>, provides further insight on coordinated actions that different stakeholders need to take to scale up the sector while ensuring good work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_3-1.png\" alt=\"the report cover page \" class=\"wp-image-1475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_3-1.png 616w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_3-1-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on follow-up focus groups with cargo bike operators in London and a range of local and national stakeholders, the report further clarifies the issues facing managers, including difficulties with recruitment and retention, rising operating costs coupled with the withdrawal of government financial support, and widespread doubt around the potential of cargo bikes among prospective clients and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report shows also that there is a collective appetite for change and ambition to improve employment standards in the sector among managers and other stakeholders. Since the publication of our previous report, managers took important actions to improve working conditions. However, there is need for further coordinated action around three key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>develop working standards and road safety<\/li><li>improve collaboration and consistency across the sector<\/li><li>and create more support and visibility for the sector.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Delivering-good-work_A-stakeholders-perspective_V4-1.pdf\">Read the full report here:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Delivering-good-work_A-stakeholders-perspective_V4-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Cargo-bikes-follow-up-policy-briefing-note-University-of-Westminster-EV-1.pdf\">Read a policy brief containing the report&#8217;s main findings here:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2023\/09\/Cargo-bikes-follow-up-policy-briefing-note-University-of-Westminster-EV-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the first report of this series <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/delivering-good-work-labour-employment-and-wellbeing-in-londons-cargo-bike-sector\/\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read our previous work on the promise of cargo bikes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearepossible.org\/our-reports\/the-promise-of-low-carbon-freight\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wearepossible.org\/our-reports\/the-promise-of-low-carbon-freight\">at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Charlie Couve, Ersilia Verlinghieri and Tiffany Lam In January 2023 we published the results of a research project looking at working conditions in the cargo bike sector. 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