Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
TfL: Freight operators signed up to Transport for London's Freight Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) are now taking advantage of one of the free benefits available with the scheme. FORS is an industry-led membership scheme that offers practical advice & guidance to freight operators in London to help them drive down costs and become safer & more environmentally-focussed drivers.
As part of the scheme, TfL is now making in-vehicle driver profiling, using the ‘GreenRoad Safety Centre’, available to all members to help improve driver safety and efficiency. This innovative device uses in-vehicle sensors to collect information on up to 120 different driving manoeuvres, such as acceleration, braking, lane changing, cornering and speed handling.
This information is analysed in real-time to give drivers continuous feedback about areas that require improvement. It is also used to build a driver profile. Driver safety and economy levels are displayed using a colour classification system: green light indicates safe driving, yellow needs attention and red is high risk.
WAG: Wales is the first country in the UK to publish guidance on the welfare of dogs, cats and horses in a bid to inform people of the responsibility, time & cost involved in caring for an animal properly. Cases of animal cruelty & abandonment continue to rise, which suggests that not all prospective pet owners have considered carefully the responsibilities associated with looking after an animal.
The Codes of Practice for Dogs, Cats and Equines (which includes horses and donkeys) have all-party support in the National Assembly are welcomed by animal welfare groups. They are practical guides for people who own, or are thinking of getting a dog, cat or horse.
Press release ~ Codes of Practice for Dogs, Cats and Equines ~ WAG - Animal health and welfare ~ Animal health and welfare strategy ~ The Kennel Club ~ Animal Welfare Act 2006 ~ Dogs Trust ~ Cats Protection ~ World Horse Welfare
CLG: New guidance highlights the many ways in which New Deal for Communities projects are working to ensure that efforts continue to turn around the most deprived areas of the country when the programme comes to an end in 2010.
Two reports on the New Deal for Communities programme have also published:
* Neighbourhood Governance: making NDC elections a significant event for partnerships and communities?
* Worklessness policy and practice issues based on NDC experience
