TRAM and Moventia renew agreement with Sant Joan de Déu to guarantee mobility for the homeless

The support from Moventia and Tramvía de Barcelona in Sant Joan de Déu directly benefits over 500 people, men and women aged 18 to 65, in the process of regaining their personal independence.

 The entities involved believe that mobility is one of the key aspects that are essential in combating social exclusion.

TRAM and Moventia have renewed their support for the project to provide mobility access to the homeless served by the social services of Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona. This partnership, which forms part of the actions being taken by the two businesses as socially responsible companies, represents a contribution of 60,000 euros to provide public transport to the people supported by various social service programmes.

Specifically, this help will be directly received by over 500 men and women aged between 18 and 65 who are helped every year by Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona through its programmes. The partnership was renewed at an event held at the Casa Orlandai Cultural Association attended by the Vice-Chair of Corporate, Internal and Institutional Communication of Moventia, Silvia Martí; the Chairman of TRAM, Felip Puig; the Managing Director of TRAM, Humberto López Vilalta; the Director of Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, ​Salvador Maneu; and the Director of Obra Social Sant Joan de Déu, Oriol Bota.

During the event, the representatives from the two companies exchanged ideas with someone who had been helped at the Hort de la Vila residential inclusion centre, benefited directly from the project and now lives independently, as well as a social worker from the centre, allowing them to discuss the importance for the homeless of being able to access public transport in their day-to-day life.

The conversation highlighted that public transport is an essential tool that enables people to engage in daily life, such as studying, working or maintaining a social network, and especially for the homeless needing to access various public resources throughout the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area. Furthermore, access to transport allows them to enjoy additional activities that directly impact their recovery because they strengthen social and community ties.

Comments were also made at the meeting about the positive impact of the project on employability: in 10 months (January to October 2019), the employment rate rose by 12%, enabling 42% of the people receiving this support to have a job by the end of the programmes. In this period, there has also been a 15% increase in people with a financial income (it should be noted that there was an increase this year in the number of people with a financial income visiting these centres, due to an increase in benefits). In total, 76% of the people who are helped leave with financial resources.

Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, ​​which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, seeks to help the homeless recover from their situation through people-focused comprehensive care and accompaniment along their path to regaining complete independence. It is a benchmark service in this sector in Barcelona.

Specifically, the organisation helps over 500 people every year. According to the latest diagnosis report by XAPSLL (Network of Homeless Support Services), this figure represents 14% of all homeless in the city. In turn, Obra Social Sant Joan de Déu seeks social improvement and channels charity action by society towards various charity projects and centres. It also conducts awareness programmes and offers administrative support to other Sant Joan de Déu centres in terms of fundraising.

By signing this partnership deal, which forms part of the actions being undertaken by the two entities as socially responsible companies, TRAM and Moventia are joining forces and aligning values in terms of commitment to society and people, as well as the promotion of sustainable and safe mobility, with the values upheld by Sant Joan de Déu. Hence, they are providing access to mobility for the homeless through an economic contribution that will enable the cost of the transport passes used by these people during the year to be fully funded.

The project, promoted by Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, is aimed at offering free access to the use of public transport in the city of Barcelona and surrounding areas to the homeless being looked after by the various direct support programmes operated by the organisation so they can attend their training, employment or job search activities, medical appointments, regain their network of social and family relationships, engage in socialisation support activities (including leisure and cultural activities) and any other type of procedure or activity coordinated with the social workers of Sant Joan de Déu to help them take back control of their life.

Moventia in the ‘Ara’ newspaper

Moventia was the subject of an article in the economy section of the Ara newspaper today. The article explains the growth of Moventia in Mallorca after the company was awarded part of the intercity transport service on the island. In turn, the piece provides a general overview of the services offered by the company on the island and its commitment to France through passenger public transport services.

Read the article here

 

 

Fotografía diari Ara

Bicycle sharing system launches in Vantaa

On June 19, the public bicycle service has opened in the city of Vantaa (Finland). The scope of this new service is 1,000 bicycles and 100 stations, with the possibility of expanding up to 1,000 more bicycles, as well as electric bicycles might be introduced. The contract has 4 years long, with an extension of 3 more years. The opening ceremony, organized by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HLS), had a marked festive component.

This new service is added to those already managed by Moventia in Finland, Helsinki, and Espoo; France, Paris and Peru, Lima, consolidating the commitment of sustainable urban mobility, with 28,400 bicycles and 1,843 stations.

 

Transport company IZARO joins Moventia group

The expansion department of Moventia is pleased to announce that, following the group’s strategic lines of action for growth, diversification and consolidation in the field of mobility, Moventia has become a shareholder of Autocares IZARO – a benchmark company in the discretionary passenger transport service sector.

We have the pleasure of presenting to you a company with over 48 years of experience, positioning it as one of the best options for mobility services and vehicle and coach rental services catering for all sorts of leisure activities, tourism, incentives, conferences, conventions, school trips and major events to the highest standards of quality.

IZARO employs a team of over 180 professionals seeking a common goal: to meet the needs of all the customers using their discretionary and regular services.

IZARO has a large fleet of coaches and premium discretionary transport vehicles. A total of 130 vehicles with an average age of 6.2 years includes several highly exclusive vehicles with luxury interiors for its premium Izaro Status services. These are all equipped with the latest market innovations, both in terms of comfort and safety (ISO 9001:2008 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for environmental issues, OSHAS 18001:2007 for occupational health and safety; ISO 39001:2013 for road safety management and UNE 13816:2003 for regular transport), and are fully adapted for persons with reduced mobility. 

Welcoming IZARO into the Moventis group—with its history, tradition and strength in the sector—will strategically consolidate the period of growth undertaken by the group in recent years and bring complementarity and synergies at both a regional level throughout its sphere of influence and at an operational level with the other companies in the group, which also operate regular and discretionary services and are fully aligned with the Moventis mentality to offer the best response to any mobility need expressed by people, companies and institutions. The current management team at IZARO will continue to be led by Manuel and Diego Tena (from the second generation of the family) and by Manuel’s children Mari-Cel and Kevin Tena (third generation), who are the Commercial Director and Fleet and Garage Manager, respectively. They will all maintain their current roles at the company headquarters in Zona Franca (Calle Virgen María del Puerto in Barcelona), at their magnificent and fully-equipped 18,000 m2 installations that include both offices and parking areas.

The companies Poch, Calella Moventis, Emilio Seco, Carrilets Turístics, Izaro, Pujol and the discretionary services departments of Sarfa and Casas now make up a new vehicle and coach rental services business area that will be run by Miquel Martí Pierre, who will combine these responsibilities with his role in the group’s expansion area. 

The entire IZARO team can now count on the full support of everyone at Moventis and Moventia and, by warmly welcoming them into the fold, we hope that this will be the start and future basis of a new period of ongoing success for us all.

Regional expansion by Movento following integration of Motorprim

The acquisition of Motorprim forms part of the expansion strategy being implemented by the automotive group in Catalonia.

Movento, the automotive division of Moventia, recently incorporated Motorprim into the group, an official Hyundai dealership operating in Badalona and Mataró. Integration of this company forms part of the global growth strategy being implemented by the family business to boost operations around the region. The acquisition of Motorprim in the Barcelonés Norte and Maresme area has resulted in the addition of another automotive brand of recognised standing. This operation adds over 1,000 sales units to the Movento group.

Movento and Motorprim share a similar track record given insofar as that both have 25 years of experience in the districts of Barcelonés and El Maresme. Motorprim represents Hyundai while Movento operates with the Renault and Dacia brands.

“The addition of this new brand represents a new and encouraging challenge for Moventia, which will no doubt make a positive contribution to the consolidation and positioning of Movento within its automotive business”, said Miquel Martí, Chairman of Moventia Group.

At present, Motorprim employs a total of 33 people and owns two facilities in Badalona and Mataró. Over the course of 2016, the dealership sold 700 new and 350 second-hand vehicles. In light of its positive results, Motorprim was officially recognised by Hyundai as one of the best dealerships for the brand in Europe and was given membership to its special ‘Frontier Dealer Club’ programme. 

2017 Catalan Mobility Conference

The Catalan Mobility Conference took place on 7 June and was attended by some 350 people at the Els Costals Auditorium in Castellbisbal to hear the Councillor for Regional Affairs and Sustainability of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Josep Rull, among others. This was the 13th such conference and was organised, as it is every year, by the AMTU to examine the role played by council authorities in mobility and improving it.

Under the title of ‘The Future of Public Transport in Catalonia’, Councillor Rull gave the conference’s opening address, speaking about the need for mobility to respect the environment, among other things. According to Josep Rull, “we have a very important problem with air pollution and climate change” at the moment and public transport forms part of the solution to these two problems.

The councillor’s speech came just after the opening talks, which were led by the AMTU Chairman, Jordi Xena, and the Mayor of Castellbisbal, Joan Playà.

Moventis was represented by a sizeable delegation led by Josep Maria Martí (Managing Director) and Joan Giménez (General Manager).

To tackle the effects of air pollution and reduce them, the AMTU Chairman encouraged everyone attending to take part in a new session of the Catalan Mobility Conference that will also take place in Castellbisbal, in October.