Press releases

Jacqueline Hector (left) and Valerie Johnson (right)

Development Charity Announces Team Expansion for 2012

Release Date: 01 February 2012

Transaid has hired two new staff members, reflecting the charity’s growth and a scaling up of its projects for 2012.

 

 

 

Cyclists during Transaid's previous cycle challenge in Tanzania

Get Fit for the New Year With Transaid's Cycle Challenge

Release Date: 20 January 2012

Organisers of Transaid’s 500km fundraising cycle ride in Madagascar hope to sign up even more volunteers this month, as people vow to get fit for the New Year, while raising £150,000 for the charity’s projects.

Ron Capper with three Tanzanian bus driver trainers

Transaid Volunteer Completes 15,000 Mile Round Trip to Tackle Dangerous Driving in Tanzania

 Release Date: 08 December 2011

Ron Capper, A driving examiner from North London who works for Metroline, travelled 15,000 miles to teach road safety skills at the National Institute of Transport in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania for two weeks as part of Transaid’s Professional Driver Trainer Project. 

Stagecoach have donated a coach which is helping to improve training capacity at the NIT in Tanzania

Stagecoach Donates Third Bus to Help Improve Road Safety

Release Date: 02 December 2011

Stagecoach is continuing its drive to help improve road safety standards in Africa by donating a third bus to be used for vital driver training at the National Institute of Transport in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Iveco have donated a Stralis truck to boost training capacity at the National Institute of Transport in Tanzania

Iveco Stralis Leaves UK Shores for Driver Training Role in Tanzania

Release Date: 30 November 2011

An approved used Iveco Stralis Active Space heavy truck has set sail from the UK today, bound for the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam, where it will take on a vital professional driver training role commencing in January 2012.

Cyclists on an unsurfaced road

Adventurous Volunteers Invited to Join Transaid in Madagascar

Release date: 26 October 2011

International development charity Transaid is challenging members of the transport and logistics industry to help raise £150,000 to support the charity's projects by cycling almost 500km through the highly biodiverse landscape of Madagascar

HRH The Princess Royal commends UK transport and logistics industry for creating a very important legacy in Africa

Release date:  30 September 2011

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, speaking to more than 60 industry figures at Transaid's annual showcase event hosted by Barclays Corporate in Canary Wharf on 28 September, said that the support the UK transport and logistics industry is giving Transaid is creating a ‘very important’ legacy in Tanzania.

The FTA Cycle team at the beginning of the final leg of the cycle

Transaid Cycle takes FTA's fundraising total above the £100k mark

Release Date: 13 September 2011

The Freight Transport Association Transaid Cycle Challenge 2011 took place this summer, exceeding its target of £50,000 for Transaid. With  £50,000  presented  in April from FTA membership renewals, over £100,000 has been raised. 

Transaid Week

Daredevil Fundraisers Wanted For Transaid Week Challenges

Release date:  30 June 2011

Transport industry professionals are being dared to test their mettle and perform challenging fundraising feats for Transaid Week to help break fundraising records by raising £15,000 over the next three months.