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SGL Express Delivery: City Soil Lab

14th November 2024 / Posted by Sarah Meertens

Cross River Partnership are excited to share our case study on the City Soil Lab pre-pilot. 

CRP supported a 6-week pre-pilot of the City Soil Lab, a community-led circular food waste scheme in collaboration with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

Food waste was collected from local restaurants by e-cargo bike before being turned into soil for local community gardens, creating better soil for locally grown food. 

Within 6 weeks, an estimated 2,100kg of food waste has been diverted from incineration as part of the pilot. This translates to roughly 1,470kg of CO₂ emissions that have been omitted. 

The project’s pre-pilot also demonstrates the potential to reduce the number of waste truck collection trips when scaled. 

We are very excited to see further roll-out of the pilot over the next few months, including the collection of food waste from flat buildings and local schools! 

Read more about additional community and London-wide benefits of the City Soil Lab project in our case study: https://crossriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SGL-Express-City-Soil-Lab.pdf 

CRP’s support of the City Soil Lab project is part of Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) a Defra-funded project led by Westminster City Council in collaboration with 25 project partners. The project aims to minimise the impact of freight on noise, air quality, traffic and pavement space in London by making improvements across 14 London boroughs and two London Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). 

Secure Kerbside Space for Christmas Deliveries

14th November 2024 / Posted by Katherine Fairfax

Anticipating a surge in deliveries this holiday season?  

Our Defra-funded Smarter Greener Logistics Kerbside Management Trial is here to keep your deliveries efficient, sustainable, and on time this Christmas! 

Cross River Partnership has a network of Virtual Loading Bay’s (VLBs) across London being trialled in collaboration with Grid Smarter Cities.  

VLB’s are available in: 

If you deliver in these areas, find out more here: https://gridsmartercities.com/smarter-greener-logistics-crp/ 

VLBs provide dedicated spaces at the kerbside that can be pre-booked by participating operators and make deliveries more efficient, safe and sustainable whilst improving congestion and air quality in the local area. 

For more information, contact CRP Project Manager Katherine Fairfax katherinefairfax@crossriverpartnership.org 

JUST STREETS | London Site Visit

14th November 2024 / Posted by Guillaume Strebelle

Cross River Partnership (CRP) and University of Westminster welcomed their Just Streets partners to London this month for an engaging site visit!  

More than 30 participants from 10 different countries were in attendance, with the true power of collaboration witnessed across the 3-day visit!  

The group undertook site visits led by CRP’s three London delivery partners: 

  • London Borough of Lambeth: A trip to the St Mark’s Church of England Primary School to see its School Street in action. As a Just Streets London delivery partner, the London Borough of Lambeth will expand upon its exciting School Streets programme, which is reimagining what the space outside a school can look like while reducing car dominance. 
  • Camden Town Unlimited: Hosted a co-creation workshop and walking tour of Camden. Through the Just Streets project, Camden Town Unlimited will create a connected and strategically located walking route, taking into account local cultural influences, green space, current and future projects, such as the Green Loop and the Camden Highline.   
  • Harley Street BID: A site visit around the Marylebone Library area exploring greening and street infrastructure. Harley Street BID will be working closely with University of Westminster through the Just Streets project to install a parklet that they will be codesigning with the local community. 

Feedback surveys and breakout sessions supported partners to reflect, share ideas and discuss the planned intervention in more detail, focusing particularly on how the concept of Justice can be applied to our street interventions.  

A huge thank you to all of those who joined us in London!  

JUST STREETS is a HORIZON Europe project coordinated by Fondazione LINKS in Turin, Italy. It encompasses a team of 30 partners from 17 European countries.   

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager, Sefinat Otaru: sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org

November SGL Update – Supporting Urban Logistics

14th November 2024 / Posted by Fiona Coull

An important part of CRP’s Smarter Greener Logistics Programme is to support our partners with guidance and expertise.  

For example, through SGL, CRP has supported the following partners to develop their own micro logistics hub projects: 

CRP also have several resources to support the delivery of urban logistics hubs. For example, our Guide for Local Authorities on ‘How to Support a Micro Logistics Hub in your Borough’. 

If you have any questions on CRP’s Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) Programme or how we could help you to consider micro logistics, please contact CRP Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull 

Launching CRP’s Consultancy Services

14th November 2024 / Posted by Katie Smith

CRP are delighted to officially launch our Consultancy Services! 

CRP has been Delivery London’s Future Together for 30 Years. 

CRP is a partnership delivering impactful environmental, economic and community focused projects.  We support public, private and community organisations with expert guidance, collaboration and innovation. We believe in a fair and equitable transition towards good and green growth in London.   

Discover how we can help you! 

CRP Consultancy Services 

  1. Decarbonisation & Sustainability: Offering you advice, guidance and support to decarbonise logistics operations and create effective sustainability strategies. 
  2. Placemaking & Greening: Supporting you to create safer, greener, and more inclusive public spaces.
  3. Strategy Planning: Supporting you to deliver tailored, strategic project communications and valuable stakeholder networking events. 
  4. Monitoring & Data Analysis: Providing you with data and insights to support informed decision-making and effective project evaluation.
  5. Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement: Helping you to build connections that drive meaningful change and supporting to deliver impactful community engagement.  

Read the full details at our new CRP Consultancy Services project page – CRP Consultancy Services – Cross River Partnership

Interested in CRP’s Consultancy Services? Reach out to CRP’s Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull for more information, fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org. 

CRP Board Meeting

14th November 2024 / Posted by Susannah Wilks

On 22nd October 2024 CRP held one of its twice-yearly Board meetings over MS Teams, Chaired on this instance by Simon Pitkeathley of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BIDs.  Many thanks to all of the CRP partner Local Authorities, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and strategic London agencies that contributed to the meeting. 

The CRP Board noted the fantastic achievements being delivered via the collaborative Smarter Greener Logistics, Healthy Streets Everyday II and Just Streets programmes. 

The Board also noted CRP’s impressive fundraising track record and supported the CRP Team investigating setting up an additional charitable ‘arm’ to run alongside the existing CRP.  This would enable applications to new funding sources in line with the new charity’s Fairer, Greener, Safer objectives. 

For further information please contact CRP’s Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org 

Celebrating 30 Years of CRP

14th November 2024 / Posted by Katie Smith

What an unforgettable night!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating 30 incredible years of Delivering London’s Future Together here at Cross River Partnership!

We are proud to be continuing to work collaboratively with a diverse network of talented people to deliver innovative solutions that make London fairer, greener and safer!

From our amazing CRP Team to our valued Partners, YOU are the reason we’ve grown and thrived.

A special thanks goes to our fantastic speakers!

  • Councillor Adam Hug, Leader of Westminster City Council, CRP’s Accountable Body
  • Mete Coban, Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy at the Greater London Authority
  • Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BID’s, plus CRP Board Co-chair
  • Councillor Mary Durcan, Mary Durcan, Councillor at the City of London Corporation, Chairman Port Health & Environmental Services Committee and Chairman Health & Wellbeing Board, plus CRP Board Co-chair

Here’s to the next chapter of innovation, success, and continued growth! The best is yet to come.

A huge thank you to Green & Fortune Events for hosting us at their fantastic Cucumber Bar venue at Sea Containers House.

Read all about our celebrating 30 years of CRP event – Press-Release-Cross-River-Partnership-Celebrates-30-Years.pdf

Just Streets – Upcoming London Site Visit

7th October 2024 / Posted by Guillaume Strebelle

Cross River Partnership (CRP) is looking forward to welcoming their Just Streets European Partners to London next month!  

Partners will undertake site visits to see transformative projects led by CRP’s newly appointed London delivery partners.  

CRP recently announced the exciting projects to be delivered by their three London partners through the Just Streets programme:  

  • Camden Town Unlimited BID: Their street intervention will create a connected and strategically located walking route, taking into account local cultural influences, green space and current and future projects, such as the Green Loop and the Camden Highline.  
  • Harley Street BID: They will be promoting the use of streets for all with specific attention to vulnerable users. Seating and planting will be introduced to allow for improved wayfinding and access to the local medical facilities and other businesses. 
  • London Borough of Lambeth: They will be creating safer and more pleasant environments outside of schools by prioritising children, while reducing road danger and improving air quality. This exciting programme will see greening, seating and play introduced to reimage what the space outside a school can look like when reducing car dominance. 

Read the full press release here: https://crossriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Just-Streets-Press-Release-Sept-24.pdf 

These interventions have been designed to be delivered over the period up to June 2025. They will have long-term benefits for Londoners, contributing to safer, more accessible streets as the city’s population grows. 

JUST STREETS is a HORIZON Europe project coordinated by Fondazione LINKS in Turin, Italy. It encompasses a team of 30 partners from 17 European countries. 

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager, Sefinat Otaru sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org

Healthy Streets Everyday II: Promoting the Projects

7th October 2024 / Posted by Katie Smith

This month, CRP has launched its Healthy Streets Everyday II – Promoting the Projects campaign!  

Running across CRP’s social channels, the campaign will share the exciting projects being delivered by our 14 project partners as part of this Mayor of London’s air quality funded programme. 

Here’s what’s coming:

  • Public realm improvements to make walking and cycling easier and more accessible
  • Greener public spaces for everyone to enjoy
  • Cleaner air by reducing car traffic and promoting active travel 

Our mission: to make your streets healthier, safer, and more sustainable for everyone! 

Keep an eye on CRP’s LinkedIn and Twitter this month as we share our partners exciting projects!  

CRP 30 Awards

7th October 2024 / Posted by Susannah Wilks

Here at CRP we have done some digging around and have discovered that over our lifetime we have won at least 30 Awards with our CRP Partners!

This is definitely something to be celebrated!  Watch out for our socials campaign running throughout this month to remind you all of what partnership working has achieved over the years. Follow #CRP30Awards across Linked In and Twitter / X channels to see more.

The awards are extremely wide-ranging, spanning everything from the Millennium and Golden Jubilee Bridges, to CRP’s successful Recruit London programme, to Greening the BIDs and multiple Freight, Electric Vehicle and Energy Systems innovations.

For further information, please contact CRP Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

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