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Through the support of The Crown Estate-funded ReStart project, Vin who has faced challenges in his housing issue and referred by Centrepoint, has secured his first job as the Cleaning Operative of Property Support Services.

Vin shared:

“It is confusing as a young Westminster resident to find a part-time job in Central London, let alone it would be my first paid job! Nathalie who leads the ReStart project motivated and coached me to talk about my experience in the National Citizenship Service and my volunteering experience at my interview with PSS, rather than worrying about my lack of experience. Her advice helped me to structure my enthusiasm during the interview. As a result, I am happily surprised that PSS has offered me the Cleaning Operative position. I competed against those who have years of experience in the industry. Thank you Nathalie for her advice.”

The Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) was established after a successful bid by Westminster City Council to the Mayor of London’s Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, to tackle the challenge of air pollution in innovative ways. For the past year CRP has been pleased to programme manage the LEN on behalf of the council.

The LEN is due to finish in March 2019, so with 6 months to go, CRP is looking to forward to supporting the culmination of this ambitious programme of activities. We will see a number of LEN projects come to fruition, including exciting and innovative greening interventions, and buildings emissions audits. We will also evaluate the behaviour change measures including emissions-based parking surcharge, electric vehicle provision, Delivery and Servicing programme, and targeted anti-idling action. What’s more, we are supporting the Marylebone LEN partners to look ahead to what comes next for local action on air quality, and building a legacy of learning from the LEN.

For more information, contact CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith.

Following a review of consultation responses, the Mayor has published a revised version of the draft London Plan.

The new draft has minor changes that consist of clarifications, corrections and updates that will be of use during the Examination in Public (EiP). CRP has been included in the draft list of participating organisations. We will keep our partners fully appraised.

For further information please contact CRP’s Director, Susannah Wilks.

CRP is very pleased to be represented on TfL’s new panel alongside organisations including:

•   Federation of Small Business
•   Freight Transport Association
•   John Lewis
•   London Councils
•   London First
•   Marble Arch/Paddington Now BID
•   New West End Company
•   Northbank BID
•   UPS

We look forward to working with TfL and its partners to further improve the effectiveness of freight policies, for maximum economic, environmental and social benefits to London.

For further information please contact CRP’s Director, Susannah Wilks.

Westminster City Council’s Planning and City Development Committee has approved plans for the Illuminated River, led by The Illuminated River Foundation. The project aims to install lights on fifteen central London bridges spanning the River Thames, including seven bridges landing in Westminster (Waterloo, Golden Jubilee, Westminster, Lambeth, Vauxhall, Grosvenor and Chelsea) by 2023. CRP sits on the Steering Group of the project. When completed it will be the world’s longest public art commission at 2.5 miles long, along 4.5 nautical miles of the river.

For further information, please contact The Illuminated River Foundation.

The CRP team is looking forward to the imminent release of The Mayor’s Air Quality Fund (MAQF) Round 3.

MAQF is a £20 million fund distributed over ten years to support projects by London boroughs to improve air quality. With the support of MAQF Rounds 1 and 2, CRP’s award-winning Clean Air Better Business programme has brought together boroughs, BIDs and businesses to reduce emissions and exposure.

The GLA’s Deputy Air Quality Manager, Poppy Lyle, will present to CRP’s upcoming Board Meeting, at which point CRP will kick-start conversations with partners about a potential collaborative sub-regional application.

For more information, contact CRP’s Air Quality Project Manager, Brendon Harper.

Euston Town business partnership is creating a walking and cycling route on Drummond Street leading from Euston Station to The Regent’s Park, as a healthier and more pleasant alternative to Euston Road which has high levels of air and noise pollution due to constant congestion.

The street will have additional green infrastructure, including a green walkway and a living wall with LED lighting. There will be other interesting interventions to encourage more walking along the street. At the heart of these will be an innovative sculpture by physicist and artist, Jasmine Pradissito. Made from a NOXtek, an environmentally friendly material that absorbs dangerous nitrogen oxides from the air, the sculpture is set to be installed on Camden People’s Theatre.

Read more about Euston Town’s work reconnecting locals with their green spaces.

On Saturday 22^nd September, Car Free Day was celebrated in around 50 streets across London, as vehicles gave way to community and play activities.

Transport for London and London Play have supported residents in organising a number of these streets with resources and activities to bring the local community out in to their streets in a safe, traffic-free environment.

The health, environmental and economic costs of air pollution are a major factor in efforts to transform the Mayor and TfL’s efforts to make London’s communities greener, healthier and more attractive places to live, work, play and do business.

TfL are supporting temporary street closures to inspire longer term change, and have produced a practical guide to delivering temporary, light touch projects to change the look and feel of a street.

Using CRP’s Clean Air Route Finder, reducing your personal exposure to air pollution is possible all year round. As well as a growing number of prescribed routes like our new route from Hammersmith to Furnivall Gardens, the tool allows users to generate lower pollution walking and cycling routes across London.

For more information about the Clean Air Route Finder, contact CRP’s Brendon Harper.

Cross River Partnership has been invited to enter the Energy Savings Trust’s 2018 Fleet Heroes Awards & Conference once again. In 2017, Brendon Harper accepted the Clean Air award on behalf of CRP stating, “Winning the Fleet Hero ‘Clean Air Award’ was fantastic recognition for all of our public and private sector partners’ work to reduce emissions from deliveries and travel.”

Read more from his interview here.

Visit fleetheroes.org.uk to enter your organisation for the Awards before 1 October 2018.

Lucy Bretelle joined CRP earlier this month for a short internship. She is helping the Deliver London team deliver the Clean Air Villages programme by reaching out to businesses in Earl’s Court interested in improving the local air quality. She has participated in surveying Crouch End businesses about their delivery patterns and their thoughts on active travel services in the area. She is also collecting data in Marylebone and Earl’s Court. She will soon return to university to continue with her Master’s Degree in City Planning.

In her words, “I am staying here for a very short amount of time sadly, but I have been really enjoying it! Everyone has been very welcoming and kind. I have learnt a lot whilst being here. Applying urban sustainability projects into practice has been invaluable experience for me.”

CRP is very grateful for everything that Lucy has done in her short time with us.

For more details about her experience with CRP, email lucybretelle@crossriverpartnership.org.

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