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CRP’s CamdenAbility project, our innovative disability employment initiative delivered in partnership with the Business Disability Forum, is having a really busy year. The project is funded and supported by Camden Council, and works with a network of local employers to improve disability standards and create opportunities for Camden residents with disabilities and long term health conditions.

Delivery in 2018 has seen our employer network grow and the creation of a variety of employment focused opportunities for our disabled candidates. Some of this year’s highlights include:

Growing our employer network to over 30 employers committed to improving disability confidence and recruiting local residents with disabilities.
Creating 12 jobs by supporting and advising employers to make reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities, including learning disabilities, autism, sensory impairment and long term health conditions.
Arranging 8 work placements.
Arranging 17 interview practices.
Delivering 8 employability workshops.
Facilitating 3 disability training sessions and 2 network meetings to our employer network with Business Disability Forum.
Holding 1 ‘Meet the Employer’ reverse recruitment event.
Carrying our 3 business tours.
Providing 43 local disabled jobseekers intensive support through the project.

This year has seen the project create more jobs for our disabled candidates and encourage much greater engagement from our employers through a comprehensive events schedule and deliver even more tailored training and consultancy to improve disability standards and grow our network of committed employers.

To find out more about the project, please contact our Specialist Workplace Coordinator Parma Sira.

Souziar has sustained her job with Capital Arches Group, a McDonald’s franchise, after a continuous period of 26 weeks of employment.

Though the support of Ilona, based at Heart of London Business Alliance, Souziar secured employment with Capital Arches Group as a Crew Member.

Souziar has recently sustained 26 weeks of employment with Capital Arches Group and was promoted to the Customer Experience Leader position. She was also selected as the Employee of the Quarter for one of their four Supervisor Groups. Currently, she is developing her leadership skills through the management training programme with Capital Arches Group.

The Capital Arches Group Business Manager shared:

“Souziar has come a long way in a very short space of time, she has shown great confidence in her new role as a Customer Experience Leader and continues to learn more about how to make the customer experience better. Her positive attitude continues to draw more customers to engage with her. Souziar not only shows good teamwork but also good leadership, when given the opportunity. A mother of 3, she is very happy in her position in the restaurant, and she is taking full advantage of the flexibility that she hoped for. She has recently been selected for the management programme and together we planned out her training and set goals, and she has already attended some courses. She is very optimistic in her future and wants to make it big in her career opportunities, hoping to one day become a Business Manager of her own restaurant.”

For further information please contact Recruit London’s Ilona Wilk.

CRP partners were pleased to receive an update from Illuminated River Foundation Director Sarah Gaventa at the recent CRP Board meeting.

As the countdown continues to the illumination of the first four bridges next year, attention is increasingly being turned to leveraging the decade-long installations for maximum economic and community benefit.

CRP looks forward to continue working with the Illuminated River Foundation and its partners to fully celebrate and maximise the exciting opportunities that the Illuminated River provides.

The Illuminated River Foundation is holding an exciting talk on 29 November with artist Leo Villareal on his concept behind the Illuminated River. Sign up here.

CRP is leading the development of three collaborative air quality programmes for submission to the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund and Defra’s Air Quality Grant.

Clean Air Villages 2 – Localised low emission logistics solutions and prioritisation of ULEV delivery vehicles in high pollution areas.
Pedestrian-priority healthy streets – A co-ordinated pan-London programme delivering pedestrian-priority healthy streets and car free events.
River Freight – Using under-utilised pier, wharf and vessel capacity to move freight off roads and onto cleaner river vessels with retrofit emission reduction technology.

Please contact CRP’s Brendon Harper or Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer to get involved.

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 in 2016, to tackle the challenge of air pollution in innovative ways. Since August 2017 CRP has been pleased to programme manage the LEN on behalf of the Council. The Council has recently extended CRP’s programme management of the LEN to summer 2019, to encompass the wrapping-up stage of the scheme.

Alongside the behaviour change measures trialled in the LEN, a central feature of the successful proposal to the Mayor of London was for intervention in the urban realm, that is, on the streets of Marylebone, to enhance conditions for improved air quality.

Designs have been developed with input from local stakeholders, focussed on improving amenity for walking around the Marylebone High Street and Paddington Street areas, linking green spaces, and introducing pockets of new green space. In consultation with Wild West End, tree and plant species have been shortlisted that are suited to tackling sources of pollution and supporting wildlife. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) will be installed for the first time in the area, which will help to deal with surface water run-off during heavy rainfall.

The designs are now ready to share with the public in an initial consultation which will run from 14^th November until 5^th December. Details will be available on the Marylebone LEN website.

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

CRP’s online tool and business support service, deliverBEST, has provided recommendations and guidance to more than 300 businesses over the past 18 months, supporting them to reduce emissions from their delivery and servicing.

The Bridge, a Better Bankside BID member, was supported to reduce the number of deliveries arriving at their multi-tenanted building by 25%, reducing emissions by 77kg CO2 a year.

Please see here for additional sector-specific case studies that CRP has produced with participating businesses.

CRP members can add relevant delivery and servicing schemes and case studies to the deliverBEST tool for free by contacting CRP’s Business Engagement Officer Sefinat Otaru.

Congratulations to CRP partner Paddington Now for winning a Silver Gilt Award at the 2018 RHS Britain in Bloom awards.

It was great to see our work together on Click. Collect. Clean Air recognised as part of the award. The Judges were impressed with the campaign which aims to reduce traffic pollution and improve air pollution. Read all about the award here.

Arts Council England (ACE) held several exciting workshops in early November to help shape their 10 year strategy. CRP was delighted to attend alongside independent practitioners and organisations to provide different perspectives on the ACE strategy so far. The online consultation is ongoing; you can read the brief and take part in the consultation here.

Following on from CRP’s Art in the Public Realm report, we are pleased to see that the ACE proposed 2030 outcomes include encouraging people from every background to benefit from public investment in culture. CRP encourages all of its partners to get involved with developing the new ACE strategy.

CRP is keen to discuss any upcoming arts and culture projects with potential partners. Please contact Susannah Wilks to discuss further.

Transport for London (TfL) is proposing changes to bus routes, to simplify the network and reshape services to support London’s future.

CRP has negotiated an extended deadline of 16^th November 2018 to submit responses to TfL’s consultation.

CRP will prepare a collaborative response on behalf of its willing partners to strengthen individual partner responses, and to add weight to strategic versus local considerations in TfL’s decision-making process.

Please contact CRP’s Susannah Wilks for further information.

The newly announced Future High Streets Fund pledges to commit £675 million to:

Help support local areas prepare long-term strategies for high streets; and
Co-fund local area projects, including investment in infrastructure and land assembly.

The Fund aims to “support and fund local areas’ plans to make their high street and town centres fit for the future.”

Full assessment criteria is due to be released by the end of 2018, but it is anticipated local authorities need to show how the proposal allows high streets to adapt to changing consumers and provide economic benefit. Up to £25m will be available per local area but it cannot be used to expand traditional retail opportunities. The initial paper expects local authorities to partner with the private sector to develop proposals.

CRP would like to hear from any potential partners who would be interested in working together on a Stage 1 application due in Spring 2019. Please contact Susannah Wilks to discuss further.

Archives: News Articles

CamdenAbility Update

Recruit London – Case Study

Countdown to the Illuminated River

Air Quality Funding Opportunities

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood: Greening for Air Quality

Less traffic, cleaner environment with deliverBEST

Paddington Now – Silver Gilt Award

Arts Council England Strategy

Bus Routes Consultation for Central London

Future High Streets Fund