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At its Board meeting on 9th October 2018 CRP launched its most recent report, Art in the Public Realm: Creating Healthy Streets.

The report sets out the multiple economic, social and health benefits that art can bring to the public realm, through examples of what has already been achieved.

The report showcases projects from many of CRP’s central London borough and BID partners. The aim is to inspire more projects by a wide range of stakeholders.

The report was commissioned by the Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership, funded by Transport for London.

Many thanks to Urban Movement and Out Design for their work on the report.

Please contact Susannah Wilks if you would like to order copies.

Our Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership (CLSRTP) is currently commissioning exciting new studies as part of its 2018/19 programme. Highlighting the benefit of continuous, cross-borough cooperation, this work will focus on:

Fleet electrification and grid infrastructure concerns
Delivery of dual-purpose cycle stations: bike repair stands and water refill
Borough coordination of traffic management strategies and zero harm action plans
Cycle logistics: best practice, opportunities and challenges for London boroughs

CLSRTP is a collective of senior transport officers from ten of central London’s local authorities. The partnership, which Cross River Partnership manages and provides strategic direction for, on behalf of Transport for London, provides a borough-level focus on sub-regional transport priorities.

The CLSRTP boroughs are City of London Corporation, City of Westminster, London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Lewisham, London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Wandsworth and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

For more information, please contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight, Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

CRP is proud to work with the Victoria Business Improvement District (BID) to improve local air quality. One way we are doing so is by working with Victoria BID member businesses to better manage the delivery of goods and services to their premises and help reduce the number of delivery trips to their premises. Several multi-tenant buildings have participated in a deliveries audit exercise, monitoring their incoming and outgoing deliveries over a set period. CRP is analysing this data, using it to create targeted delivery and servicing plans (DSP) for each property.

These DSPs include practicable actions that, in addition to helping streamline businesses’ procurement operation, will lead to fewer delivery vehicles on the road and a quantified reduction in noxious emissions, making Victoria a healthier, more pleasant place to live, work and visit.

For more information, please contact CRP’s Business Engagement Officer, Sefinat Otaru.

Transport for London are seeking feedback on proposed changes to 33 bus routes in central London. The proposals are aimed at adapting to changing demand, simplifying the network and supporting economic growth. Find out more and provide feedback at www.tfl.gov.uk/central-london-bus-consultation by Friday 9 November 2018. CRP will also prepare a collaborative submission. Please contact Susannah Wilks if you would like to contribute.

The Mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking applications to his £6 million Mayor’s Air Quality Fund (MAQF) Round 3. The fund will support a range of ambitious projects that deliver reductions in emissions and exposure to air pollution.

Get in touch with CRP’s Air Quality Project Manager, Brendon Harper if you would like to shape and join a CRP-led collaborative cross-sector, cross-borough application.

CRP has been continuing work on the Defra-funded Clean Air Villages (CAV) project. CRP is working on behalf of the London Borough of Lambeth in partnership with the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, and Lewisham, to reduce emissions from business deliveries and servicing at 10 air quality hotspot villages across the 5 boroughs.

12 out of 20 air quality business events have taken place so far, with two more scheduled in Lewisham and Islington for this month. CRP is engaging with businesses within these villages in order find out about local delivery and servicing issues. In Brixton (Lambeth), a group of local butchers worked together (independently of the CAV project) to reduce their own impact on pollution and congestion in the area; they reduced the number of suppliers that they use and have now reduced the number of deliveries to Electric Avenue. CRP is exploring whether other such examples of supplier consolidation can be applied to other business groups and villages for the CAV project.

Local Councillors have been very supportive of the project, for example in Lewisham where attendance at CAV events has been strong and fruitful.
CRP will be concluding its research and discussing its local recommendations for solutions with each borough towards the end of the year. January 2019 onwards will see the recommendations being put into action within each ‘village’.

For further information, please contact CRP’s CAV Business Engagement Officer, Kate Fenton.

Nikoletta Gjergji, Recruit London’s Specialist Workplace Coordinator supported Kristina Matia to secure her new role at Residential Management Group, with Christine Allen.

In Christine’s words:

“I used the Recruit London service for a vacancy I had to fill for a Housing Advisor. I found the process extremely easy and they met the requirements for the type of candidate I required well. They liaised with me from the start of the process until the actual recruitment of their candidate was achieved. Our new Housing Advisor is doing well and is on track to become an asset to our team and organisation. I am very happy with the Specialist Workplace Coordinator (Nikoletta Gjergji) that I dealt with and also with the candidate. I will certainly be using them again for future vacancies”.

Prior to being supported by CRP’s Recruit London service, Kristina had been unemployed for over 10 years due to raising her children and having health issues, which prevented her from gaining employment on her own.

For more information or to make a referral, please contact Recruit London’s Specialist Workplace Coordinator, Nikoletta Gjergji.

Working with the Royal Society of Arts, one of our new CRP colleagues, Ethan Howard has co-created a brief for this year’s Student Design Awards competition with sponsorship and input coming from Twitter.

The RSA Student Design Awards was established in 1924, making it the world’s longest-running student competition for higher education students and recent graduates. Each year the competition challenges emerging designers to tackle a range of design briefs focused on pressing social, environmental and economic issues. Sponsors of the awards range from Philips to Network Rail and previous winners include Sir Jonathan Ive, Chief Design Officer at Apple.

In collaboration with his friend, Thomas Wastling, a design consultant at service design agency Uscreates, the two former winners have devised the brief ‘Citizens as Shapers’. Their brief asks entrants to consider the question, “How can we design new ways to engage citizens in the decisions that affect them?”

Citizens are rarely engaged with the people making the decisions that affect them – even though they are often closer to the problems than those developing the policies to tackle them. They are looking for applicants to develop solutions that harnesses digital tools to increase the quantity and quality of citizens’ participation in democratic processes.

For more information, contact CRP’s Ethan Howard.

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.

Archives: News Articles

Art in the Public Realm: Creating Healthy Streets

Upcoming CLSRTP Studies

DSPs for Victoria BID

Central London Bus Route Review

Mayor’s Air Quality Fund Round 3 Launched

Clean Air Villages Update

Recruit London Candidate Success

The Royal Society of Arts – Student Design Awards

ReStart – A Great Story to Share!

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood: 6 Months To Go