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We have summarised 4.5 years of FREVUE demonstration and research as well as hundreds of pages of reports in four concise guidance documents tailored towards our key stakeholder groups:

For those who would like to go into more detail, the last in-depth reports and FREVUE Factsheets are being made available on the FREVUE website.

For more information, please contact the CRP FREVUE Co-ordinator, Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer and follow FREVUE on twitter @FREVUE_project.

Cross River Partnership celebrated World Car Free Day on 22^nd Sept with a Community Green Street on Luxborough Street in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood.

The car free theme started from ensuring that items for the green streets were delivered using a zero or low emission method. The street was turned into a green street complete with parklets, trees, electric bikes and a pop-up gym.

For our green fingered visitors there were planters available to plant some air quality friendly plants, with some games such as a giant chess board for entertainment. It wasn’t just all fun and games, we also used the opportunity to raise awareness and allow visitors to learn more about what a Low Emission Neighbourhood is and the plans for Marylebone.

It was great to see so many of our partners also promoting action on the day.

See our Storify for a selection of tweets and actions taken by CRP and partners.

CRP are recruiting the following roles:

Recruit London Programme Manager

https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/recruit-london-programme-manager-employability-coordinator-326434.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 13th October 2017.

Recruit London Project Support Assisstant

https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/recruit-london-project-support-assistant-326444.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 13th October 2017.

Air Quality Project Manager

Visit https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/air-quality-project-manager-324920.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 2nd October 2017.

Taking place between 25 September and 1 October, Heart of London is running a competition for businesses to showcase reducing waste and recycling. Entries will be tweeting pledges, or sending photos of recycling in action using the handle @HOLBID and #RecycleWeek. The winner will be announced in the following week and receive Heart of London goodie bags for up to five employees.

Heart of London are also hoping to confirm their chosen preferred supplier by National Recycling Week and use the opportunity to promote sign up to the supplier. This supplier will be offering businesses preferential BID discounts for recycling and have a proposal to service the BID area in the most efficient and environmentally friendly way possible as well as promoting collections to reduce visible waste on the street. This initiative will help cut waste management costs and in turn, assist in the reduction of vehicle numbers on the roads, improve air quality and tackle congestion.

You don’t have to be a business to take part in National Recycling Week, share your tweets with us!

For more information contact christinawells@crossriverpartnership.org

The West End Partnership’s Delivery and Servicing Group have been providing a strategic focus for the future of deliveries and servicing in a changing West End. Sharing success stories and lessons from innovative projects, the group is developing a plan for freight in the West End for the next three years. Partners in the area are busy working on exciting projects that could have a real impact, including Delivery and Service Planning for upcoming major public realm projects, and launching preferred supplier schemes to improve the function of major shopping streets.

Find out more information from CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith.

Full steam ahead in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (MLEN)! September sees another important milestone delivered under Cross River Partnership’s management of the MLEN. Striking new lamppost banners have been hung in and around Marylebone High Street. They are hung to raise awareness about the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood, a three year project to radically improve the air quality in a focused area.

For more information contact Marylebone LEN Interim Programme Manager Vicky Keeble.

Cross River Partnership will be coordinating a Community Green Street on 22^nd September on Luxborough Street in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood(LEN) to align with World Car Free Day.

The street will be turned into a green street from 3pm – 6pm by Marylebone LEN partners, complete with parklets, trees, electric bikes and a pop-up gym. There will be planters available for visitors to plant some air quality friendly plants, with some games for entertainment. There will also be the chance to learn more about what a Low Emission Neighbourhood is and the plans for Marylebone.

CRP is promoting World Car Free Day 2017 (WCFD) as an opportunity for all our partners to showcase some of the innovate projects and interventions taking place to encourage more walking, cycling, public transport, and consolidated deliveries, with the goal of improving air quality in central London and making our streets healthier.

If you are in the area, do pop along to the Community Green Street on Luxborough Street and enjoy the activities taking place.

For more information contact Andy Martin

Albert, aged 49 is a Westminster resident who was unemployed for over 9 years before being supported into employment as a Street Patroller and Litter Picker at Leicester Square’s McDonalds by Sylvia Kankasa (Specialist Workplace Coordinator at Recruit London) and Nikoletta Gjergji (Project Support Assistant at Recruit London). Albert was referred by Stella from CNWL.

Albert had been volunteering once a week with Action for Hearing Loss at a homeless shelter for 2 years. Albert is deaf so he finds volunteering very rewarding however, he wanted to start earning an income and so, Sylvia spoke to Albert regarding his needs and requirements and negotiated with McDonalds to open up a bespoke role for him. Well done Albert!

For further information please contact CRP’s Sylvia Kankasa or Nikoletta Gjergji

One of the legacies of FREVUE is the new SEUL project, set up with Office for Low Emission Vehicles UK funding to further extend the number of freight electric vehicles being charged and used by UPS across central London, working with UK Power Networks and CRP. A handy postcard introduction to the project has been produced.

We are very happy to welcome Shanon Lim and Tom Linton-Smith to the CRP team.

Shanon Lim Tom Linton-Smith

Shanon joined CRP as our new Transport Project Officer. He is primarily working on the finalisation of FREVUE and will engage in various Air Quality projects that CRP are working on. Shanon completed his MSc in Environmental Science, focussing on air quality in public transport. For more information contact Shanon here.

Tom Linton-Smith is our new Transport and Sustainability Officer. He is working on a range of projects for CRP including Freight TAILS and the West End Partnership Delivery and Servicing Programme.

Tom has recently completed his MSc in Transport Planning and Management at the University of Westminster, with a focus on active travel. His final research project was on urban family cycling. For more information contact Tom here.

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