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Recruit London attended an event at Paddington Development Trust (PDT) on 9^th August. The aim was to give members of the community a chance to gain further knowledge and explore the opportunities available to them for Employment, Volunteering and Work Placements.

Recruit London facilitated an information stall which attracted many candidates and provided them with information about the service. A good number of candidates were registered, signed up to the available opportunities offered by Recruit London and will continue their journey into employment with their designated CRP Workplace Coordinator.

Recruit London look forward to further partnership work with PDT in the future.

For more information please contact Recruit London Project Support Assistant Whitney Addow.

In his capacity as Mayor of London and Chair of LEAP (London’s Local Enterprise Partnership) Sadiq Khan has launched a new £66 million capital Good Growth Fund for London 2017 – 2021, to help make sure that London is a city where all Londoners have an opportunity to be part of London’s prosperity.

CRP is preparing a collaborative application to submit to the fund on behalf of, and involving many of, its public, private and third sector partners. CRP’s application will address all 8 themes of the Good Growth Fund, with different interventions by different partners, all linked up, all delivering according to different timescales within the overall Good Growth Fund period. This Cross River Communities application will support a series of linked interventions across the central London area, all directed towards achieving Good Growth: People, Places and Prosperity.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 4pm on Monday 4^th September 2017. Please click here for full information.

For further information please contact CRP’s project manager Brendon Harper.

The Mayor of London has launched an exciting new draft Transport Strategy to guide infrastructure planning and implementation up to 2041. Sadiq Khan’s ambitious and bold vision centres on reducing Londoners’ dependence on private cars, and making walking, cycling and green public transport the most appealing and practical choices for many more journeys.

The Mayor has allowed plenty of time for consultation. Comments can be submitted until 2^nd October 2017 here.

CRP has already arranged for the draft Transport Strategy to be presented to its partners by Transport for London, and will be drafting a collaborative response to the strategy on behalf of its partners.

For further information please contact Susannah Wilks.

The GLA are seeking applications from businesses and business-led groups (including BIDs) for funding to develop new Low Emission Neighbourhoods (LENs).

Business-led LENs will help make local areas more pleasant for customers and staff to walk and cycle in, as well as helping businesses to reduce their emissions and running costs.

See the GLA website for more information.

Anisha

Anisha George has joined CRP’s Deliver London team as a Business Engagement Officer. Anisha will be working on our deliverBEST programme, supporting businesses to make their deliveries more efficient and reduce their environmental impact. Prior to CRP Anisha worked at Green Alliance as a policy assistant. She has also worked in the renewable energy sector in Tanzania and Canada.

Contact Anisha at anishageorge@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP was delighted to attend the press launch of the London Borough of Culture on 30^th June 2017, hosted by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London; Justine Simmons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries; and Catherine McGuiness, Chairman, City of London Corporation.

The London Borough of Culture will highlight how culture can bring communities closer together and shine a spotlight on the distinctive character of each winning borough, giving Londoners a host of ambitious cultural events.

The competition is open to every one of the 32 boroughs in Greater London. Two winning boroughs will be named London Borough of Culture, one in 2019, one in 2020. Each winning borough will be awarded up to £1 million by the GLA.

Closing date 12 noon on 1^st December 2017.

CRP would like to wish all of its boroughs the very best of luck with their applications!

Find out more at www.london.gov.uk/boroughofculture.

CRP attended an open consultation meeting on the potential proposed free-to-use cycle bridge between Rotherhithe (LB Southwark) and Canary Wharf (LB Tower Hamlets) on 22^nd June 2017. The bridge would be intended to contribute to reduced over-crowding on sections of the Jubilee Line, as well as opening up new cycling and walking possibilities across the River Thames. TfL are also giving consideration to tunnel and / or enhanced ferry service options.

TfL will be preparing its own in-house Business Case on the project by the end of the summer. There will be a two year lead-in to the planning application/s, focusing on environmental work.

For further information please contact TfL.

The project is progressing with pace. At this month’s Project Advisory Group meeting, members were updated on: Bridges Phasing Timelines; Environmental Impact Assessment; 3 D Scanning of Existing Bridges; Channel 4 Documentary.

For further information please see www.illuminatedriver.london.

CRP chaired the fourth meeting of the West End Partnership (WEP) Delivery & Servicing Group on 3^rd July. It was a really useful meeting, where public, private and community partners heard about how deliveries impact upon residents from David Kaner of the West End Community Network. We also reflected upon the results of CRP Oxford Street West studies on deliveries and servicing to businesses.

Going forward, the group will be supporting the implementation and scale up of delivery and servicing interventions in the West End. The group is formed of participants from the following organisations:

Baker Street Quarter Partnership

Cross River Partnership

DHL

Freight Transport Association

Gnewt Cargo

Greater London Authority

Heart of London Business Alliance

John Lewis

London Borough of Camden

Marble Arch London

New West End Company

Northbank BID

The Crown Estate

The Fitzrovia Partnership

Transport for London

Victoria BID

West End Community Network

West End Partnership

Westminster City Council

For enquiries about the group please contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP was very pleased to actively contribute to this key note discussion hosted by Councillor David Harvey of Westminster City Council at the Langham Hotel on 6^th July 2017. Fellow contributors included Sharon Daly, SDG; James Cooksey, The Crown Estate; Simon Loomes, The Portman Estate; Lilli Matson, Transport for London; Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson, Westminster City Council. The session was expertly facilitated by Jonathan Leake of The Sunday Times.

For further information please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks.

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