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Recruit London Candidate Success

16th October 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

The Royal Society of Arts – Student Design Awards

16th October 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

ReStart – A Great Story to Share!

27th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.”

 

 

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood: 6 Months To Go

27th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

Updated London Plan

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

TfL Freight Policy Advisory Panel

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

The Illuminated River

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

Mayor’s Air Quality Fund

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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 Art Meets Air Quality

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

London Celebrates Car Free Day

26th September 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

On Saturday 22nd 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.

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