CRP has updated its strapline to better reflect the range of work that it is currently delivering with and for our public and private sector partners: Delivering London’s Future Together.
The strapline was selected following an intensive brainstorming session by the whole CRP team. The winning submission was dreamt up by CRP’s Jane Overington (pictured). Well done Jane!
CRP is very proud to present its annual Business Plan for the year starting 1 April. You can see the Business Plan here.
The Business Plan is currently being printed ready for mailing to CRP Board members. Please do contact us if you would also like a hard copy.
The Business Plan has been designed foe CRP by agency Hudson Fuggle, overseen by CRP’s Charlotte Healy.
We are extremely pleased to be delivering £4 million of worthwhile project interventions with and for all of our public and private sector partners.
Last week saw the launch of the CRP-developed West End Partnership Deliveries & Servicing site. This website has links to all of the fantastic projects that members of the West End Partnership Deliveries & Servicing Group are delivering, and a map showing what is happening across the West End.
This website and map are going to be used to identify areas where the partnership needs to direct efforts when developing a Deliveries & Servicing Plan for the West End.
The website is available at https://crossriverpartnership.org/WEPFreight/
For further information contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org
Last month Recruit London hosted an intensive employment–focused workshop with the aim of helping our candidates into employment. The whole day event was packed with fun and energetic activities and great training sessions to motivate, inspire and prepare our candidates for work in customer services.
Registration began at 9:00am. Twenty candidates were given packs which included feedback cards, helpful tips and advice on interviews and assessment centres as well as challenging game of people bingo!
In the morning the group attended Recruit London led sessions such as: ‘Style Briefing’, ‘Group CV Challenge’ and an ‘Effective Personal Marketing’ workshop. After eating lunch together candidates each had panel interviews to practice their technique and put into practice what they had learnt in the morning sessions. Crucially, after this, each candidate received individual feedback regarding their performance on the day and actions for their next steps. Throughout the day the Recruit London team were speaking to candidates about live vacancies to support them to move quickly into work.
We were fortunate to be joined for the day by the Royal Scottish Regiment who assisted with the group sessions and provided invaluable feedback for candidates, offering constructive comments, encouragement and motivation as well as photo opportunities!
Feedback from the day was incredibly positive with candidates requesting more events like this and telling us that they had learnt a lot and felt closer to finding work. One candidate described the day as a ‘great experience’. We whole-heartedly agree and we are looking forward to running the next one to help another batch of candidates into work!
For more information about Recruit London, or if you would like to be involved in events like this, please contact: Anna Elliott, Recruit London Programme Manager, aelliott@westminster.gov.uk 07875 765 751
CRP are thrilled to be working with Westminster City Council and the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) stakeholders including Baker Street Quarter Partnership; Marble Arch BID; New West End Company; Howard De Walden and the Portman Estate to design and implement the Marylebone LEN Delivery & Servicing Programme.
Over the next year, CRP will be rolling out www.clickcollect.london and the West End Buyers Club (www.westendbuyersclub.london), among other initiatives, to businesses within the Marylebone LEN; engaging them to change their purchasing behaviours and reduce the number of freight vehicles entering the area.
For more information on the Marylebone LEN Delivery & Servicing Programme contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org
Six months ago I started a work placement with Cross River Partnership (CRP) through the National Graduate Development Programme. Like most people, I was completely unaware of the amount and scale of work that CRP are involved in. From building bridges (literally) and green walls to supporting local people into employment and improving London’s toxic air, CRP really does contribute in so many ways to delivering London’s future.
Over the past few months I have worked with the New West End Company to deliver their air quality strategy, including developing a preferred supplier scheme website, the West End Buyers Club. I have also managed to squeeze in some time to observe deliveries and interview businesses along Oxford Street, help to create a new branding image for CRP, including the development of their new business plan, and have witnessed so many more incredible CRP projects being carried out.
Now my work placement with CRP is coming to a close and I’m moving on to another team. I am very grateful to the CRP team for how welcoming and supportive they have been throughout my time with them and for the many opportunities that have been presented to me. I look forward to following what CRP will achieve in the future!
Charlotte Healy, National Graduate Development Trainee
With Kings College London, CRP has enabled seven partner BIDs and boroughs to undertake air quality monitoring to support the promotion and development of clean air ‘wellbeing walks.’
This work builds on London’s first ever wellbeing walk between Euston and Kings Cross stations, which was delivered by Urban Partners through CRP’s Clean Air Better Business programme.
Monitoring on the original wellbeing walk showed that levels of air pollution along the clean air route were less than half that of the more obvious walking route, along Euston Road.
We look forward to receiving the results of the recent monitoring and developing additional wellbeing walks across central London.
For further information please contact CRP’s Air Quality Project Manager Brendon Harper.
On 22-23 March over 250 representatives from government, industry, academia and other transport organisations gathered in Brussels for the 5th edition of the E-mobility Stakeholder Forum. The FREVUE project co-organised the event together with ZeEUS (on buses) and I-CVUE (on passenger cars).
The FREVUE Coordinator, Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer, presented first results on the technical suitability of electric freight vehicles as well as their economic and environmental impact. The outlook for electric freight vehicles is positive with some of the big players entering the market (e.g MAN and Daimler), but still lagging behind electric cars and buses. The Forum is a unique occasion to discuss, learn and cooperate on common issues for all e-mobility modes such as shared charging infrastructure, financing mechanisms and procurement.
Further information about the 5th European E-mobility Stakeholder Forum and all presentation can be found here http://frevue.eu/events-home/.
For more information about FREVUE, please contact the project coordinator Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer on tdmuenchmeyer@westminster.gov.uk.
Healthy Streets for London Event
Cross River Partnership, alongside some of London’s leading place shapers and transport experts, attended Transport for London’s (TfL’s) healthy streets workshop on 17 March.
The event showcased TfL’s Healthy Streets approach to transport and the importance of staying active every day.
Deputy Mayor Val Shawcross in her opening address highlighted that 6.5 million door-to-door trips are made in London each day however the experience of walking on London’s streets can be poor and too many Londoners face barriers to walking. Adding to this, the demand for accessible streets will continue to rise as our population grows.
Many of the guest presenters recognised that the majority of top causes of illness relate to inactivity and that the best way to incorporate activity into our daily life is through our commute.
There are also great economic benefits to be gained from a pedestrian and cycling friendly city – did you know people who walk compared to cars spend 65% more in shops?
It was inspiring to hear about the steps that Paris and New York City have already taken to make their cities sustainable, vibrant, healthy, green, and fairer.
London is the best city in the world and together the aim is to make London the best city in the world for walking.
In the words of our Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman – ‘walking is not pedestrian!’
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/healthy-streets-for-london.pdf
For more information please contact Transport Project Officer, Jane Overington at janeoverington@crossriverpartnership.org
The first of the key FREVUE reports is now being finalised.
The report is based on 2.5 years of data from 83 vehicles and a total of 470,000 miles driven. This substantial amount of information on electric freight vehicles in operation, which the FREVUE project brings together for the first time, confirms the assumption that the current generation of these vehicles is well suited for many types of inner city freight operations. It also shows that the optimum ambient temperature for electric freight vehicles to operate in is 10-15°C, making London an ideal environment for them.
We look forward to sharing the whole report shortly.
The next FREVUE reports due are an update of the state-of-the-art in city logistics as well as a report on the economics of electric freight vehicles.
For more information, please see www.frevue.eu or contact CRP’s FREVUE Coordinator Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer on tdmuenchmeyer@westminster.gov.uk.
