CRP is currently looking for a Specialist Workplace Co-ordinator to join our Recruit London team to support unemployed people with health barriers into sustainable work.
To find out more about this role and to apply, please click here.
Please contact Carol Quamina with any queries.
Veolia has been working closely with Recruit London with the commitment to raise the percentage of Westminster residents working for Veolia in the borough of Westminster. At the moment, this figure stands at 22%.
Historically, Recruit London has recruited for Veolia Street Cleaners and we have set up ongoing recruitment for street cleaners every 6 weeks, with a focus on getting street homeless candidates from The Connection into employment. On our last recruitment round, we recruited 9 street cleaners.
Recruit London is now supporting Veolia with recruiting across their different departments, with roles to include Commercial Waste Management Customer Service personnel, re-cycling operatives and HGV drivers.
We will be supporting the recruitment of 3 Apprentices and as well as another round of recruitment for Street Cleaners on 18th December 2017.
Veolia has committed to creating 20 roles from now to March 2018.
“It’s a pleasure to work and partner with Recruit London. They have an excellent understanding of business recruitment needs and provide invaluable support to recruit locally and help candidates succeed in their position. I highly recommend Recruit London if you’re looking to reduce staff turnover, increase diversity and tackle unemployment.” Helder Branco, Senior Contract Manager – Westminster City Council
For further information please contact CRP’s Sylvia Kankasa.
Through the Crown Estate-funded ReStart programme, CRP has supported over 30 jobseekers who have housing issues into work, of which 19 have secured employment since April 2017. Colleagues from The Crown Estate have recently volunteered as mock interviewers for ReStart clients – please see the photo. Both the jobseekers and volunteer mock interviewers found this experience very enjoyable and useful, and it is planned to be organised once a month in the New Year.
CRP looks forward to continuing to support homeless residents with employment on behalf of The Crown Estate and Westminster City Council into 2018 and beyond.
For further information please contact CRP’s Nathalie Lam.
Kate Fenton (pictured) has recently returned to CRP’s Recruit London team. Having previously worked successfully with project funders, The Crown Estate and Heart of London Business Alliance, Kate is now working on the Westminster City Council-funded part of CRP’s Recruit London programme to continue the hard work that goes into supporting local long term unemployed residents into work. Kate has already secured opportunities with Capco businesses, Incentive FM and Dishoom, and will be unlocking further opportunities in the Capco area. Private members club, Quo Vadis in Soho, are a new business that Kate has also engaged with the project. Kate is excited to be back, with new energy, and can’t wait to get her first job outcome! Please contact Kate at katefenton@crossriverpartnership.org 020 7641 4448
The new draft London Plan has been released for public consultation until Friday 2nd March 2018:
https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/london-plan/new-london-plan
The major themes of this strategy for London, align closely to the Mayor’s vision ‘A City for All Londoners’ covering six policies for Good Growth
Enhance valued services; bind existing and new communities and promote active and healthy lives, increase public toilet access and ensuring a healthy streets approach
Intensification (in the right places) with colocation; protection of the green belt and retaining the distinct character of London; attractive and cherished
Improving health outcomes; increasing active travel; bringing London national park status and reducing air pollution
66,000 new homes are needed per year, the Mayor will support boroughs to meet increased targets for use of small sites for homes, and ensure affordability
All Londoners to share in London’s economic success, with a focus on the night time economy; promoting high specification offices; digital technology and sector growth to ensure London’s continued global participation
Mitigating and adapting to climate change; protecting business and residents; minimising waste to landfill and ensuring efficient use of water
Cross River Partnership and the Association of Town and City Management will co-host a seminar in January 2018 for London-based Business Improvement Districts plus London boroughs to coordinate a collaborative response to the draft London Plan. Further details will follow shortly.
For more information or to pre-register please contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org
CRP is progressing its development of a Delivery Servicing Plan for the West End, as part of our work on behalf of the West End Partnership.
As part of this project, CRP has hosted special workshops with stakeholders including Transport for London; Oxford Street Transformation project team; Westminster and Camden Councils; logistics operators; property owners; residents associations and Business Improvement Districts, to bring a wide range of views to the plan. All stakeholders are keen to see the efficiency of urban freight improved in the West End and are willing to play their part to facilitate this.
The plan will include quick win actions, recommending improvements which would be immediately noticeable. It will also include a longer term, strategic approach to the management of deliveries and servicing in central London, linking to the new London Plan, and Mayor’s Transport Strategy. This draft Delivery Servicing Plan for the West End will be presented to the West End Partnership Board in January 2018.
The consultation period for the Oxford Street Transformation has been extended until 3rd January 2018 https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/oxford-street/?cid=oxford-street
For more information on the West End Partnership Deliveries & Servicing Group visit https://crossriverpartnership.org/WEPFreight/ or contact vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org
Poor air quality is one of London’s top public health issues, contributing to the premature deaths of 10,000 Londoners each year. Children and older people, as well as those with respiratory health conditions, are particularly at risk from the harmful effects of engine idling, which is why it is especially important that we recognise the need to have cleaner air around schools and hospitals, looking out for everybody who lives and travels in Marylebone.
As part of the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood programme to improve local air quality, CRP has produced an anti-idling video to be used for training purposes for fleet drivers and to share online. It highlights the damaging health impact, busts the myths about vehicle engine idling and makes the case for positive behaviour change. Did you know, for example, that many vans use more fuel idling for just 10 seconds than stopping and restarting the engine?
The video can be shared using #DontBeIdle, #CareforAir and #MaryleboneLEN.
To find out more about the LEN, or about using an extended version of the video as part of a toolbox talk, get in touch with CRP’s Vicky Keeble or Tom Linton-Smith.
The end of the year also marks an important milestone for the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) as the 3-year programme reaches its halfway point. Established in 2016 and funded by the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, the Marylebone LEN is a partnership between Westminster City Council and local stakeholders including BIDs, landowners and residents’ associations to address the local air quality.
It has been a good time to reflect on all that has been achieved so far, including the introduction of an experimental parking surcharge for older diesel vehicles, a successful anti-idling initiative, innovative electric vehicle charging installations, hundreds of children participating in Air Quality lessons and enjoying a number of ‘play streets’, and dozens of local businesses receiving tailored information to help them make their deliveries more efficient and less polluting including promotion of the West End Buyers Club by local Business Improvement Districts Baker Street Quarter Partnership, Marble Arch BID and New West End Company.
CRP is also delighted to have been commissioned by Westminster City Council to deliver programme management for the duration of the LEN.
The most recent developments include an experimental ‘no right turn’ being introduced in the LEN to reduce the use of a quiet residential street as a vehicle shortcut, improving the local air quality for these Marylebone residents, as well as the online release of two myth-busting anti-idling videos to be used for business engagement.
There is still lots to do to build on the successes so far, with 2018 sure to be a busy year.
To find out more about the LEN, get in touch with CRP’s Vicky Keeble or Tom Linton-Smith.
CRP are delighted to support one of our partner BIDs The Northbank while we are resident in their area. They recently hosted a drop-in gardening event in partnership with Westminster City Council, encouraging workers in the area to take some time over their lunch breaks to plant some bulbs for all to enjoy in the spring. Stress accounted for 45% of all working days lost in 2016, and gardening has been to shown to help boost wellbeing, brain function and productivity as well as reducing stress and anxiety. CRP recognises the business benefits of employers providing working environments that support staff wellbeing, for example publishing a toolkit for Family Friendly Employment.
Deliver London’s Tom went to check out the latest event in Temple Gardens and is looking forward to seeing a flash of colour emerge in the spring.
There are plans for more regular events to commence in the spring. For more information contact Tom Linton-Smith.
The Green Capital Grant is Mayor Sadiq Khan’s new £2 million fund to create multi-beneficial green infrastructure. Benefits include reducing flooding risk, increasing biodiversity, improving walking and cycling and boosting public health.
Green Capital grants will be between £250,000 and £500,000 per project and should address social and environmental challenges such as air pollution, health or flooding.
Applications are now open and expressions of interests close on 19 February 2018. Cross River Partnership is ready to work with partners on potential collaborative applications if desired.
To find out more please get in touch with CRP’s Director, Susannah Wilks susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org.
