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Walk to Work Day

24th April 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

The CRP team are pretty keen on sustainable and active transport modes all the time, but we do make a special effort at times such as Walk to Work Day (6th April).

These days provide a fantastic opportunity to reach new groups in promoting different ways of moving, and help motivate longer term behaviour change.

CRP also supported World Car Free Day back in 2017, working with Westminster City Council and Transport for London to deliver a Community Green Street for the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood.  This temporary street closure provided an opportunity for people to ride bikes, plant seeds and envision a different way to use and experience our streets.

CRP can support BIDs, estates, community groups and boroughs implement their very own Green and Play Open Streets.  To find out more contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

Better Air, Better Bankside

23rd April 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

Over the past year CRP’s deliverBEST online tool provided 35 Better Bankside BID member organisations with recommendations to make deliveries to their Bankside locations more efficient.

Eight businesses were supported by the deliverBEST team to measure their deliveries and to take specific actions including changing procurement practices and redirecting staff online shopping deliveries.

By reducing the frequency of milk deliveries to their office, the BID itself reduced their emissions by 69 CO2 kg a year!

Contact CRP’s Air Quality Project Manager Brendon Harper for more information on deliverBEST and how it could be useful to you.

CRP is recruiting!

17th April 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is currently recruiting for the following roles:

  • Workplace Co-ordinator to join our Recruit London team to support long-term unemployed people into sustainable work;
  • Business Engagement Officer to join our Deliver London team to work on our Clean Air Villages, DEFRA-funded project

To find out more about these roles and to apply, please click Workplace Co-ordinator or Business Engagement Officer – Clean Air Villages

Please contact Carol Quamina for further information.

 

 

Local Government Elections on 3rd May 2018

4th April 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

Local authorities will be entering the pre-election period leading up to the forthcoming local government elections on 3rd May.  The period between 26th March and 3rd May, known as Purdah, means that basic principles surrounding impartiality and publicity must be followed closely during the period of heightened sensitivities.

Additional purdah guidance is available on the Local Government Association website.

Please contact CRP’s Operations Manager, Carol Quamina with any queries.

DEFRA funding for CRP’s Clean Air Villages

27th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP has secured the second largest share of DEFRA’s latest Clean Air Grant for our Clean Air Villages programme, a partnership between five boroughs: Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea and Lewisham.

Clean Air Villages will reduce emissions at 10 air quality hotspots across the five boroughs, by working with businesses and communities to make deliveries and servicing more efficient through individual and collective action.

The programme builds on CRP’s successful deliverBEST programme and DEFRA-funded pilot in Camden and Westminster in 2017/18.

Contact CRP Air Quality Project Manager Brendon Harper for more information.

WEP Freight and Servicing Strategy

26th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

Working on behalf of the West End Partnership board, CRP is now finalising The West End Partnership Freight & Servicing Strategy, which includes prioritised key actions and targets.  The final draft is with WEP partners for comments.

The West End Partnership Deliveries & Servicing Group is formed of London Borough of Camden, City of Westminster, West End Business Improvement Districts; businesses; Estates; TfL; logistics operators and residents.

For more information on WEP Deliveries and Servicing visit https://crossriverpartnership.org/WEPFreight/ or contact Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org.

Euston Town Low Emission Neighbourhood

26th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is delighted to be supporting Euston Town BID undertake the monitoring for their Low Emission Neighbourhood between Euston Station and Regents Park.

Euston Town will be implementing all sorts of measures to improve air quality including using arts and greening to raise awareness and improve active travel.  CRP will be undertaking before and after monitoring for these interventions to assess the impact that they are having.  CRP will also be delivering a workshop for local businesses to work with them to reduce their air pollution emissions.

For more information visit https://eustontown.com/low-emission-neighbourhood/ or contact vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

Heart of London Business Alliance Deliveries Update

26th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

Coming to the end of a full year of delivery on the Heart of London Deliveries & Wastes programme, CRP is proud to have to delivered with and on behalf of the BID:

 

  • Assessment and selection of 3 preferred suppliers; Anglo for office suppliers and WCC and Paper Round for commercial waste services;
  • Held two events:  The Clean Air Launch event on May 23rd 2017  and a Drop-in workshop for businesses to meet preferred suppliers on 13th February 2018;
  • Secured additional funding of £42,400 from TfL for a waste consolidation programme in Leicester Square to reduce vehicle movements in central London;
  • Supported Westminster City Council/Veolia’s introduction of on-street coffee cup recycling, leading the way in The West End;
  • Engaged with 100 different businesses in the Heart of London area;
  • Produced an animated video for recycle week with a reach of over 250 views.

 

For more information on CRP’s wider deliveries, waste and sustainability programmes and services contact vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

Seven-Borough Low Emission Logistics Programme

26th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is producing new ‘Click. Collect. Clean Air.’ stickers for all seven boroughs so that post room staff can stick them onto any incoming delivery that looks to be personal, and thereby encourage less unnecessary deliveries into central London workplaces.  CRP is also producing tailored Air Quality Infosheets, case studies and reports for boroughs.  The next project partner meeting will be held at the Lambeth Civic Centre on 16th April.

For further information please contact CRP’s Project Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood – Play Street

26th March 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

The Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) programme was established in 2016 after a successful bid by Westminster City Council to the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund.

One strand of this work to help tackle air quality is a school engagement programme which has seen children from schools in the LEN take part in dedicated air quality lessons and activities. Building on the success of delivery partner Sustrans’ work with the Eco-Committee at Halcyon International School, a play street was held nearby, with a small section of the street outside the school closed to vehicles for a short time.

The play street featured a space for BMX stunts, basic cycle training, a market for restored bikes and DIY bike jewellery, a mobile air quality monitoring station, a parklet, pedal powered smoothie making and a disco music generating bike.

CRP programme manages the LEN, so as well as providing information on the day, we took along our portable garden and asked people to sit down, relax and consider what the streets of the future should look like. As you can see, the future of urban design is in creative hands!

For further information about the Marylebone LEN, visit the website at www.MaryleboneLEN.org or contact CRP’s Vicky Keeble or Tom Linton-Smith.

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