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deliverBEST Success

6th October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Almost 100 businesses have now completed CRP’s short deliverBEST online questionnaire (at www.deliverbest.london) and received practical, proven solutions to make deliveries to their central London sites more efficient, and more environmentally-friendly.

The CRP team are supporting many of these businesses, including a gym, a café, an architecture practice, an event space, a number of multi-tenanted office buildings and health sector organisations to implement changes and measure and report fantastic results.

If you would like to offer deliverBEST services to businesses in your area, please contact CRP Business Engagement Officer Anisha George.

CRP Team Away Day

4th October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership hosted an exciting team away day on the 26th Sept. This commenced with job shadowing between Recruit London and Deliver London team members to gain greater insight into each others’ projects. This was followed by an opportunity to have round-table interactive sessions that polished ‘elevator pitches’, maximising our social media impact and finally a ‘thought shower’ on the 4 CRP objectives:

  • Sustainable Employment Opportunities
  • Economic Growth and Prosperity
  • Air Quality and Carbon Reduction
  • Making Places that Work

We were very privileged to have both public and private sector co-chairs attend at intervals during the day and inspire the team to continue working hard on ‘Delivering London’s Future Together’.  Thank you to Councillor Wendy Hyde and Simon Pitkeathley!

For further information please contact CRP’s Susannah Wilks.

High Streets for All

3rd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

This week the Mayor of London launched the High Streets for All report. The study explores the social value of the high street and uses this evidence to set out the strategic case for advocacy, intervention and investment in London’s high streets.

Supported by the London Economic Action Partnership the research identified a wide range of high street functions that provide immense social value and should be protected and enhanced.

CRP looks forward to continuing to work closely with our public and private sector partners to maximise the benefits from London’s high streets.

View the report here.

 

CLSRTP 2017/18

3rd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

This year’s Central London Sub Regional Transport Partnership (CLSRTP) programme facilitated by CRP is forging ahead with a range of innovative transport and place making projects including:

  • An intervention to promote walking in the London Borough of Wandsworth
  • A feasibility study using TfL’s Walking Tube map to deliver walking interventions
  • Expanding on last year’s urban market delivery and serving plans, promotions to support successful street market operations
  • A study on the impact of autonomous freight vehicles in central London which will outline what, if any, early physical, technical and governance based interventions the central London boroughs should be considering in the lead up autonomous cars and freight being common place
  • A study into securing grid infrastructure for the electrification of commercial fleet

Keep an eye on the Central London Sub regional Transport Partnership homepage for updates!

For more information please get in touch with CRP’s Place Making Project Officer, Jane Overington at janeoverington@crossriverpartnership.org

Recruit London Pilot

3rd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s Recruit London in conjunction with Veolia and The Connection at St. Martin in the Fields have set up a pilot to work with street homeless people in Westminster. Every 6 weeks, 5 rough sleepers are actively recruited and supported to sustain employment by Recruit London and The Restart Project in conjunction with The Connection.

Laurentiu is a 38 year old man originally from Romania.  He came to London to look for employment but found himself living on the streets of Westminster.

“I had been in London for two weeks.  Since coming to London, I had been actively looking for a job. I found out about The Connection and that they helped with getting people employment.  I went and registered and soon after, I was told about the ReStart Project and jobs with Veolia.  I was interviewed and I was offered a job.  They told me about the areas available to work and the time shifts.  I now work in China Town and I like working at night so my shift is 10pm to 6am.   I get paid weekly for the first 12 weeks, so I now have money in my pocket and I can start to look for accommodation”!

For further information please contact CRP’s Nikoletta Gjergji

Recruit London Performance

3rd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

So far this year Recruit London have helped 148 unemployed people into jobs in central London and with recruitment set to increase over the next few months, it promises to be another successful year for the team. Currently engaged in recruitment for large flagship stores, hotels and West End restaurants, encompassing roles at all levels, it’s only going to get busier!

Want to get involved? Recruit London would love to hear from you if could offer a work placement to support one of our candidates back to work.  Likewise, if you could offer a tour of your offices, a talk about your industry for jobseekers or simply some time to give a mock interview we would be delighted to hear from you.  Nothing is more powerful for our candidates than real feedback from real employers. We can also help you to recruit for any opportunities you may have from our ever-growing talent pool of skilled local people.

For more information, please contact: recruitlondon@crossriverpartnership.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Recycling Week at CRP & Heart of London

3rd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership have been supporting Heart of London to promote national recycling week.  Heart of London businesses and CRP have been tweeting their pledges to improve recycling as well as some great examples of implementing a circular economy.   From handbags made of M&Ms wrappers, to restaurants pledging to recycle more food waste, there is so much work that businesses already do to reduce their waste #recycleweek @HOLBID

 

CRP produced this video for Heart of London to demonstrate how easy it is. Please share with friends and colleagues.

 

CRP have also supported Heart of London in choosing their preferred suppliers for waste, Westminster City Council and Paper Round.   Both organisations were chosen for their high sustainable credentials in waste management practices and are being advertised to Heart of London businesses through the West End Buyers Club, aimed at reducing the number of servicing vehicles to improve air quality.

 

For further information please contact Christina Wells: christinawells@crossriverpartnership.org

FREVUE Guidance Documents

2nd October 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

We have summarised 4.5 years of FREVUE demonstration and research as well as hundreds of pages of reports in four concise guidance documents tailored towards our key stakeholder groups:

FREVUE Guidance doc

For those who would like to go into more detail, the last in-depth reports and FREVUE Factsheets are being made available on the FREVUE website.

For more information, please contact the CRP FREVUE Co-ordinator, Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer and follow FREVUE on twitter @FREVUE_project.

CRP celebrates World Car Free Day 22nd Sept

29th September 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership celebrated World Car Free Day on 22nd Sept with a Community Green Street on Luxborough Street in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood.

The car free theme started from ensuring that items for the green streets were delivered using a zero or low emission method. The street was turned into a green street complete with parklets, trees, electric bikes and a pop-up gym.

For our green fingered visitors there were planters available to plant some air quality friendly plants, with some games such as a giant chess board for entertainment. It wasn’t just all fun and games, we also used the opportunity to raise awareness and allow visitors to learn more about what a Low Emission Neighbourhood is and the plans for Marylebone.

It was great to see so many of our partners also promoting action on the day.

See our Storify for a selection of tweets and actions taken by CRP and partners.

CRP is recruiting!

25th September 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP are recruiting the following roles:

Recruit London Programme Manager

https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/recruit-london-programme-manager-employability-coordinator-326434.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 13th October 2017.

 

Recruit London Project Support Assisstant

https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/recruit-london-project-support-assistant-326444.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 13th October 2017.

 

Air Quality Project Manager

Visit https://jobs.westminster.gov.uk/vacancy/air-quality-project-manager-324920.html for more information and to apply.

Closing date is 2nd October 2017.

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