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The start of 2018 has seen the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) focus on the prominent issue of air quality. With support from Marble Arch BID, Baker Street Quarter Partnership and Westminster City Council’s Air Quality Marshals as well as LEN chair Councillor David Harvey, we were able to take the first step in monitoring and evaluating local air quality in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood.

A fixed 3 mile walking route around Marylebone was chosen to measure air quality over two weeks in January. Funded by TfL and the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, the LEN has been using state-of-the-art equipment from King’s College London. The portable air quality monitor carried in a rucksack has been measuring the local “hotspots” of black carbon and other ultraviolet particulate matter, which can be strong indicators of harmful emissions from some diesel vehicles. The data collected will be used to compare future air quality walks that will take place throughout the remainder of the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood programme.

To find out more about the LEN, or to find out about how to get involved in the project, get in touch with CRP’s Vicky Keeble or Tom Linton-Smith.

The West End Partnership (WEP) Deliveries & Servicing Group has been busy at work developing the Deliveries & Servicing Plan for the West End. The success of the significant urban realm and transport schemes of key importance to WEP stakeholders (such as arrival of the Elizabeth Line this year) is dependent on deliveries and servicing being tackled differently. Business as usual is no longer an option if freight is to support the development of the West End.

This plan will help us to deliver our combined vision to ‘Ensure the safe, clean and efficient movement of goods and services that deliver for residents, visitors and businesses in London’s West End.’

The group, formed of London Borough of Camden, City of Westminster, West End Business Improvement Districts; Estates; TfL; Logistics operators and residents have fed into the draft plan by CRP, which details potential actions to be led by different WEP partners.

For more information on WEP Deliveries and Servicing contact CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith tomlintonsmith@crossriverpartnership.org or Vicky Keeble vickykeeble@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP are delighted to announce the renewal of CamdenAbility, our innovative disability employment initiative. The project is funded by the London Borough of Camden, delivered in partnership with Business Disability Forum and works with a network of local employers to improve disability standards and create opportunities for Camden residents with disabilities.

CamdenAbility launched in February 2017 and delivered some fantastic results in our successful first year of delivery:

Established a network of 23 employers committed to improving disability confidence and recruit local residents with disabilities
13 jobs created by supporting and advising employers to make reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities, including learning disabilities, autism, sensory impairment and long term health conditions.
11 work placements have been arranged
11 days of free tailored specialist consultancy delivered
6 disability training workshops delivered and 3 employer network meetings held

Now in its second year, CamdenAbility will create even more jobs for our disabled candidates, encourage greater engagement from our employers through a comprehensive events schedule that will include site tours, work shadowing and reverse job fairs, deliver even more tailored training and consultancy to improve disability standards and grow our network of committed employers.

To find out more about the project, please contact CRP’s Specialist Workplace Coordinator Parma Sira at parmasira @crossriverpartnership.org

Recruit London Event-Tuesday 6 February 2018

Recruit London will be hosting a breakfast event on Tuesday 6 February for Heart of London Business Alliance members to promote this innovative, bespoke and free recruitment service. Business members will be provided with the opportunity to meet the team and gain more knowledge and a better understanding of the Recruit London initiative.

We are delighted that Councillor Robert Davis, Westminster City Council Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Heritage is attending as the keynote speaker at the event.

Claude Abi-Gerges, Director of Capital Arches Group, will share his recent experience working with Recruit London and explain the benefits of this scheme for his business.

We hope that the Recruit London breakfast event will encourage business members to join the scheme and we will be able to deliver more employment opportunities for local people.

For further information, please contact Workplace Co-ordinator Ilona Wilk.

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 18^th 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 2^nd 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

Building strong and inclusive communities

Enhance valued services; bind existing and new communities and promote active and healthy lives, increase public toilet access and ensuring a healthy streets approach

Making best use of land

Intensification (in the right places) with colocation; protection of the green belt and retaining the distinct character of London; attractive and cherished

Creating a healthy city

Improving health outcomes; increasing active travel; bringing London national park status and reducing air pollution

Delivering the homes Londoners need

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

Growing a good economy

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

Increasing efficiency and resilience

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 3^rd 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

Archives: News Articles

Air Quality Monitoring in the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood

A Deliveries and Servicing Action Plan for the West End

CamdenAbility renewed for 2018!

Recruit London Event-Tuesday 6 February 2018

CRP is recruiting!

Recruit London and Veolia

The Crown Estate and CRP

Recruit London in the Capco Covent Garden Area

Draft London Plan

West End-wide Delivery Servicing Plan