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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 5^th 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).

Tanja

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 5^th 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.

February saw the official launch of CamdenAbility, our new collaborative project that aims to improve disability confidence free-of-charge across businesses throughout the London Borough of Camden.

Delivered by Cross River Partnership in partnership with Business Disability Forum, CamdenAbility aims to significantly increase the number of Camden residents with disabilities who are in full-time employment.

The launch, hosted by CamdenAbility member University College London (UCL), was an opportunity for the project’s network to meet, share best practice and discuss their many initiatives promoting inclusiveness and opportunities for disabled Camden residents.

Guest speakers included Helen Isles (Employment Strategy and Development Manager at Camden Council), Helen Macfarlane (Principle Consultant at Business Disability forum), Mike Higgins (Equality and Diversity Lead from UCL), Tom Adams (Branch Manager at Waitrose), Brian Watts (Vice Principle at City Lit), CRP’s Director Susannah Wilks and our Specialist Workplace Co-ordinator delivering the project, Parma Sira (pictured).

The event also introduced the CamdenAbility Events Programme, a series of training events throughout 2017 for the project’s network of employers to meet and disclose updates, be trained on disability best practice, discuss challenges and access expert support from both CRP and BDF teams.

For information about the CamdenAbility project, email Parma Sira or call on 020 7641 2696

In early February Recruit London were invited to meet Councillor Robert Davis, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Heritage, to tell him about the work we do with businesses to secure opportunities for Westminster residents.

After hearing from CRP Director Susannah Wilks, Councillor Davis heard more about our achievements and the Workplace Coordinator model from Recruit London Programme Manager Anna Elliott.

Next, we were joined by Kate Williams, People’s (Store) Manager from New Look. Recruit London has worked with New Look since 2015 and through our partnership work we have placed over 100 Recruit London candidates into a variety of roles at the Oxford Street flagship store and the Marble Arch branch.

One of our Workplace Coordinators, Isabelle Benard, explained how she has worked closely with Kate to develop insight into the culture of New Look. Kate explained to Councillor Davies how much she values Recruit London and trusts us to find talented local residents to work for New Look.

For further information on Recruit London please contact CRP’s Programme Manager Anna Elliott: aelliott@Westminster.gov.uk

The London Finance Commission, which helps the Mayor and London’s Local Authorities to improve the tax and public spending arrangements for the city, recently published a report named ‘Devolution: a Capital Idea’. CRP supported a group of Inner London BIDs with a response to the initial devolution proposals, which has been quoted in the final report:

“[in] an increasingly complex economy, facing major challenges not only from Brexit but also from the UK’s chronic low productivity and other issues, London (and all other regions) needs the discretion, flexibility, “fleetness of foot” and ability to take decisions rapidly, while at the same time consulting properly on them first”.

CRP looks forward to continuing to work with the Mayor of London, London Local Authorities and London BIDs to help influence and deliver the best possible outcomes for ongoing financial arrangements.

For further information please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks.

Archives: News Articles

Recruit London fast forward candidates into work!

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood Delivery & Servicing Programme

National Graduate Development Trainee: Experience at CRP

Walk This Way

FREVUE project at the European E-mobility Stakeholder Forum

Healthy Streets for London Event

FREVUE Report on the Technical Suitability of Electric Freight Vehicles

CamdenAbility Launch

Recruit London meets Westminster’s Deputy Leader

London Finance Commission