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The launch of the Urban Partners Wellbeing Walk provides pedestrians with a signposted safer, less polluted and calmer route between Euston and King’s Cross.

Tens of thousands of pedestrians walk between the two stations each day along the Euston Road. Last year, the monitoring station on the road recorded an annual average of 104 ug/m3 with 220 breaches of the hourly limit value. Diffusion tube monitoring on the wellbeing route carried out by Camden indicated a level of 35 ug/m3 on the route – around 65% lower than Euston Road.

On the morning of the launch, Uto Patrick from CRP’s Clean Air Better Business programme and Andrew Grieve from King’s College London walked from Euston to King’s Cross along the two routes carrying micro-aethalometers which measure black carbon emissions.

The results demonstrated a marked difference between the two routes with the cumulative exposure on the wellbeing walk around 70% lower than Euston Road.

Fig 1 – graph showing 1 minute avg black carbon concentrations

Fig 2 – graph showing cumulative black carbon concentrations

The facts show that the Wellbeing Walk reduces commuters’ exposure to poor air quality by a significant amount. Urban Partners hope the Wellbeing Walk is a concept which will be replicated across the capital with business working alongside boroughs and local communities to revitalise areas and improve health and wellbeing for commuters and residents alike.

We had an amazing response to our recent recruitment and after a tough fortnight shortlisting 180 applications and interviewing over 20 excellent candidates with our project partners, we are pleased to announce our outstanding team who will deliver our Recruit London initiative over the coming year.

CJ (Claire James) formally joins CRP as Recruit London Delivery Manager. She will develop and implement strategies to: engage candidates and businesses; prepare candidates for the roles available; and support candidates to sustain work for six months, as well as overseeing project delivery.

Three Workplace Coordinators will be based at project partners: Isabelle Benard at New West End Company; Thomas Wagaine at the Crown Estate; and Benjamin Laryea at our newest partner Capco. They will work with member or tenant businesses to secure vacancies and prepare unemployed Westminster residents for the opportunities available. Workplace Coordinators continue to support the candidate and employer once they start work, to help candidates sustain employment for six months.

Sylvia Kankasa will join as our Specialist Workplace Coordinator, working with businesses to source employment opportunities suitable for candidates who face additional barriers to employment, such as mental health problems or physical disabilities. Nikoletta Gjergji will stay with CRP as Project Support Assistant, helping keep everything smoothly running behind the scenes.

The initiative is supported by Westminster City Council.

New staff will join throughout September. If you have any queries, please contact Elizabeth Harris, Employability Coordinator on eharris2@lambeth.gov.uk or CJ on cjames@westminster.gov.uk.

Susana was out of work for over a year before being helped into work as a Healthcare Assistant at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust by CITE as part of the Into Work programme.

Susana explains “after being unemployed for over a year your confidence gets a little bit dented and CITE helped build that up. CITE really provided a great foundation to work… they care about what the individual wants for themselves and it’s not about pushing them into any job. It’s a holistic way of preparing someone for the world of work as as a person not a number.”

After starting, she has received support not just from CITE but also from her peers. “There are people who were at CITE on the different wards in my hospital and we all look out for each other. There is a support network amongst students.” She will continue to receive support to sustain employment for 26 weeks.

The Into Work programme is managed by Cross River Partnership on behalf of Central London Forward. It is funded by the City of London Corporation.

Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy, Matthew Pencharz, is inviting business to help London secure millions of pounds of government investment in London’s ultra low emission vehicle future.

An engagement event, focused on the role of businesses in getting ultra low emission vehicles on to London’s streets, will offer delegates a unique chance to:

hear how leading businesses are embracing ultra low emission vehicle technology; and
learn about and help shape London’s emerging bid to the Office of Low Emission Vehicles’ £35m Go Ultra Low City Scheme.

The event, to be held in London’s Living Room at City Hall on 3rd September is being organised by Cross River Partnership. For more details contact Place Making Project Manager, Owain Jones: ojones@lambeth.gov.uk . Advance booking is necessary.

Event programme is available to download below.

OLEV GULCS Event Programme

The emerging lessons from Cross River Partnership’s Clean Air Better Business programme are generating interest from across the country.

As part of the recent launch of Urban Partners Wellbeing walk, CABB Air Quality Champion Uto Patrick and Andrew Grieve from King’s College London monitored the two routes with the aim of quantifying the potential exposure of the original route versus the wellbeing route. The results from the monitoring exercise were published in the July edition of the King’s College London newsletter. Urban Partners produced a video of the launch which can be viewed below.

Freight in the City supported the launch of the CABB toolkit as help for businesses and freight operators to assess and improve their impact on London’s air quality through steps such as developing their own delivery and servicing plans.

Followers on the CABB Twitter account have doubled in the past quarter, pushing us close to our 100th follower. For engaging content, guidance, tips and links to further case studies on how you can act on air quality, follow the CABB programme at @CRP_CABB.

CRP welcomes Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer as the new European Programme Manager. Tanja will be joining CRP on 1st September and will be managing the FREVUE project. She brings with her a wealth of past experience as a consultant managing European funded projects. She can be contacted on tdmuenchmeyer@westminster.gov.uk.

CRP’s LaMiLo project has both trialled and undertaken research into different approaches to solve the problems associated with the last mile of urban deliveries. This work has been welcomed by industry website ‘Freight in the City’ which identifies that UK cities can adopt viable last-mile delivery schemes for no cost by tapping into this existing LaMiLo research.

Read the full article at: http://freightinthecity.com/2015/07/uk-cities-can-adopt-viable-last-mile-delivery-schemes-for-no-cost-by-tapping-into-existing-research/

Urban logistics is an integral part of daily life; we want our goods and services to be available to us when they are needed. However, this delivery and servicing activity in cities leads to problems of air pollution, noise, traffic congestion, and road safety. These problems make our cities less economically competitive and less pleasant places to be.

Do you want your travel around London to be accessible, reliable, comfortable, fast, more stress free and bike friendly, all while you enjoy captivating views of one of the best cities on earth? Well, you can and now for up to a third less.

To promote the on-going expansion of the Thames River transport network and support businesses and their employees to get around the capital quickly and more sustainably, TfL are enabling BIDs, business partnerships, business groups and their employees to receive up to a third off single Thames Clipper journeys booked on line at www.thamesclippers.com .

To take advantage of this great offer BIDs, business partnerships and business groups first need to apply to TfL to apply the reduction their BID member discount or reward cards. To do so, please email businessengagement@tfl.gov.uk quoting “River Offer: CRP” in the email title. And happy sailing!

Lambeth Council has extended its consultation on design proposals for Brixton’s famous street market, including the iconic Electric Avenue, until the 4th of September 2015.

Following extensive local consultation, design proposals developed by architects Gort Scott, with the support of market experts Quarterbridge, have been published on line on the Future Brixton website.

Working with the Brixton Market Traders Federation, Brixton BID and a host of other local stakeholders, Lambeth Council is seeking to create a more attractive environment for traders, residents and shoppers;
increase the number of traders, shoppers and trade; and reverse the decline of the much loved street markets – so they can continue to provide jobs and serve the local community.

Improvements to Brixton’s street market are being supported by more than £1m of investment from the Mayor of London’s High Street Fund and the London Borough of Lambeth. The project is being programme managed by Cross River Partnership Place Making Project Manager, Owain Jones.

The Clean Air Better Business toolkit has officially launched. This innovative tool has been designed and developed specifically for Cross River Partnership project Local Authority and BID partners and their member businesses. This will address the gap in air quality activities and interventions as it allows users to answer the ubiquitous question, “what can I do?” by raising awareness of the problem. The CABB toolkit provides a range of potential initiatives, practical actions and links to further information and case studies.
It will form the foundation that allows it to be an effective way to educate users, allowing them to bench-mark best practice and play their role in improving the city.

London has an air quality problem that not only effects health and wellbeing, but is estimated to cost the city over £2billion per year. Without action, London will potentially become a less attractive place to live, work, shop and visit. Road transport is a key contributor to these emissions.

Businesses have a key role to play in improving air quality in London by influencing how employees, suppliers, customers and visitors travel. CABB is working in partnership with businesses to support activities that will reduce transport emissions and frequently result in cost savings and improved business performance. Your business is encouraged to take steps in the following three key areas:
Communications – raising the awareness of poor air quality, engaging with employees to take action, and running internal campaigns.
Transportation – implementing initiatives that enable employees, suppliers, customers and visitors to make sustainable transport choices.
Supply Chain – addressing emissions from deliveries through; rationalising operations, eco-driver training, policy implementation mechanisms and the use of ultra low emission vehicles.

For further information contact CRP Air Quality Champion: Uto Patrick

Archives: News Articles

Monitoring Air Quality exposure on Urban Partner’s Wellbeing Walk

New team to deliver CRP’s Recruit London initiative

Into Work provider CITE provide a great foundation to work

Go Ultra Low London: engaging business in London’s low emission future

Clean Air Better Business media coverage

New Appointment – European Programme Manager

CRP’s Last Mile Logistics research welcomed by industry press

TfL incentivises Thames travel with Clipper discounts for BID and business group members

Mayor’s High Street Fund: Brixton street market design consultation extended until 4th September

Clean Air Better Business – Toolkit launch