New Year, new team members, new bonding opportunities!
The CRP team is looking forward to the first Away Day of 2023 on 26th January at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouse. The day will consist of team activities, reviewing CRP’s mission and vision, as well as working on CRP’s new Annual Report and Business Plan.
We can’t wait to share our outcomes soon!
We would like to welcome three new starters to the Cross River Partnership team!
Katherine Fairfax joins us as Project Officer and will be supporting the DEFRA-funded Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) and promoting the work of CRP across our communications channels and external events. Katherine was previously working for Cycling UK and has recently completed her MA in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Westminster, with a focus on the role of street design for creating healthy and liveable cities.
We would also like to welcome Aiman Hasan Khan (MSc. in Environment, Politics, and Development) and Ben Wall (MSc. in Sustainable Cities) who join us from King’s College London on a project-based internship to support the delivery of CALL.
On working for CRP, Aiman said: “What has been particularly attractive about CRP is that it’s a small organisation delivering big change! It is amazing to witness how CRP has been championing cross-sectoral collaborations, designing innovative new solutions and implementing the same. At a time when climate action is becoming ever so important, CRP is one of the few organisations that deliver on their promise of ensuring a cleaner and greener London.”
On working for CRP, Ben said: “I’m very excited to be joining the team and learning about all the important work going on. I’m joining on an internship as part of my master’s degree in Sustainable Cities at King’s College. It will be fascinating to see how some of the ideas I’m learning about are translated into real world projects across London. I look forward to getting involved!”
Are you in need of traffic data to support your decision-making in the public realm?
CRP’s data analysis and monitoring services can support landowners, BIDs and local authorities with an accurate and clear understanding of the movements of pedestrians, cyclists and motor vehicles to support you with public realm, transport and environmental decisions in your area.
CRP provides:
Want to know more about your local area? Email CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Philips rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org to find out how we can support your evidence-based decision-making.
A Green and Resilient funding opportunity has been made available by the Mayor of London, under 3 related programmes, each with separate application forms:
Further information is available on the GLA’s website.
This is an exciting opportunity, and the funding could be used to support several initiatives such as:
CRP is available to support its partners with any of their applications, including threading them together into collaborative and more strategic programmes in a similar way to the historic Healthy Streets Everyday and Greening the BIDs CRP programmes.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email CRP Programme Manager Fiona Coull fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org or CRP Director Susannah Wilks susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org.
The start of the year marks the halfway point for CRP’s year-long Defra funded Clean Air Logistics for London Programme (CALL).
The CRP team have been busy working with our project partners to develop several exciting and innovative initiatives, such as river freight trials, micro logistic hub solutions, vessel retrofits, pier adaptions, walking freight trials and more!
The next half of the programme will focus on delivering these initiatives by installing the necessary infrastructure required, carrying out trials, monitoring impacts and sharing any outcome and learnings. For example, we have already started construction of the Chelsea Harbour Sustainable Deliveries Hub in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham with the two cargo bike stands being installed last week.
We are also finalising our second Steering Group Meeting of the programme which will be hosted by Cory Group. As part of the meeting, CRP partners will be able to witness how Cory Group transports non-recyclable waste on barges up the Thames, helping to reduce around 100,000 truck movements a year, making London safer and less polluted.
We can’t wait to see it all in action!
If you want to find out more about CRP’s CALL Programme, please contact CRP Programme Manager Fiona Coull fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org.
The newly-expanded CRP team is looking ahead at 2023 with optimism and hope!
In the face of terrible circumstances globally on environmental, political and economic fronts, it is more important than ever that human beings continue to collaborate to solve some of the challenges that we face.
CRP is very pleased to be supporting the Mayor of London with his new Green and Resilient Fund, which will make an important contribution to reducing the urban heat island effect, cleaning up London’s air, encouraging bio-diversity and offering Sustainable Urban Drainage.
CRP’s Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) programme continues to remove polluting vehicles from roads and replace them with zero emission cargo bikes, plus increased freight routes along the River Thames.
CRP is offering extra consultancy-based services to a number of its BID partners, including detailed Data Analysis reports supporting new urban futures, and tailored mapping projects directing audiences to make active travel choices and to explore London’s hidden gems.
If you have any exciting ideas for further collaborations, please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org.
Gender equality is necessary for sustainable development. Yet, less than a third of researchers are women. International Day Women & Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is taking place on 11th February 2023 and aims to promote equal access and participation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly eight years ago and implemented by UNESCO and UN Women.
This year, IDWGIS will focus on several Sustainable Development Goals – SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and SDG17 (means of implementation) – while following up on discussions on water held last year. The aim is to connect the International Community to Women and Girls in Science, strengthening the ties between science, policy, and society.
Visit Women in Science Day to learn more and register to get involved.
Croydon will be the London Borough of Culture for 2023. The programme of planned events can be found on This is Croydon website.
Launched by the Mayor of London in 2017, the London Borough of Culture award promotes culture and diversity of London’s boroughs by making culture accessible to everyone. Do keep an eye out for upcoming events which will include international headliners, as well as events featuring Croydon’s local talent and local cultural community activities. Don’t miss out, sign up to the mailing list here.
Why not commit to a new year’s resolution by joining the cargo bike revolution?
If you are based in Brixton, you can still sign up for our Clean Air Freight project.
This means you can get:
Sign up for our project by emailing CRP Senior Project Officer Isidora at isidorariveravollmer@crossriverpartnership.org or calling on 07929 868 879.
Join us for CRP’s next event, CRP Conversations: Property Stewardship on the High Street, delivered in collaboration with Property X-Change.
This Conversation will explore how different types of organisations can promote proactive management and stewardship of high street property to create more resilient and dynamic places.
Expert place makers Gianluca Rizzo (Brixton BID) and Stephanie Edwards (Urban Symbiotics) will be presenting on their experiences working in high streets, both in Brixton and engaging communities. They will be sharing examples of positive place management in such dynamic areas of London.
Rachael Aldridge (CRP) will be recapping lessons learned about place stewardship from CRP’s Town Centre Futures report by Centre for London and its 10 case studies. These insights span transport, economic, environmental and community aspects of Town Centres.
There’s still time to register to attend!
