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On 22nd October 2024 CRP held one of its twice-yearly Board meetings over MS Teams, Chaired on this instance by Simon Pitkeathley of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BIDs. Many thanks to all of the CRP partner Local Authorities, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and strategic London agencies that contributed to the meeting.

The CRP Board noted the fantastic achievements being delivered via the collaborative Smarter Greener Logistics, Healthy Streets Everyday II and Just Streets programmes.

The Board also noted CRP’s impressive fundraising track record and supported the CRP Team investigating setting up an additional charitable ‘arm’ to run alongside the existing CRP. This would enable applications to new funding sources in line with the new charity’s Fairer, Greener, Safer objectives.

For further information please contact CRP’s Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

What an unforgettable night!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating 30 incredible years of Delivering London’s Future Together here at Cross River Partnership!

We are proud to be continuing to work collaboratively with a diverse network of talented people to deliver innovative solutions that make London fairer, greener and safer!

From our amazing CRP Team to our valued Partners, YOU are the reason we’ve grown and thrived.

A special thanks goes to our fantastic speakers!

Councillor Adam Hug, Leader of Westminster City Council, CRP’s Accountable Body
Mete Coban, Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy at the Greater London Authority
Simon Pitkeathley, Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BID’s, plus CRP Board Co-chair
Councillor Mary Durcan, Mary Durcan, Councillor at the City of London Corporation, Chairman Port Health & Environmental Services Committee and Chairman Health & Wellbeing Board, plus CRP Board Co-chair

Here’s to the next chapter of innovation, success, and continued growth! The best is yet to come.

A huge thank you to Green & Fortune Events for hosting us at their fantastic Cucumber Bar venue at Sea Containers House.

Read all about our celebrating 30 years of CRP event – Press-Release-Cross-River-Partnership-Celebrates-30-Years.pdf

Cross River Partnership (CRP) is looking forward to welcoming their Just Streets European Partners to London next month!

Partners will undertake site visits to see transformative projects led by CRP’s newly appointed London delivery partners.

CRP recently announced the exciting projects to be delivered by their three London partners through the Just Streets programme:

Camden Town Unlimited BID: Their street intervention will create a connected and strategically located walking route, taking into account local cultural influences, green space and current and future projects, such as the Green Loop and the Camden Highline.

Harley Street BID: They will be promoting the use of streets for all with specific attention to vulnerable users. Seating and planting will be introduced to allow for improved wayfinding and access to the local medical facilities and other businesses.

London Borough of Lambeth: They will be creating safer and more pleasant environments outside of schools by prioritising children, while reducing road danger and improving air quality. This exciting programme will see greening, seating and play introduced to reimage what the space outside a school can look like when reducing car dominance.

Read the full press release here: https://crossriverpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Just-Streets-Press-Release-Sept-24.pdf

These interventions have been designed to be delivered over the period up to June 2025. They will have long-term benefits for Londoners, contributing to safer, more accessible streets as the city’s population grows.

JUST STREETS is a HORIZON Europe project coordinated by Fondazione LINKS in Turin, Italy. It encompasses a team of 30 partners from 17 European countries.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager, Sefinat Otaru sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org

This month, CRP has launched its Healthy Streets Everyday II – Promoting the Projects campaign!

Running across CRP’s social channels, the campaign will share the exciting projects being delivered by our 14 project partners as part of this Mayor of London’s air quality funded programme.

Here’s what’s coming:

Public realm improvements to make walking and cycling easier and more accessible
Greener public spaces for everyone to enjoy
Cleaner air by reducing car traffic and promoting active travel

Our mission: to make your streets healthier, safer, and more sustainable for everyone!

Keep an eye on CRP’s LinkedIn and Twitter this month as we share our partners exciting projects!

Here at CRP we have done some digging around and have discovered that over our lifetime we have won at least 30 Awards with our CRP Partners!

This is definitely something to be celebrated! Watch out for our socials campaign running throughout this month to remind you all of what partnership working has achieved over the years. Follow #CRP30Awards across Linked In and Twitter / X channels to see more.

The awards are extremely wide-ranging, spanning everything from the Millennium and Golden Jubilee Bridges, to CRP’s successful Recruit London programme, to Greening the BIDs and multiple Freight, Electric Vehicle and Energy Systems innovations.

For further information, please contact CRP Director susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

Cross River Partnership (CRP) are excited to announce that we have launched two new OurBike community cargo bike in the London Borough of Islington.

OurBike is an app based community cargo bike share scheme. The new bikes are hosted by Absolute Print in Archway and LC Cycleworx in Nag’s Head and can be used by businesses and residents at a subsidised rate for local deliveries, travelling with children or transporting larger items as a more sustainable transport mode.

We were joined for the launch by our partners from the London Borough of Islington, including Councillor Rowena Champion, Executive Member for Environment, Air Quality & Transport and Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford, Executive Member for Inclusive Economy, Culture & Jobs, as well as our partners at OurBike.

Both bikes are stored near their host business. Find the exact locations here: Absolute Print OurBike and LC Cycleworx OurBike

CRP’s cargo bike share interventions are part of Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) a Defra-funded project led by Westminster City Council in collaboration with 25 project partners. The project aims to minimise the impact of freight on noise, air quality, traffic and pavement space in London by making improvements across 14 London boroughs and two London Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

We are thrilled to see the progress of our Horizon Europe project, Just Streets, in London.

Over the past few months, our London delivery partners, London Borough of Lambeth, Harley Street Business Improvement District, and Camden Town Unlimited have made significant strides in implementing street interventions to create more equitable and safer streets.

Take the latter, for instance. Camden Town Unlimited is working to promote active travel in the bustling part of London by encouraging walking through “Heritage Trails” between Camden and King’s Cross Station. They have engaged in several co-creation sessions with the public to gather diverse perspectives and ideas, including discussions on what the trails should encompass and what the wayfinding should entail.

It’s wonderful to see our partners involve the public in creating solutions that benefit everyone. We eagerly anticipate implementing these interventions by next spring.

In September, CRP attended Connected Britain 2024, a conference bringing together industry experts, innovators, and policymakers focused on the UK’s digital future. 

The conference hosted a range of insightful sessions including talks on digital inclusion, the power of partnership, and connectivity and logistics.

The team enjoyed making new connections within the UK’s digital economy, from policy makers, industry experts and innovators.

Cross River Partnership have been out with the team at Grid Smarter Cities engaging with businesses across London to showcase the benefits of registering to join the free Virtual Loading Bay Trial.

Virtual Loading Bays are dedicated spaces at the kerbside that can be pre-booked by participating operators to load and unload goods using the Grid Kerb booking platform. VLBs aim to make deliveries more efficient, sustainable and improve congestion and air quality in the local area.

We have been out talking to businesses about the Virtual Loading Bays being trialled in the following locations:

City of London Corporation

London Borough of Camden

London Borough of Lambeth

London Borough of Richmond

The Virtual Loading Bays form part of CRP’s Defra-funded Kerbside Management Trial and are being delivered in partnership between Grid Smarter Cities, City of London Corporation, London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Richmond.

Find out more about the trial and how to book the Virtual Loading Bays here: https://gridsmartercities.com/smarter-greener-logistics-crp/

Last month we were joined by our 14 project partners and the Greater London Authority (GLA) for our Healthy Streets Everyday II steering group meeting, a 3-year programme promoting active travel and green infrastructure under the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. 

The meeting was held at Westminster City Council and provided an excellent opportunity for our partners to share updates on their exciting HSEII interventions! This was then followed by a site visit to see London Borough of Lambeth’s School Street Plus and Kennington Oval Reimagined projects at St Mark’s Church of England Primary School and Henry Fawcett Primary School in Kennington.

Thank you to all partners for joining us. As HSE II develops, we’re thrilled about the innovative projects and collaborations that lie ahead! 

For more information contact CRP Project Lead for Healthy Streets Everyday II, Ross Phillips rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org. 

Archives: News Articles

CRP Board Meeting

Celebrating 30 Years of CRP

Just Streets – Upcoming London Site Visit

Healthy Streets Everyday II: Promoting the Projects

CRP 30 Awards

OurBike Launches in Islington

Creating Just Streets With Londoners

Connected Britain 2024

Growing Network of Virtual Loading Bays

Healthy Streets Everyday II Steering Group Meeting