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Join us from 1:15pm – 2:00pm, Thursday 30th September, for the ninth Lunchtime Launch event in the series, Climate Effects: The Benefits of Greening.

The aim of this session is to equip you with further knowledge of climate adaptation and its effects, as well as share CRP’s new report which look towards a greener future for London, including case study examples.

Sign up here!

CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull will be presenting CRP’s brand-new guidance document “Greening Out the Grey”: The value of Green Infrastructure for People and Places, launched as part of the Mayor of London-funded Healthy Streets Everyday programme. Greening can contribute to healthier, more pleasant streets, whilst also providing significant environmental, social, economic and cultural benefits at a relatively low cost.

We will also be joined by Lauren Racusin, Bloomberg Associates, who is presenting on a series of London-wide climate risk maps created with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to analyse climate exposure and vulnerability across Greater London. Ben Connor, Greater London Authority, will be presenting on the Grow Back Greener Fund and how the GLA prioritise projects that are in areas of the city with poor access to open space, and high climate risk, especially where these are also areas of deprivation.

The main learning points from this session include:

How mapping in London can present areas most susceptible to the effects of climate change, and how these areas are related to demographics
The benefits and importance of greening in cities
How London-based organisations can combat climate issues through public realm interventions

For more information, please contact CRP Communications Project Manager Rachael Aldridge.

The United Nations’ International Youth Day was on 12th August 2021.

In the words of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: “Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dire need for the kind of transformational change they seek – and young people must be full partners in that effort.”

Here at CRP, we’re doing our own bit and supporting young people in schools to create their own mural designs on how they would like their local streets to look and feel. Get involved!

For more mural information please visit CRP’s Instagram and Twitter accounts. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

For further information about CRP’s Mayor’s Air Quality-Funded Healthy Streets Everyday Mural Competition, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

This month we’re reminded of the government’s #ShopLocalWeek promotional campaign that took place in August last year. During and since, many of CRP’s Business Improvement District (BID) partners have spearhead amazing interventions to support local High Streets.

In the words of Mike Cherry, the National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses: “It’s vital now more than ever that we do what we can to support our local small businesses. The past few months have been among the most difficult that businesses have ever had and as we slowly reopen, the public can help by supporting their local businesses. Whether it’s your local grocer, decorators or florist, they all need the support of their communities in order to survive this crisis and thrive.”

Many of CRP’s Business Improvement District (BID) partners are spearheading amazing interventions to support local High Streets.

CRP worked with them recently to produce a Town Centre Futures report, funded by Transport for London, that made recommendations on how Town Centres and High Streets can take action to grow financially, sustainably and in-tune with local community needs.

Check out the environmental sustainability credentials of businesses in your local area using CRP’s Clean Air Villages Directory, funded by central government department Defra.

CRP is also supporting local retail outlets via Click Collect Clean Air. Put in your postcode to find shops local to your house where you can pick up delivery parcels, free of charge! You might pick up one or two extras from the shop while you’re there, plus the exercise you get walking there will mean less local miles driven by vans.

For any further communications support on #ShopLocal, please contact CRP Project Officer Rachael Aldridge.

Thames Path Partnership are looking for a few words and a photo of any of the areas of the Thames Path that you would like to share with a wider audience. This could be a favourite section or one you feel passionate about!

These will be included on the Thames Path National Trail history page and on Twitter and Facebook throughout the year under #ThamesPath25, for the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of the Thames Path National Trail, which was opened at the Thames Barrier on 24th July 1996.

Get snapping your favourite parts of the river today!

The British Chambers of Commerce have released a new report – Rebuild: Recommendations for Building Back Stronger. The recommendations cover opportunities for businesses to make a strong recovery from the pandemic, as well as tackle long-standing issues such as skills shortages, rising costs, and the climate emergency.

The top line recommendations are:

Manage the virus response in a way that helps businesses survive and thrive
Economic health and investment
Build an ambitious global trade strategy
Skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow
Invest in the places where we live, work, study and play

CRP’s own Town Centre Futures report, released in March 2021, complements the recovery recommendations outlined above, to support businesses and communities in building back better.

Are you located in Shepherd’s Bush? Interested in using an electric van for your businesses pickups and deliveries?

Help your business save costs and reduce emissions whilst contributing to better air quality. The free shared electric van is available this summer in collaboration with London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Zipcar and CRP!

For more information on the scheme, please contact CRP Senior Project Officer Laura Jacklin.

As part of CRP’s Clean Air Village 3 and 4 Programmes, the Northbank BID is offering a FREE cargo bike courier service to enable businesses to carry out zero emission deliveries. Not only is this better for the environment, it also saves businesses time and money, improves customer satisfaction and takes vehicles off the road helping to reduce congestion.

Any business that delivers within 5 miles of the Northbank BID can sign up for the service, which is available Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm and Saturday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm. Bookings need to be arranged 24 hours in advance and any goods being delivered need to be less than 120kg to fit into the cargo bike.

The cargo bike service, which is provided by ecofleet, was showcased as part of Westminster City Council’s Clean Air Day activities in June. Councillor Heather Acton (pictured with the cargo-bike) said “We are making it easier for residents and visitors to choose sustainable transport options, taking action to improve the air that we all breathe, and working together to achieve our carbon neutral ambitions.”

If you’re interested in learning more or would like to use the free cargo bike delivery service, sign up here.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

Vauxhall One is the Business Improvement District (BID) for Vauxhall, established by local businesses to improve Vauxhall as a place to live, work and visit. With only two weeks left in August, we spoke to the BID about their exciting upcoming events for summer 2021.

Today is our final Summer Screen and we’ve kept the best till last. Grab a ticket to watch Black Panther and celebrate what’s been a cracking 4 weeks of free cinema in Vauxhall! And how good was Bearpit Karaoke on Saturday 14^th August? Probably the best one yet, right? Our next event is just around the corner and tickets are flying – book now to avoid disappointment!

On Saturday 21^st August, join us for what’s shaping up to be a gorgeous day as we celebrate the incredible talent our community has to offer. Vauxhall Variety takes inspiration from the lockdown street concerts on Richborne Terrace but on a larger stage in the Pleasure Gardens! Catch Neon Performing Arts, Boury Academy, The Brixton Chamber Orchestra, Real Voices and plenty more!

Or if you’re looking for a different way to spend your bank holiday weekend, why not take you and yours to our Victorian funfair, Victorian Vauxhall, happening in the original home of fun, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Discover circus acts, live music from Ze Trio and The Lollipops and a Victorian Fortune Teller.

Remember our Art in the Arches is still live so go and check out the incredible work featured by some of the UK’s leading graphic artists!

#LoveDifferent #LoveVauxhall

CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday programme has launched a new guidance document: “Greening out the Grey”: The value of Green Infrastructure for People and Places.

The guidance aims to build the case for more green infrastructure to be implemented across the capital, focussing specifically on the benefits and costs of integrating green infrastructure as part of our cities.

It also aims to demonstrate the value of using greening to improve air quality, enable climate adaptation (particularly through heat resilience, air quality and flooding), and act as a tool to improve physical and mental wellbeing through initiatives such as green social prescribing.

Finally, the report provides several recommendations to enhance and improve the use of green infrastructure as a climate mitigation strategy, and to help identify and quantify the wider impacts that green spaces have on the population of cities.

You can read the full report here.

CRP and partners are extremely grateful to the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund for making this Guidance Document possible.

For further information about Healthy Streets Everyday or the Greening Guidance report, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

As part of Clean Air Villages 4 project, CRP has created Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) guidance to aid resident and business vehicle owners on next steps to meet the emission standards (Euro 4 for petrol cars and Euro 6 for diesel cars). These standards are Euro 4 for petrol cars and Euro 6 for diesel cars.

From 25th October 2021, the existing ULEZ will expand, creating a single larger zone up to, but not including, the North and South Circular Roads. City Hall estimates that there are 100,000 cars and 35,000 vans in the expanded zone that do not meet the minimum emissions standards.

The new flow charts provide straightforward advice and signposting for electric vehicle leasing and buying options, funding opportunities and financial incentives, as well as CRP tools which can help in transitioning to cleaner modes of transport for personal and business journeys.

CRP have also created a simple breakdown of the financial costs associated with continuing to drive a vehicle that does not meet the ULEZ (or LEZ) standards.

We want to encourage all vehicle owners to meet the standards and where possible, switch to lower polluting methods, such as walking, cycling, cargo biking, scooting and using public transport, to improve London’s toxic air quality, which is responsible for the deaths of over 4,000 Londoners in 2019 alone.

See all of the resources here:

For more information about the guidance resources, please contact CRP Project Officer Ross Phillips.

Archives: News Articles

This week’s Lunchtime Launch Event. Climate Effects: The Benefits of Greening

International Youth Day

Shop Local this month

What are your favourite stretches of the Thames Path?

Recommendations for Building Back Stronger

Shepherd’s Bush goes Electric!

Free Deliveries in Northbank!

CRP’s Spotlight On: Vauxhall One

“Greening out the Grey” – New CRP Report

New ULEZ resources to help vehicle owners