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CRP is pleased to announce that the Annual Report and Business Plan was agreed at the CRP Board meeting on 9th March.

The great achievements delivered throughout this past year include, a new Healthy Street Everyday interactive website, and inspirational case studies and guidance documents on inclusive streets and school streets. As part of the Clean Air Villages 3 Project, seven cargo bike schemes have been launched, covering 596 miles to date, along with 14 new Clean Air Routes. 17 LiveShare online webinar events have also attracted 866 attendees from across 12 countries, plus much more!

Do take a look at the testimonials video from a range of partners and stakeholders.

We have also set ourselves a series of challenging targets for the year ahead. For more information, please contact CRP’s Operations Manager Carol Quamina.

CRP is delighted to have secured £700,000 from Defra on behalf of partners, to deliver a fourth phase of the award-winning Clean Air Villages project. Huge congratulations to everyone involved!

The project will involve working with public, private and community partners across some of London’s worst air pollution hot spots, to provide innovative Freight Solutions, addressing Consolidation, Distribution, Mode, Technology and Policy in order to make sure that London ‘builds back better’ from COVID-19.

The new Clean Air Villages project will start on 1st April 2021. Please see the full press release and statement from Clean Air Villages Project Manager Kate Fenton here.

For more information on how Clean Air Villages supports CRP’s strategic priorities and plans, please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks.

CRP’s next Lunchtime Launch session will be taking place on Thursday 25th March, 1:15pm – 2pm.

We are very excited to be launching our new report, Town Centre Futures, where we will be showcasing practical recommendations to create a greener, cleaner recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance the roles of all of London’s Centres. Recommendations will inter-link transport, economic, environmental, cultural and health aspects of London’s future.

We will be joined by:

Debbie Jackson, Executive Director for Growth, Planning and Housing at Westminster City Council.
Richard Brown, Acting Director at Centre for London, who will be showcasing practical recommendations and the crucial role of London’s Town Centres and High Streets as we emerge from the pandemic.
Rachael Aldridge, Project Officer at Cross River Partnership, will be speaking about how the Town Centre Futures recommendations can be implemented collaboratively by London’s key players, across public, private and community sectors.

London has created an enormous value based on collaboration and innovation, and this new research aims to bring together partners from across London to emphasise and build on this.

This week we are featuring CRP’s Communications & Business Development Manager Joshua West, who is leading on CRP’s internal and external communications across all projects.

As part of my role at CRP, I have the privilege of getting to dip my toes into lots of different projects, ensuring that the amazing thing we do reach the right people at the right time. Since March 2020, the team and I have been working remotely from the comfort of our bedrooms, lounges, kitchens and sometimes garden sheds. Communication has never been more important to succeed across our portfolio of innovative programmes that are helping London’s residents, businesses and visitors to build back greener, cleaner and safer. I work on the ‘cradle to grave’ aspects of communication across CRP’s projects, from composing roadmaps to launch new website tools for our partners, to finessing the final touches to a social media campaign and empowering the team to utilise the next best design tools to make their projects shine. What I enjoy the most about CRP is the practical and positive changes we deliver, the cross-cutting nature of our work with partners, and the opportunities to think creatively to solve some of London’s most pressing challenges.

Though the pandemic has tested us time and time again, we need to look back at the progress we have made and how far we have come in one year. This year we will be celebrating International Women’s Day on 8th March! UN Women have announced this year’s theme as “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”.

This theme rings true as we take heed from global leaders who have championed and mobilised people to demand climate action as we rebuild ourselves from the pandemic.

The association between air pollution and women’s health is has become well evidenced, where the exposure air pollution has adverse impacts on maternal and newborn health. At CRP, we are dedicated to find solutions in reducing air pollution and raise awareness about the importance of air quality in enhancing mental, physical and spiritual health through projects such as Healthy Streets Everyday and Clean Air Villages 3. We also collaborate with Mums for Lungs, Regen Network and Global Action Plan.

If you’re interested in joining and collaborating with us to help improve London’s air quality, please contact CRP Project Officer Anusha Rajamani.

Recently, the CRP team attended media and communications training, delivered by a great team of journalists from MediaFirst.

For one day, we put our nerves aside and practiced undertaking telephone, radio and television interviews. From delivering key messages effectively to answering unexpected questions with confidence, the CRP team learnt all the skills required to clearly communicate the projects we are working on.

The skills learnt were far-reaching and impactful well beyond undertaking interviews. The whole CRP team left the training feeling confident and look forward to continuously developing their communication skills!

For more information, please contact Project Officer Intern Zoe Greindl.

Applications for the second round of Clean Air Thames funding closed last month.

Clean Air Thames, funded by Round 3 of the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, aims to show how river vessels can be retrofitted to reduce noxious emissions and contribute to improved air quality along the river.

With London easing out of the lockdown and winter turning to spring, more people are spending time outdoors. The Thames, too, will have attract more visitors spending time alongside or on it, and more goods are being delivered using the river, rather than by road. Therefore, it’s important to keep reducing emissions from river vessels, and keep its environment healthy for both commercial and leisure users.

For more information about the project, please contact CRP Project Manager Sefinat Otaru.

We are entering the last month of the Clean Air Villages 3 (CAV3) project and it looks like we’re going out with a bang!

February was a busy month for the CAV3 villages, with Tooting, Richmond and Wimbledon’s cargo bike delivery schemes in full swing. For Deptford‘s cargo bike scheme, we were pleased to support the Trussell Trust food bank in delivering goods to those in need during the pandemic.

This past month also included 2 workshops on Active Travel, hosted in partnership with Groundwork. The most recent workshop on Active Travel and Cycling detailed the perks and benefits to being an active traveller, with some key tips and tricks for getting out on your bike. We were also excited announce the launch of 14 new Clean Air Routes across 11 CAV3 partner boroughs – explore the new routes on the recently refreshed Clean Air Route Finder.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager Kate Fenton.

Cargo bikes are a sustainable, efficient, zero-emission option that can be used for a range of deliveries and collections. They have huge potential for businesses to save money by avoiding congestion and emissions charges in central London, as well as improve air quality across our communities.

Since the start of the pandemic, CRP’s Clean Air Villages 3 (CAV3) project has launched 7 cargo bike schemes, covering 596 miles supporting food banks, pharmacies, charities and local businesses in delivering essential items. The most recent schemes have launched in Seven Sisters, Soho and The Northbank BID, and are currently free to use.

If you are interested or aware of any businesses or organisations that could utilise these zero emission vehicles, please contact CRP Project Officer Carina Mesquita.

After the successful launch of the Potential for Urban Logistics Hub in Central London study commissioned by CLSRTP, the next phase of this project is being undertaken to create an interactive online map. This will enable both site owners and logistics operators to see what areas across central London have potential space to house last mile delivery hubs that will help to reducing air pollution, congestion and carbon emissions.

This map will showcase the 29 sites that were identified as potential areas for use for logistics operations, as well as new sites that local authorities or landowners identify across central London in the future.

Different types of spaces could be used for logistics hubs including; carparks, railway arches, empty stores, warehouses and many more.

CRP is now accepting submissions for more sites across Central London to add to the map!

If you are a Landowner, council or private company who has space that has underutilised space that could be a potential space for consolidation get in touch with CRP Senior Project Officer Laura Jacklin.

Archives: News Articles

CRP Annual Report 2020/21 & Business Plan 2021/22

CRP’s Clean Air Villages 4 Funding Success!

Town Centre Futures Lunchtime Launch Event

CRP’s Staff Spotlight On: Joshua West

International Women’s Day

CRP Media Training

Clean Air Thames is Full Steam Ahead

Final Month of Clean Air Villages 3 Project

Cargo Bikes – The Future of Urban Deliveries

Re-Imagining Space for a Green Recovery