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Yasin bids farewell to CRP

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

After a year and eight months, Yasin – CRP’s Business Apprentice, has come to the end of his time at the partnership. He has really enjoyed working with the team and wishes to thank everyone for supporting him with valuable experiences as part of his level 3 business administrator qualification.

Yasin’s best highlights of CRP was being part of the new CRM tool ‘Insightly’ and the CRP 25th year anniversary.

After graduating, he plans to pursue a career in local government and looks forward to the opportunities ahead.

For further information please contact CRP’s Business Support Apprentice, Yasin Mahmood.

Buddy programme in action – Rachael Aldridge shares her learnings

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s buddy initiative allows past and present CRP staff to connect and learn from each other. At the end of last year, my buddy Alistair Huggett (London Borough of Southwark) took me on the grand tour of Bankside! I got to see the legacy of CRP’s projects along the river, and even current projects CRP is working on, such as the Illuminated River. Alistair reminded me that CRP was originally formed to deliver the Millennium and Hunbergord Footbridges across the Thames, and it was interesting to see the walkway from Bankside to Southbank that CRP and its partners installed along the river. I am looking forward to meeting with the whole CRP Buddy group soon to discuss plans for 2020 and beyond!

Shaping a vision – CRP joins buddies for interactive session

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

As part of the CRP 2020/21 Business Planning process, this month the CRP team will be meeting with the whole CRP Buddy group to discuss our vision for 2020 and beyond. The session will be a productive platform to reiterate CRPs core values, our unique selling points, forward planning for the next 10 years and much more, with the ideas feeding into the annual CRP 2020 business plan. We look forward to welcoming all the Buddies for an afternoon of insight and productivity!

Solutions to poor air quality for local businesses

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

The Clean Air Villages (CAV) team has been busy hosting workshops for businesses to discuss local issues relating to air quality and what potential solutions could be. So far nine workshops have been organised; four of which – in Cadogan Estates, Covent Garden, Hatton Garden/Strand and Streatham Hill – took place this month.

Businesses keenly participated in the workshops, learning more about what they can do to improve air quality in their respective areas, as well as providing the CAV team with key local knowledge. Solutions discussed have spanned from exploring trials of local consolidation hubs and/or consolidating deliveries and the use of low-emission and zero-emission vehicles.

Four more workshops – in Brixton, Euston Road, Fulham Town and Lewisham Town Centre – will be taking place in the next few weeks.

Please contact Project Manager Kate Fenton to find out more.

London Borough of Hackney shares its School Street experiences to improve air quality 

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

Healthy Streets Everyday begins 2020 business as usual, with interim project manager, Tomos Joyce. From parklets to Clean Air Day, there’s a lot of exiting activities and interventions planned for the HSE programme during the year ahead.

Kicking off the new decade is the Hackney School Street Workshop on 31st January 2020. This workshop, funded by HSE, will take borough officers through the key components of implementing a School Street in their borough, from selecting suitable schools, discussing methods of school selection and the considerations that should be made when implementing such a scheme. The workshop will also focus on methods to encourage School Street adoption into local communities whilst providing an outline of the evaluation criteria required to monitor School Streets and track their success. Borough officers will then be taken out on site, where the London Borough of Hackney will showcase one of their School Streets in action.

This workshop will help HSE partners implement more car-free events as part of the HSE programme, helping make London’s streets a happier and healthier place for all.

Follow Cross River Partnership on Twitter for updates on the workshop as it develops.

Smart Electric Urban Logistics final event

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP are delighted to be speaking alongside Ikea, Scania and Innogy Ventures at Move 2020 on 12th February, on the question ‘Will fleets foster effective EV adoption?’

We will be using our knowledge of the potential for smart charging in aiding the electric vehicle transition for fleets, as well as sharing exciting news of a new project that will further expand the capabilities of charging infrastructure. Following on from our recent Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) project, we are keen to show how depot-based fleets can electrify in a cost effective way with the right collaborative planning in place.

For more information about SEUL, please contact Project Manager Tom Linton-Smith.

CRP Director awarded prestigious Freedom of the City

28th January 2020 / Posted by Susannah Wilks

CRP’s Susannah Wilks was extremely pleased to receive her Freedom of the City award at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall this month.  She was nominated for the award by the City’s Councillor Wendy Hyde, and seconded by the City’s Leader Councillor Catherine McGuinness. The nomination coincided with the centenary of the first women securing the right to vote in the UK. The ceremony was attended by current and past active supporters of CRP. What an honour!

CRP partners with London Councils to host ‘Clean Air Future’ event

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

The London Environment Directors’ Network and the Association of Directors of Public Health will be presenting their position on air quality, and opening the discussion on how we can collaboratively progress future objectives.

The event will bring together London’s Business Improvement Districts and Local Authorities for an in-depth discussion on how the business community and local government can work together to improve air quality on our roads.

‘A Clean Air Future’ will be held on Thursday 27th February, 2pm – 5pm, Lord Mayor’s Parlour, 19th Floor, Westminster City Hall.

Register your place here.

For further information, please contact CRP’s Kate Fenton

CRP is recruiting!

14th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership is recruiting for a Healthy Streets Everyday Project Manager to join our team!

For more information about the role and to apply please visit the application page HERE.
Please contact CRP Operations Manager, Carol Quamina, with any questions regarding the role or application process.

Merry Christmas from CRP! A look back at 2019

16th December 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

On behalf of the whole Cross River Partnership team, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2019 has been a jam-packed year full of exciting new programme launches, celebrations of successful projects coming to an end, and welcoming fantastic new partners to the Cross River Partnership.

Here are some highlights form the past 12 months:

• Brixton BID and Cadogan Estate join CRP as new Board Partners.
• CRP celebrated a huge milestone of reaching its 25th Anniversary.
• Funding was successfully secured to deliver the Clean Air Villages 2, Healthy Streets Everyday, and Clean Air Thames programmes.
• The Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood, Clean Air Better Business, and Smart Electric Urban Logistics programmes came to a very successful end.
• The Recruit London programme has been successfully mainstreamed to continue its fantastic work.
• The innovative Clean Air Route Finder and Clean Air Villages Supplier Directory tools were launched.
• London’s first shared electric van for local businesses was launched in Brixton.
• The Clean Air Villages project won Best Collaboration at the 2019 CIEH Excellence Awards.
• Healthy Streets Everyday partner boroughs delivered over 250 Play Streets and events as part of Car Free Day 2019.
• The Illuminated River Project officially launches – installing beautiful artwork at the first 4 of 15 Thames bridges to benefit heritage, wildlife, and the built environment.
• CRP delivered a successful Lighting Consultation Event, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss the future of lighting across London.

The list could go on and on!

We are all very excited for the new year and to continue our collaborative projects to make London the best possible place it can be. There are plenty of things to look forward to, including an exciting new project announcement, new events, initiatives, and workshops on the horizon, as well as key deliverables being completed across current programmes. Keep your eyes peeled for more in the next couple of months!

Finally, we would like to thank each and every one of our partners, supporters and collaborators for making 2019 a truly fantastic year. Here’s to 2020 and beyond!

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