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CRP would like to thank Charlotte Marro and Kiran Kumar, the Westminster City Council Graduate Placements, for all of the work that they have delivered for CRP and its partners over the last six months! Charlotte and Kiran have been busy every single day at CRP, and have given the team invaluable support in areas as diverse as Business Engagement; Website Design; Public Realm; Client Database; E Newsletter; Healthy Streets; Air Quality Monitoring; Event Management; CRP Partner Meetings; Bid Preparation; Public Consultation; to name but a few! Well done Charlotte and Kiran!

CRP wishes Charlotte and Kiran all the very best for their next six months placements, in the Public Health and Children’s Services teams of Westminster City Council and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

CRP is looking forward to welcoming its next graduate placement into its team, Jay Chauhan. Jay will be leading all of CRP’s Communications work.

Eleven London boroughs have secured funding from The Mayor of London and Transport for London’s Liveable Neighbourhoods programme to make their streets more people-friendly. The winning bids include projects designed to cut rat running, make junctions safer, implement new walking and cycling infrastructure, create pocket parks and revamp public spaces.

The Mayor of London said “For too long streets around London have been designed solely around cars and motor traffic. Our £50m investment will transform neighbourhoods and local town centres in inner and outer London, making them cleaner, greener and more pleasant places to spend time.”

Congratulations to CRP member authorities The London Borough of Camden, London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Southwark and the City of London Corporation on their success! You can read more about their plans here: https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/60412/tfl-announces-winners-of-liveable-neighbourhoods-funding/

Congratulations to CRP Director Susannah Wilks on receiving the Freedom of the City of London to commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 alongside 105 fantastic women.

The Freedom is offered to individuals by the City of London Corporation to pay tribute to an outstanding contribution to public life. CRP is proud to be working with someone who is so passionate and committed to delivering positive change in London. Susannah will be celebrating alongside Jodie Whittaker, Dr Miranda Brawn and The Rt Revd and R Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE to name just a few.

Congratulations to all those who have been honoured this year!

The Paddington Partnership is inviting submissions from artists, architects and designers to create a graphic or art-led installation to connect and enrich the pedestrian environment around Paddington Station. You can use walls, bridges, street furniture, crossings etc. to create a sustainable canvas for your installation.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 1 May 2019 and the winning project could be allocated up to £250,000. Read more about the application and selection process here https://www.thisispaddington.com/article/paddington-connections-open-call-for-submissions

Capital Maintenance Ltd is a building maintenance and fabric services company based in the borough of Westminster that has been collaborating with the ReStart Project since December 2018. With the support of the ReStart Project, they have recruited six Westminster residents, many of who have faced challenging housing issues, including rough sleeping. Capital Maintenance Ltd have been a supportive employer and progressed two of the ReStart recruits into apprenticeships.

CRP is pleased to be working with iconic Hammersmith businesses including the Apollo Theatre and Disney as well as the local primary school to reduce emissions resulting from deliveries to their sites.

Actions these businesses are taking are helping improve air quality within Hammersmith BID’s Business Low Emission Neighbourhood.

Contact CRP’s Laura Jacklin for more information.

Cross River Partnership welcomes the Mayor’s Freight and Servicing Action Plan, which sets out actions to make London’s streets safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We’re pleased the plan includes a focus on promoting and enabling greater use of click and collect services, particularly for the growing number of e-commerce deliveries. Our ‘Click. Collect. Clean Air.’ Behaviour change campaign receives a mention!

View the Action Plan here: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/freight-servicing-action-plan.pdf

Applications to TfL’s Healthy Streets Fund for Business closed on Tuesday 19^th March.

Projects to be funded will either reduce freight and van traffic while supporting essential deliveries and servicing, or promote sustainable travel habits while reducing car dependency. This round of funding is open to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Business Partnerships.

For more information on this great initiative contact HealthyStreetsFund@tfl.gov.uk.

Applications to the Mayor’s £23 million Scrappage Scheme to help micro businesses and charities prepare for the Introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are now open.

Micro businesses and charities can apply to scrap up to three older non-ULEZ compliant vans and mini buses. Scrappage options are:

1. Scrappage for frequent users of the Congestion Charging Zone (CCZ) (£3,500)
2. Scrappage and purchase/lease of Euro 6 replacement (£3,500)
3. Scrappage and contribution towards running costs (including insurance) of an electric vehicle (£6,000)

For further information and eligibility criteria, please see TfL’s scrappage scheme webpage. To check if your vehicle is ULEZ compliant, please see here. The ULEZ will be introduced on 8 April 2019 and – unlike the current Congestion Charge Zone – applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

As part of CRP’s business engagement programmes (e.g. Clean Air Villages), the team actively spreads the word about the imminent introduction of ULEZ as well as the van scrappage scheme.

Please note that the Mayor has also announced a car scrappage fund to support low-income Londoners preparing for ULEZ. This fund will be launched later this year.

For further information, please contact CRP’s Principal Programme Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

Back in May 2018, the Mayor launched the Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Taskforce chaired by Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy.

Following substantial research and work done by the Deputy Mayor’s team and TfL as well as input provided by taskforce members, the EV infrastructure Delivery Plan is currently being finalised and will be launched in early summer 2019.

TfL is planning to hold a workshop with wider stakeholders on the Delivery Plan. This is likely to take place in May and details will follow shortly.

CRP sits on the 16-member Taskforce that provides guidance on how to implement the Mayor’s vision of a zero emission transport network by 2050, focusing on the lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that remains an important barrier to the take-up of EVs.

For further information, please contact CRP’s Principal Programme Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

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