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Sustainable CRP!

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

As an organisation, there are many actions that we are taking to become more sustainable.  This includes only printing when necessary, on FSC certified paper, and reducing the level of paper-based marketing materials we use.   All of CRP’s events will be continuing to embrace sustainability by choosing sustainable catering, including using all reusable items rather than single use plastic.

We will also continue to ask delegates to use active travel or public transport methods to arrive at our events, to improve air quality as much as possible.  

For more information, please contact CRP’s Yasin Mahmood 

CRP Board meeting

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s Board meets twice a year for 90 minutes face-to-face.  The next meeting is at 9.30am on 25th September 2019.

The CRP Board meetings bring together senior representatives of all 32 CRP partner organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors.

CRP’s Board meetings are Co-Chaired by Councillor Wendy Hyde of the City of London Corporation, and Simon Pitkeathley of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town BIDs.

CRP’s September Board meeting will consider topics including live project delivery portfolio, upcoming collaborative funding opportunities (including the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund), and ongoing plans to celebrate CRP’s 25th Anniversary.

For further information please contact CRP’s Susannah Wilks.  

New CRP Team Member

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

Tomos Joyce joined CRP this month as one of our Air Quality Analysis Officers. He will work on various CRP projects, particularly Healthy Streets Everyday, in order to quantify the changes to London’s air quality from the good work done by CRP and our partners. 

Before starting at CRP, Tomos attended Royal Holloway, University of London where he studied Environmental Diagnosis and Management. He now looks forward to embarking on his career at CRP.

CRP’s Accountable Body

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP will celebrate its 25-year anniversary this year and throughout that time Westminster City Council  (WCC) has undertaken the lead accountable body role for CRP.   On behalf of all our partners, CRP would like to sincerely thank WCC for fulfilling this valuable role and we look forward to many more years of working in partnership together to make London a better place to live, work and visit.

For further information please contact CRP’s Carol Quamina. 

Brixton BID joins CRP 

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP and its Board welcomes Brixton BID as a full CRP member!  We look forward to collaborative fundraising and project delivery with the London Borough of Lambeth and other CRP members.  

CRP is also looking forward to launching a shared Electric Van for deliveries in Brixton, as part of its Clean Air Villages project.  Lambeth is also participating in CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday project, and the Central London Sub Regional Transport Partnership that CRP facilitates on behalf of TfL.

Clean Air Thames – Applications Now Open

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

We are very excited to announce that our Clean Air Thames project is now live.  It was officially launched at the Port of London Authority’s Greening Inland Shipping Conference (#GIS19) on Tuesday 10th September. 

CRP will work with the Greater London Authority, the Port of London Authority, the City of London Corporation over the next three years to improve air quality along the river.  Through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, Clean Air Thames will provide funding to retrofit up to 11 inland vessels with post exhaust treatments to reduce hazardous emissions, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulphur oxides, as well as share lessons and best practices over the lifetime of the project.

Applications are now open for Round 1 of Clean Air Thames funding.  It is open to operators running vessels on the Tidal Thames within Greater London.  Please visit https://crossriverpartnership.org/projects/clean-air-thames to access the application form, as well as project participation guidelines.

For additional information, please email Sefinat Otaru, CRP Project Manager at sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org.

Coming back to CRP!

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

I am very happy to be joining the team again this month, this time returning full-time as a Support Officer. My work experience took place over a week in August, where I had an interesting and busy introduction to life at CRP. I will be spending three days a week time on the Clean Air Villages 2 project, and the rest of my time on other exciting projects at CRP, including the Clean Air Thames project. 

In terms of business engagement, this week we have been working in Covent Garden with CAV, investigating the food and beverage industry there.

I’ve also been enjoying getting to know the Clean Air Thames project, as well as being introduced to the Cadogan Estate Sustainability Strategy. This has included a meeting with Tideway, learning more about their business by discussing their retrofit solutions and how they are reconnecting London with the Thames.

I am looking forward to seeing what the upcoming weeks hold, and I am very excited to be back at CRP!

Farewell to CRP!

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

After six exciting months at CRP, Jay Chauhan, Digital and Communications Lead, will be moving on to his next role as part of the Local Government National Graduate Development Programme. Jay’s next role will be a Communications Officer at Westminster City Council.

During his six-month CRP placement Jay worked on a number of projects including Clean Air Villages and Healthy Streets Everyday. He also led on the rebranding of the CRP website, social media accounts and the upcoming 25 Year celebration. Jay would like to take this opportunity to thank all CRP partners, funders and wider stakeholders for the great partnership work. 

Lighting Consultation Event

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

On Wednesday 25th September 2019, Cross River Partnership delivered an event to shape a collaborative approach to Lighting in central London (view the presentation slides from the event here – Lighting Consultation Event – presentation slides 25.09.19)

Dr. Peter Bonfield OBE FREng Vice-Chancellor of the University of Westminster, and from October 2019, President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), delivered an inspiring opening address, followed by presentations from Spiers + Major, The Illuminated River Foundation, and the Greater London Authority.

Discussion groups covered a range of preliminary questions including; what a vision for lighting would look like, who is responsible for its delivery and management, and what the benefits of lighting are and how we would achieve them.

Many thanks to CRP partner South Bank BID for arranging the Bankside Hotel venue!

Out and About in Drummond Street 

23rd September 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

As part of the Defra-funded  Clean Air Villages project, a few of us from the CRP team have been out on Drummond Street,  London Borough of Camden, speaking to local traders.

Cross River Partnership is working in partnership with Euston Town to support businesses on Drummond Street to make changes to their deliveries and servicing, which will help to reduce congestion and pollution in the area. We have been spending our time speaking to local restaurants to learn more about their delivery patterns and to gauge interest in a shared cargo bike scheme. A shared cargo bike could be used by the restaurants to deliver lunches to local offices. As we know, less congestion and pollution is better for everyone and can often reduce costs too!

The famous Drummond Street, running parallel to Euston Road, is mostly known for its concentration of Bangladeshi and Indian restaurants and sweet shops. We were excited to discover that the street offers a huge range of other cuisines too, from Arab to Chinese, Italian and West African too! Other interesting community spaces includes the Camden People’s Theatre, which has been creating theatre since 1994.

In early October we are organising a workshop on Drummond Street to further discuss the idea of a shared cargo bike. We hope to gather as many of the local traders in one room to gain their unique insight on local issues and potential solutions!

Please contact Clean Air Villages Project manager Kate Fenton for more details.

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