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The Clean Air Villages project continues and CRP are pleased to report that a total of 20 Air Quality seminars have been completed, 2 in each village. The seminars were an opportunity for local businesses to come and discuss local issues about deliveries and servicing and to find out about ways in which they could save time and money whilst also improving local air quality. With business attendees ranging from sole traders to national chains, and with help from local Councillors, CRP has built up a picture of each local village and their individual issues. CRP is in the process of meeting with each borough to brainstorm over the local recommendations which will be made and implemented within each village. Meetings with Lambeth and Islington have already taken place. Meetings with Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Lewisham are due to take place in the coming weeks.

CRP are continuing with 121 business engagement across all five boroughs. As we move into 2019, the village solutions will be put into action and CRP will be hard at work producing case studies.

For further information, please contact CRP’s Business Engagement Officer, Kate Fenton.

CRP wishes all its partners, colleagues and customers a joyful Christmas! Our office will be closing for the Christmas break on Friday 21st of December 2018, and we will be re-opening on Wednesday 2^nd of January 2019. If you have any urgent queries over that period, please do not hesitate to contact Susannah Wilks. Ho ho ho!

Entries for the Great British Market Awards 2019 close on 31 December! NAMBA want to celebrate and promote the excellent markets that can be found in our communities. They are particularly keen to see a few of London’s markets nominated for one of the ten available categories. More information about the awards and how to nominate your favourite market can be found here.

Cross River Partnership team members were delighted to donate food, clothes and toiletries to the Trussell Trust foodbank last week. The foodbank put together emergency 3 day packs for Westminster residents who are experiencing financial hardship through a voucher scheme. CRP’s Transport and Sustainability Manager Tom kindly cycled the donations via cargo bike to the drop-off point at Westminster Chapel.

If you would like to read more about how you can support the foodbank, visit the website here.

Nikoletta (Nikki) Gjergji, Recruit London’s Specialist Workplace Coordinator, has been providing ongoing employment support to Westminster resident Meera since April. Meera has been unemployed due to health issues for over 2 years. With Nikki’s support, Meera is now employed as a Ceremonies Usher at the Old Marylebone Town Hall.

Meera Main: “I have found Nikoletta to be very supportive. Nikki has been considerate of the fact that I have been out of work a long time and was determined to find me a nice job within a good establishment where I can build on my confidence, grow, develop and learn.

With Nikki’s support, I have secured a job in a lovely environment with exceptionally wonderful people. I am enjoying every minute of my new job and the experiences I am having.

I would most definitely recommend the service Nikki provides to all my friends and family!”

Rocky Akbar, Senior Usher: “Meera is an eager, enthusiastic young woman. She is great at communicating face to face and more Impressively via the walkie talkies we use – many people are intimidated by those but Meera has taken to them like a duck to water! She is shy but I can see every time I work with her she is growing in confidence. She listens and is eager to learn more. Thank you to Nikki – Recruit London for your support!”

For more information about the Recruit London programme or to make a referral, please contact Specialist Workplace Coordinator Nikoletta Gjergji.

The Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) project has seen a huge amount of progress in 2018, with the project now clearly demonstrating the technical capabilities of the smart charging system which has been deployed at global logistics company UPS’s Kentish Town depot serving central London. The smart charging system went live back in March and operates in a business as usual environment. All of the project’s additional 20 electric vehicle conversions have also been completed this year, and are already providing real-world data as part of the Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial.

UPS welcomed London Deputy Mayor for Environment, Shirley Rodrigues, as well as Global Action Plan and other guests to the Kentish Town depot in June as part of a sustainability event around Clean Air Day, showing the strong interest in this innovative project.

CRP are looking forward to continue the great work with UPS and project partner UK Power Networks in 2019.

For more information, please see the project webpage or contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

On behalf of the Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership, CRP have commissioned a study to establish a baseline of current best practice in the use of cargo cycles and light electric vehicles for city centre freight, transport and logistics applications. The work will also consider the opportunities and challenges for expanding their adoption in central London.

With the upcoming introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London, and the new strategic aims announced in the new Mayor’s Transport Strategy for improving efficiency of freight and reducing its impact on the street environment, there is growing interest in the use of cycles and light electric vehicles (battery, hybrid-powered 2/3 wheelers e.g. electric cargo bikes and tricycles/quads etc.) for last mile and inner city logistics applications. The low carbon consultancy Element Energy has been appointed to undertake this work and will provide a final report by the end of March 2019.

For more information, please see the project webpage or contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer

CamdenAbility held an extremely popular employer network meeting this month. The event was hosted at the Alan Turing Institute, who were in attendance alongside other members of the CamdenAbility network, such as Camden Council, Matrix SCM, HS2 and Tottenham Hotspurs foundation.

Also in attendance were guest speakers from Leonard Cheshire and Mind, who spoke about their projects for disabled job seekers, and the Royal National Institute for Blind People, who delivered a very practical presentation showcasing the use of everyday technology to support people with blindness.

After what has already been a really busy year for CamdenAbility, the project will end the year with a flourish with its final event on the 18th of December, incorporating a site tour, a network meeting and a ‘meet the candidates’ event.

CamdenAbility is delivered in partnership with the Business Disability Forum and funded by Camden Council. The project works with a network of local employers to improve disability standards and create opportunities for Camden residents with disabilities and long term health conditions.

To find out more about the project, please contact our Specialist Workplace Coordinator Parma Sira.

As part of CRP’s Recruit London team, my role is to support unemployed Westminster residents with disabilities into employment, thus match the jobs that we generate to candidates looking for work.

I lead on meeting candidates from Marylebone DWP, where I sit 1 day a week. I meet new signings to Universal Credit as well as other benefit claimants that are deemed ready to return to work. I firstly meet the candidates in a team, where I tell them about our service and then meet them individually for an initial advice and guidance session. I sign up the candidates that fit my remit while feeding the rest to the wider Recruit London team.

In addition, I lead on joint working with The Regeneration Base team on Church Street, which is part of the Westminster Employment Service (WES). Joint work involves working closely with the WES coaches by supporting the job brokerage side of the process.

In the month of November, I am happy to report that I

Registered 15 unemployed residents, 6 of who I will be supporting with
Secured 1 job start; and
Am waiting to hear from 2 interviews and 4 potential job starts in the pipeline.

For more information please get in contact with Michaella Jackson.

With Christmas fast approaching, and Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales a little over a week away, we can expect to see increased delivery van traffic on our streets.

Help reduce the number of delivery trips and air pollution by choosing to click & collect your online shopping purchases in-store or from a local parcel collect point.

See CRP’s www.clickcollect.london website for more information and to find a convenient parcel collection point. Contact Brendon Harper for free materials to promote the message this festive shopping season.

Archives: News Articles

Clean Air Villages – Workshops Completed

CRP Christmas Break

Great British Market Awards

Donations to the Trussell Trust Foodbank

Recruit London Candidate Job Start

SEUL in Motion – A Review of 2018

Cycle Logistics Study

CamdenAbility – Disability Network Meeting

Recruit London and Joint Working

Click. Collect. Clean Air.