Delivering Cleaner Air in London

Best Practice workshop and Beacon Open Day

25 January 2008

In 2007 the London boroughs of Croydon and Greenwich along with Sheffield City Council and Sefton Borough Council were awarded Beacon Status for Delivering Cleaner Air. Beacons are leaders of their local communities by taking effective action to protect and improve air quality, not least by minimising their own impacts, but also through engaging local industries, businesses, community groups and residents to do likewise. Beacons have developed innovative ways of raising the profile of air quality policy and demonstrate full commitment and enthusiasm for going beyond statutory duties. The Beacon Scheme was established to disseminate best practice in service delivery across local government. Beacons are leaders in their field, who can set an example to others and help them deliver excellent, value-for-money public services.

The Croydon and Greenwich Beacon Open Day, hosted by the Mayor of London, is taking the form of a best practice workshop, aimed at helping other local authorities take up or improve their own initiatives and policies to improve air quality. As there are excellent examples of innovative projects and effective ways of working in many London boroughs, not just among Beacon councils, this open day aims to showcase the excellent work that is going on throughout London.

Proposed workshops include:

• freight quality partnerships
• planning for air quality
• fleet inventories
• cleaner vehicles
• environmental awards schemes
• car clubs

Copies of the presentations will be available to download shortly.

Contact Details

Contact name

Linda Johnson

Job title

Scientific Officer

Department

Specialist Pollution

Telephone

020 8760 5483

Fax

020 8760 5786

Email

linda.johnson@croydon.gov.uk

Address

Specialist Pollution Team
9th Floor NE
Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 3BT

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