… achievements: Well Newham 50 Steps to a Healthier Borough Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2020-2023 WE ARE MAKING HEALTHY STREETS. WE ARE NEWHAM. A Healthy School Street for Hartley Primary School Healthy School Streets aim to make it healthier and safer for children to walk, cycle or scoot to school and to create more space for social distancing. From Monday, January 18th, 2021, Hartley Avenue…
…, Winter Avenue, Campbell Road and Wakefield Street (between Winter Avenue and Aintree Avenue) will become a pedestrian and cycle only zone at school drop-off and pick-up times. Jovia, 6Z Godwin Junior School HSS_Hartley Primary Schoo_RESIDENTS.indd 1HSS_Hartley Primary Schoo_RESIDENTS.indd 1 16/12/2020 16:3316/12/2020 16:33 NEWHAM A HEALTHY SCHOOL STREET KAYE ROWE NURSERY SCHOOL…
…, and health providers to recruit, expand and support a network of Air Quality Health Champions across the borough. These Champions help deliver key messages across to the wider community to raise awareness, initiate behaviour change and deepen the required changes to stop the damaging health impact of idling cars; as well as encourage the healthy option of walking and cycling to school. These latter…
… approach, linking workers to specific areas. This enables care workers to be more embedded in their local community. It also reduces travel distance and time, promoting more walking and cycling, with the knock-on effect of reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality. WHAT WE WILL DO IN THE FUTURE: Our Pensions Committee is currently working with the joint pensions funds of other London…
… possible. We have been developing a more environmentally friendly waste disposal management approach, whilst supporting residents to recycle more, and use less. Transport on our roads is a key contributor to our carbon emissions. We want pleasant streets with less congestion and pollution, through more sustainable transport which encourages walking, cycling and public transport. We are proud…