Award Winning

The BID received joint bronze in the ‘Community Partnerships’ Category of the 2021 Global Good Awards.

The award recognised the work of the BID, which established the Parcels Not Pollution scheme alongside other strategic partners including Hammersmith & Fulham Council, TfL and E-Cargobikes.

Livia Caruso, Director of Public Realm, and project lead, said:

“Hammersmith is a hugely important hub for transport and business, and this has traditionally brought a lot of delivery vehicles to the town centre.

“With Parcels Not Pollution, the BID has brought together key partners to deliver a last-mile delivery service and remove harmful air pollution and congestion from the area.”

Members of the BID communications team watched the online awards ceremony – in which the BID was awarded joint bronze in the Community Partnerships category – from an outdoor event to mark Car Free Day on the approach to Hammersmith Bridge.

Small tap, big change, finalists for the Community Investment Award 2021.

Small tap, big change is a ground-breaking initiative launched by Hammersmith BID, aiming to combat challenges associated with homelessness, exclusively in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Money raised goes directly to local H&F homeless charities funding additional beds, hot meals, washing facilities, outreach services and life skills coaching.

As we all face the threat of coronavirus, and are living through lockdown, our normal way of life has been turned on its head and it is easy to forget the most vulnerable in our communities. But our partner charities have not forgotten the homeless, and the increased uncertainty and danger they are facing. Your support is more important than ever.

Find out more about the local causes that will benefit from Small tap, big change funding.

You can donate online here, alternatively use our new text service to donate to Small tap, big change, simply text STBC5 to 70085 donate £5

Made in H&F, also finalists for the Community Investment Award 2021.

Made in H&F, our community enterprise that had to close in early 2020 due to the pandemic, gave a retail platform to dozens of local artists and creatives through our pop-up store in King’s Mall. Our entry reflected the roaring success of the store, having worked with 54 local artists, fashionistas and craft experts, generated more than £50,000 for the participating traders, and having provided an extensive programme of free workshops and sessions to the public.

Pop-up shop Made in H&F has been crowned Best Creative Business at the Hammersmith & Fulham Brilliant Business Awards.

Made in H&F was set up by Hammersmith BID, in partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Kings Mall, transforming an empty unit in the Kings Mall shopping centre into a bright, well-designed outlet, showcasing the best arts, crafts and clothing from talented local makers.

Having celebrated its 1-year anniversary in October, the Made in H&F pop-up shop has had a successful first year of trading, engaging the local community in the arts and supporting local small businesses.

The award win reflects the roaring success of the store, having worked with 54 local artists, fashionistas and crafts experts, generated more than £50,000 for the participating traders, and having provided an extensive programme of free workshops and sessions to the public.

Hammersmith BID is delighted to have won a top prize at the prestigious Healthy Streets Awards for the second year running.

The Hammersmith Business Low Emissions Neighbourhood (BLEN) project scooped the prize in the Best Healthy Streets Business Improvement District Project category.

As a busy commuter hub with a high annual footfall, improving the air quality for pedestrians in Hammersmith is paramount. The aim of the BLEN is to improve the space and air quality under the Hammersmith flyover with planters and ivy which provide a natural barrier against emissions from the vehicles on the road. The BLEN also features “Plants not Pollution” artwork and signage and the BID has carried out a programme of community events to raise awareness and educate the public on air quality.

The award win follows the recent roll out of Hammersmith BID’s ‘Parcels Not Pollution’ scheme – the launch of a new zero-emissions freight hub for business deliveries to reduce traffic, ease congestion and improve air quality in the local area, which has also been well received.

The annual Healthy Streets Awards recognise and reward excellence in the planning and delivery of Healthy Street improvements in towns and cities across Great Britain & Ireland. The prizes were handed out at the International Healthy Streets Summit 2019 that was held at Glasgow City Chambers on 9 October.

Patricia Bench, BID Director at Hammersmith BID, said: “This award is a great recognition of the BID’s commitment to improve air quality in Hammersmith. The BLEN is just one of many BID initiatives to create a more environmentally friendly town centre, and builds on the success of the popular parklets and new Parcels Not Pollution service. We aim to continue to deliver more innovative clean air projects in the future.”

The BLEN and community parklets project have also been awarded a silver Global Good Award and a prestigious Nancye Goulden award, a Hammersmith Society accolade. They form part of the BID’s wider commitment to deliver green spaces, cleaner air, and improve the environment.

Read more about Hammersmith BID’s BLEN project.

Prestigious award for BID’s green scheme.

It’s a celebration for the BID as their environmental projects receive a prestigious award from The Hammersmith Society.

The parklets and Hammersmith’s Business Low Emissions Neighbourhood (BLEN), which includes the planting under the flyover, have both received the highly regarded Nancye Goulden Award for making a positive contribution to the local streetscape.

The air quality projects have been recognised by the Hammersmith Society for their overall design.

The BLEN includes ivy screens that withstand the difficult environment for plants under the Flyover, and also serve a significant purpose in that they absorb vehicle fumes and pollutants, screening passers-by from the harmful emissions.

The Hammersmith Grove Parklets have enhanced the area’s green space and have positively resulted in a boost to local trade. The scheme has been highly regarded with the Nancye Goulden Award, being the third in a line of honours that the collaborative venture has achieved. The successful project also won a Healthy Streets Awards in October and a Global Good Award in June.

Patricia Bench, BID Director, said: “Our partnerships are key in being able to deliver the best outcomes for the local business community and we look forward to continue working collaboratively on current and future projects.

The project is a part of a wider programme that aims to deliver green spaces, cleaner air, and promote cycling is a partnership between Hammersmith BID, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Medidata and the Mayor’s office.

“We are delighted to have received the Nancye Goulden Award for both our projects from The Hammersmith Society.”

Read about The Hammersmith Society. Read about the Hammersmith Grove Parklets and BLEN.

Hammersmith BID is delighted to win a Global Good Award for its wider commitment to delivering green spaces, cleaner air and promoting cycling.

The Parklets in Hammersmith scheme received a silver accolade at the ceremony held on 19^th June at BMA House in London. This project is a collaboration between Hammersmith BID, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Medidata and the Mayor of London.

The Parklets in Hammersmith project was shortlisted and won under the Community Partnership’s Social & Environmental Sustainability category and has been praised for being ‘an innovative business model.’

The gold award went to Hogan Lovells and Barefoot College’s partnership to bring clean, renewable light to 20,000 families by training 400 women across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands. The bronze was awarded to the Thames River Watch Project by Tideway & Thames 21 for gathering data that is supporting campaigns for change on the plastic epidemic.

The Global Good Awards seek to promote, and be inspired by,  organisations and projects committed to sustainability and promoting positive change.

Hammersmith BID’s vision for a cleaner borough resulted in a joint effort towards the creation of eight green spaces that have been transformed into four vibrant green parklets situated on Hammersmith Grove, designed and installed by Meristem Design. The successful scheme has received an award from the Mayor’s Healthy Streets programme. The prestigious Hammersmith Society’s Nancye Goulden Award, has also been awarded for the Parklets and planters under Hammersmith Flyover. This award recognises smaller schemes that have improved the local environment through architecture or landscaping.

More details about the scheme can be found here.
Read more about the Global Good Awards here.

Hammersmith BID won a Best Place Management Award for its work transforming a neglected part of the town centre into a vibrant and ecologically sustainable new pathway and cycle lane.

The BID Awards are run by industry experts British BIDs and are held to acknowledge the efforts made by business improvement districts to vitally enhance their chosen areas.

Hammersmith BID won the award after receiving 53% of the public vote for helping to create a new green corridor in Talgarth Road in the Best Place Management category.

Located in the shadows of the Hammersmith Flyover, the Talgarth Road Green Corridor serves as an attractive and biodiverse route that helps to boost air quality, reduces surface water run-off and acts as pleasant green space in Hammersmith for visitors and wildlife to enjoy. A multi-partnership project between HammersmithLondon Business Improvement District (BID), Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, the corridor was officially completed in May 2016 after three months of construction work.

Talgarth Road has gone from an uninspiring grey area into a flourishing green corridor by with a new cycle lane and planting, new trees and SUDs drainage to help attenuate rain water using SUDS reduce carbon and attract new wildlife.

Patricia Bench, BID Director, said:
“We’re absolutely thrilled to win this Best Place Management award, especially as it was decided by a public vote, so thank you to everyone that voted for us. This has been a great project to work on and we’ll be glad to share this success with our partners.
“The Talgarth Road Green Corridor has drastically improved an underused and quite grey part of the town centre and although it’s only a few months old, we’re starting to see some very positive results.”