Central District Alliance

Bringing Holborn, Bloomsbury, St. Giles, Farringdon, and Clerkenwell together to drive sustainable, commercial and social growth. #wearecda

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

Keeping Farringdon clean 🧹
We'd like to thank the teams at @TfL and London Underground for their continued efforts in maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment at Farringdon station. We're delighted that our Environmental Services Team can support this 🤝

[Phillip Dawson @PhillipDawson1]

Play-in-the-Fields with Assemble Play
Free Family Play Days
Thursday 21st August
Friday 22nd August
11am-4pm

St Giles-in-the-Fields Churchyard, WC2H 8LG
All welcome!

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

Enter our Summer Giveaway today and be in with a chance of winning two tickets for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at @Ambtheatre! ☀️

🎟️Head to Instagram to enter!

https://t.co/Wi3ERJiyIR

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

🎶 What’s better than live music in the sunshine?

Join us tomorrow from 12pm - 3pm, at Picnic in the Park and enjoy a line-up of talented artists. Bring your lunch, grab a free deck chair and soak up the vibes ☀️

📅 15th - 17th July
⏲️ 12pm - 3pm
📍 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

Join us for @LoveCamden's Camden Pride this weekend!

MOTHER Canteen's marketplace will showcase Queer artists and makers, as well as hosting a craft workshop.

🗓️ Saturday 5th July
⏲️ 12pm - 6pm
📍St Giles Square, Denmark Street, WC2H 8LH - just metres from TCR station
🎉FREE

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

🎶 Exclusive offer for CDA Club App users, with the @royalphilorch - £10 tickets!

🎼 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Lights in the Dark: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4
📅 Weds 25th June
🕰️ 7.30pm
📍 Royal Festival Hall

🎟️ Download the CDA Club App to book - https://t.co/yGtSsUCldl

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

📢 The CDA Social and Community Fund is now open!
Charities & community groups in Camden and Islington can apply for a grant of up to £3,000, to help make a difference in our community. Help us reach more organisations by sharing this post!

Apply here - https://t.co/eJoajHvl3W

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

In response to feedback from our local businesses, we recently took action against street fundraisers in Farringdon 👮‍♂️ We're working to monitor activity in the area and advocate for greater enforcement to ensure public spaces remain welcoming and safe ➡️ https://t.co/wUpT8TYtOO

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

Our 2025 Social and Community Fund is launching soon! Grants will be available to support local initiatives in the Camden and Islington areas, that make a positive impact in our community. Applications open on Monday 2nd June - keep an eye on our socials for how to apply.

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

Thank you to everyone who joined us this week to celebrate 25 incredible years of CDA! ✨
A huge thank you to Tony Matharu, former CDA Board member, for generously hosting us. Welcome to our newly elected mayors @EddieHanson & @JasonUJacksonMayor! ➡️ https://t.co/fDZzztPJtL

[Central District Alliance @CDALDN]

It’s the last week of @elephantfamily's #BigEggHunt2025 with @clarencecourt and Bloomsbury London 📷 There’s still time to find our 3 hidden eggs across Bloomsbury and Clerkenwell! Have you spotted them yet? #ClarenceCourtEggs #ElephantFamily #LondonEggHunt

[Alexander Jan @Alex_Jan_London]

After much planning and preparation (and head scratching for technical reasons), I am delighted to say we have *finally* got the outside of Holborn station resurfaced. This was a @CDALDN funded scheme in partnership with @CamdenCouncil. Thank you to them and to @FMConwayltd @TfL!

[OnLondon @OnLondon]

How can London's (and other cities') high streets be rid of uncollected commercial rubbish: https://t.co/BNzQO48rp6 @createstreets @CDALDN @RuthDuston @SouthBankBID

[createstreets @createstreets]

Our new report, supported by @CDALDN, @LondonHeritageQ & @SouthBankBID reveals how commercial waste management is failing Britain's high streets & what we can do about it...

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID What can be done ? We've 9 suggestions. Some can happen now using existing powers:
1⃣Refuse Buyers Clubs: Implement consolidation schemes, as in Bond St
2⃣ ‘Reverse Deliveroo’ for commercial waste collections. Encourage e-cargo bikes
3⃣ Centralised locations to deposit waste

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID In medium-term;
4⃣Push limits of existing powers. Councils could make better use powers available under Section 47 of Environmental Protection Act 1990
5⃣Make offenders Pay, review maximum penalty & fine levels
6⃣Reduce burden of proof making it easier to take action

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID Long-term:
6⃣Reduce number of town centre operators through more stringent licensing
7⃣Create new waste definition of ‘ordinary commercial’ permitting small businesses to use municipal collection
8⃣Create system of zoning & municipal carriers as in New York or Singapore.

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID "Our management of commercial waste is rubbish & it's time to fix it. For too long, we've learned to accept public squalor & filth. But that doesn't mean we don't care." says @Boys_Smith Do YOU want cleaner, more prosperous high streets?
https://t.co/pF0sYRLgD9

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID Huge huge thanks to @CentralDAlliance @LondonHQ & @SouthBankBID for supporting this report. Big thanks to everyone who contributed their invaluable insights to this research. You can....

[createstreets @createstreets]

@CDALDN @LondonHeritageQ @SouthBankBID @londonhq .. you can also read the wise @DaveHill on Rubbish Refuse on his excellent blog (DO subscribe if you don't already!): https://t.co/0Yv9tppNaa