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How the next generation are fighting for lung health by becoming Clean Air Champions!

… all about clean air this year and how important it is for safe breathing and keeping our lungs healthy. In this … Furmidge Published 16th June 2022 Learning more about asthma This week, we visited Commonswood Primary School to talk in their assembly about asthmawhat it is, how to manage your asthma day-to-day and how to …

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Monthly myth busting - Asthma can run in families, but this isn’t always the case!

… Advice + Support Monthly myth busting - Asthma can run in families, but this isn’t always the case! Have you ever wondered if asthma runs in families? This month’s myth busting looks at if asthma runs in families, and if you can get asthma without …

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Clearing the air in Greater Manchester: we can’t delay the Clean Air Zone

… we can’t delay the Clean Air Zone Greater Manchester is one of the most polluted regions in the UK. Air pollution … has some of the worst rates of lung disease and childhood asthma hospital admission in the country. Over the past few … Our Policy & Public Affairs Officer, Rob Day, tells us what happened, setting out why this delay is devastating for …

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Breathing Unequal: what needs to change?

… Campaigning Breathing Unequal: what needs to change? Our latest research … about it and gives our recommendations for tackling it. … Breathing Unequal: what needs to change? …

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The NHS Long Term Plan: what it means for you

… England is a huge organisation and it’s often difficult to tell how decisions are made on lung health. The NHS England Long … diagnosis and start treatment. Some of these tests may take place at new Community Diagnostic Centres, rather than …

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A huge win for clean air in Wales

… will help reduce people developing new lung conditions and stop worsening existing ones. How are we getting your voices …

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Stop the devastating impact of air pollution: Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah tells our government to take action

… our government to take action Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is a clean air campaigner. Her daughter, Ella, died at the age of nine, of a fatal asthma attack. After a ground-breaking legal case, Ella is … At the same time, the government is consulting on what the new UK air pollution limits should be, as part of …

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Celebrating some of our amazing fundraisers

… for everyone is particularly important to me as air pollution is one of my main asthma triggers. Every year I …

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Fundraising for Asthma + Lung UK gave me a surprising realisation

… Your stories Fundraising for Asthma + Lung UK gave me a surprising realisation Earlier … herself to walk 100 miles in March to raise money for Asthma + Lung UK. After signing up, she had the surprising … one to receive a positive result for latent TB – the less severe of the two kinds of TB – having missed the cut off for …