Mums for Lungs are proud to present … our first ever ScienceFest! In this celebration of clean air we've collaborated with some of the most prestigious scientific organisations in the UK to create an army of junior citizen scientists, who are learning about, measuring and assessing the air around us.

In light of the recent high air pollution alerts in London, we're setting up a network to ensure information gets passed more easily to schools and parents & carers ahead of future air pollution episodes.

Our new research shows that using Automatic Number Plate Reinforcement (ANPR) cameras to enforce School Streets means they are also self-funding within their first year, with London’s existing 500+ school streets in London currently creating a £31m revenue stream.

Something that we became aware of recently at Mums for Lungs is the link between air pollution and obesity. It hasn’t made frontpage news yet but it’s been highlighted by several studies published across the world over the last few years.

To help you campaign for a School Street at your school, we have now created a form so that you can order our School Streets flyers directly.

To celebrate Car Free Day this year, we are encouraging parents to contact their children’s schools to highlight the issue of air pollution and why it’s important for everyone - but especially schools - to take action to reduce it.

Matt Oliver from Hark Films approached us earlier this year to ask us if he could make a short film about air pollution for us. We said yes please! Huge thanks to him and the brilliant Sophie Cartman for their time on this.

…the tube, low traffic neighbourhoods, incinerators, perfumes or air fresheners, mould, flame retardants, VOCs in paints…?

After a successful collaboration with three schools in Lambeth in 2021, Mums for Lungs and Lin Kam Art are very pleased to have extended our air pollution art project to Brent in North West London this year. 

We’re excited to announce that in June we will be joining Fare City, Clean Cities, Pedal Me and Wheels for Wellbeing in taking part in a Cleaner Air Market at Maltby Street Market in Southwark.

How many times have you seen a company van with its engine idling, and wished you could talk to someone at that company about it? Happens all the time right?

We’ve updated our general air pollution flyer - and we now have an option for those outside London! The digital versions have all the links to the sources mentioned on the flyers themselves.

Our new report, published with climate charity Possible, has analysed the potential for School Streets in four towns in the UK: London, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds.

Updating our idling flyer has been on our list for a long time! We can now finally reveal the new version, with many thanks to our volunteer Caroline who’s designed this for us.