What another gorgeous day for our Clean Air picnic.. we even bumped into Andy Burnham!

It was lovely to have the chance to meet with Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA today with other local clean air activists as part of her preparatory work before she meets with Andy Burnham to lobby him to do more to clean up the air across GM

Great to see Afzal Khan MP still championing the need for clear air

Celebrating all the work the group has done taking place in the garden at Ashville Surgery. We presented 200 postcards to Angeliki Stogia from local residents asking Manchester City Council for more to be done to clean up our air

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**Opportunity Alert** We've opened up volunteer recruitment for our friendly and active Walk Ride GM Steering Group. Please get in touch if you're interested, and/or pass it on 🙌 Details and app form via the link: walkridegm.org.uk/2024/08/18/wan…

⚠️ Children are most vulnerable to the effects of toxic air, which can damage their health for the rest of their lives. We’re supporting Asthma + Lung UK and taking a stand to protect our children’s lungs. You can sign here too: bit.ly/3ASIQ2n #ToxicAirPlaygrounds

This is incredibly disappointing. Millions spent already and nothing to show for it. GM has some of the worse levels of NO2 in the country and yet is still no nearer to bringing levels down to protect the health and wellbeing of its population

Exposure to air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death in children under 5, both globally and in the UK rcpch.ac.uk/resources/air-…

Fancy a view out of the largest green wall in the city? Grab a ticket now

Big names including DHL, DPD, and UPS are ditching diesel for cleaner alternatives. The shift to electric and pedal-powered deliveries is vital to reduce air pollution. Want to know find out more? 👉 cleancitiescampaign.org/research-list/…

How much #AirPollution is created when you burn wood? 👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler. 👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler. Please think twice about burning. #WoodBurning mumsforlungs.org/news/wood-burn…

It's been a year since we met with Mayor of Greater Manchester to ask for more to be done to clean up the air in GM. Since then pollution levels have increased and we're still no nearer to having a GM plan to reduce them any time soon.

We've launched a campaign to remove discriminatory barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing the cycling network across Greater Manchester Hear from Sarah, an adapted cycle user, as she shares how these barriers impact her daily life

For our Active Travel coffee morning, our children wrote and performed a play on the importance of walking to school. Our Walking Buses are back on in 2025 thanks to our caring parent volunteers so please join us every Friday! Let's Talk Clean Air in Whalley Range #cleanair #saferstreets

Greater Manchester's Clean Air Plan has been approved by Defra. It does not go anywhere near far enough. Please share our joint statement with Friends of the Earth Manchester, Mums For Lungs, Asthma + Lung UK and Let's Talk Clean Air in Whalley Range: letmanchesterbreathe.org/news/coalition…

We're disappointed to hear that the government has approved GM's unambitous & risky Clean Air Plan which may possibly achieve UK compliance for NO2 levels by 2027 (2 X as high as targets for EU and 4 X higher than World Health Organization (WHO) targets). Read out joint statement letmanchesterbreathe.org/news/coalition…

MCR has the highest levels of pollution from cars in UK with car ownership increasing nearly 4x national average & 13% yr on yr congestion increaae. What about the prospect of higher levels of asthma hanging over our children's developing lungs? This is nothing to be proud of.

New figures show since the introduction of the ULEZ, London’s air quality is improving at a faster rate than that of the rest of England theguardian.com/environment/20…

We have been keen for Andy Burnham to publically speak out about the link between health and air pollution for a while so great to see he has committed to do this!