Safe Air Schools UK
@safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
🔹Committed to improving air quality inside schools for inclusive, equitable, sustainable education. 🔹Based in Hampshire, UK. Open Letter: https://www.safeairschools.org/resources/open-letter/ 🔗 SafeAirSchools.org 🔗 https://linktr.ee/SafeAirSchools_UK
❓Does your council or city pay regard to indoor air? 🌟Opportunities to contribute to local air quality strategies have been happening across the country, with consultations still open such as Exeter, some London local authorities and Bristol. 1/3 #CleanAir #IndoorAir
The National Audit Office has reported an estimated £13.8 billion maintenance backlog across schools in England, representing the cost of addressing outstanding repairs and maintenance alone, throughout the school estate. schoolsweek.co.uk/school-build...
£13.8bn school building maintenance backlog revealed
Unions say the government must 'go further and faster' in making school buildings fit for purpose
schoolsweek.co.uk
The latest attendance data highlights illness and extreme heat as major contributors to absence. 🧵
The latest attendance data highlights illness and extreme heat as major contributors to absence. 🧵
Delighted to see Nathalie awarded a Mini Fellowship, delivered through the GREENIN Network+ led by the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey and supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
GREENIN Micro Network Plus@greenin.bsky.social · 2w ago🌿 Mini Fellowship Spotlight GREENIN Mini Fellow Nathalie recently visited The Hayling College as part of her research into whether indoor greening and classroom air filtration can improve pupil wellbeing, engagement and attendance. Learn more: www.greenin.uk/about-us #GREENIN
cognitive point of view. So, with all due respect, your framing is wrong: the question is not why we didn't debate about keeping schools open, but how we can reduce the spread of all airborne illness in school settings, on a permanent basis. See the amazing work of @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social! /3
implementing measures in schools and universities that will reduce the chances of needing to close school if a new pandemic were to happen! See the amazing work by @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social . I'm also disappointed to see that the backlash to Goodall's claims is being thought as /3
There had been 47 COVID-19 teacher deaths by *20 April 2020* COVID-19 and other viruses that can cause long-term harm and death are airborne. Clean air improves attendance, health, wellbeing, inclusion and achievement.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 2w agoThere are working class and vulnerable kids who will never have the life they should have had because of school closures. Let’s address that too, shall we?
They never measured the air. The filters were run at settings chosen for noise and comfort in communal rooms (low flow). They didn't even calculate room volumes — and no tracer, particle, or bioaerosol data confirms the intervention lowered airborne pathogen concentrations anywhere. 1/
Donna Blackmond@donnablack.bsky.social · 2w agoCurious to hear what you think of this Kim @kprather.bsky.social ?
Our colleagues @mumsforlungs.bsky.social have launched a postcard campaign calling on PM Andy Burnham to back a Clean Air Act. Air pollution causes 30,000 deaths a year and is a major threat to children’s health. Use your voice to demand change. ➡️https://mumsforlungs.justpost.cards/ #CleanAir
Prime Minister Burnham: we need clean air now!
Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister, and he has the opportunity to deliver a new Clean Air Act that protects the health of everyone. Send him a postcard today and ask him to make clean air a priori...
mumsforlungs.justpost.cards
🚨A mother in Manchester told us she could smell wildfire smoke while feeding her baby. The conversation turned to classroom air and how schools can protect children. DIY and commercial HEPA air cleaners provide effective air cleaning for 3p per child per school day.
New PM, Andy Burnham has the power to help. Our junior clean indoor air ambassador just sent him a postcard asking him to deliver clean air for us all. Will you? 👇 cleanairnow.mumsforlungs.justpost.cards?utm_medium=B...
Prime Minister Burnham: we need clean air now!
Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister, and he has the opportunity to deliver a new Clean Air Act that protects the health of everyone. Send him a postcard today and ask him to make clean air a priori...
cleanairnow.mumsforlungs.justpost.cards
New PM, Andy Burnham has the power to help. Our junior clean indoor air ambassador just sent him a postcard asking him to deliver clean air for us all. Will you? 👇 cleanairnow.mumsforlungs.justpost.cards?utm_medium=B...
Prime Minister Burnham: we need clean air now!
Andy Burnham is our new Prime Minister, and he has the opportunity to deliver a new Clean Air Act that protects the health of everyone. Send him a postcard today and ask him to make clean air a priori...
cleanairnow.mumsforlungs.justpost.cards
Glad to be featured in Air Quality News, a leading UK publication covering air pollution, environmental health, and clean air policy. Campaigners demand urgent action on school air quality -AirQualityNews airqualitynews.com/headlines/ca...
Campaigners demand urgent action on school air quality
Safe Air Schools UK has issued an urgent plea to the UK government, warning that poor air quality in classrooms is creating a preventable public health crisis, fuelling illness, and disrupting childre...
airqualitynews.com
Our founder has contributed to this petition, now with 7,200+ signatures. Every child deserves clean air and safe classrooms, especially as extreme heat becomes more common. Please add your name and support the campaign. c.org/nvBKxdLQNC
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Andy Burnham: protect our kids from deadly heatwave temperatures
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Safe Air Schools UK@safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago1/ The recent iPaper article featuring input from Safe Air Schools has generated thousands of interactions and more than 250 comments as Hampshire schools begin closing due to extreme heat. The response from teaching staff has been illuminating. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
10 000 signatures in 3 days! Thank you to everyone who saw our posts and signed. You are part of this 👏
Safe Air Schools UK@safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · last yr.The public want children with allergies protected in schools. With grateful thanks @chrisbloore.bsky.social 🙏 3/4 #Allergy
Allergy training saves lives. We travelled to The House of Commons yesterday to show our support for the Schools Allergy Safety Bill. Every school should be safe for children with inhaled and food triggers. @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social @damianhinds.bsky.social #Allergy #Schools 1/4
Diagnosis? Toxic air. Prescribed? A new Clean Air Act. We were in Parliament Square this morning, with the @healthyairuk.bsky.social, to highlight the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Clean Air Act. #CleanAirAct #AirPollution
Grateful for the opportunity on Monday to discuss classroom air quality and airborne allergens, pathogens and pollutants with Becky Gittins MP and colleague, following the Welsh Government’s response to our open letter from Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle MS. 1/2
Great to participate in 'Delivering a National Allergy Strategy: Next Steps for Allergy Care' last week in Parliament joining, Chris Bloore MP. The National Allergy Strategy recognises IAQ and gives practical steps to improve it including training and air filtration.
Artificial grass pitches can reach 50–70°C+ in hot weather. As temperatures rise, some studies suggest chemicals from rubber and plastic materials may be released more readily into the air. Concerns have been raised about exposure from 3G sports surfaces.
1/ The recent iPaper article featuring input from Safe Air Schools has generated thousands of interactions and more than 250 comments as Hampshire schools begin closing due to extreme heat. The response from teaching staff has been illuminating. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Inside Britain’s overheating schools: ‘The children lose weeks of learning’
Teachers say classrooms are becoming unliveable in our increasingly hot summers, and students cannot concentrate
inews.co.uk
1/ The recent iPaper article featuring input from Safe Air Schools has generated thousands of interactions and more than 250 comments as Hampshire schools begin closing due to extreme heat. The response from teaching staff has been illuminating. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Inside Britain’s overheating schools: ‘The children lose weeks of learning’
Teachers say classrooms are becoming unliveable in our increasingly hot summers, and students cannot concentrate
inews.co.uk
#CleanAirDay is a significant national movement and an important opportunity to highlight the new National Allergy Strategy, which recognises clean classroom air as essential for prevention and protection.
Countdown to #CleanAirDay Great to speak with @theiPaper.com about air quality and heat inside classrooms. Many schools see cooling as the more urgent challenge, and that’s understandable when pupils and staff are struggling in hot classrooms. 🧵1/6
Reducing #AirPollution improves #Health - something we've been saying for a long time. Want to see the evidence? A new study shows that London's T-charge and ULEZ led to a reduction in emergency admissions to hospitals. 💚
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
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Countdown to #CleanAirDay Recent research by Alice Handy and colleagues found that outdoor air was the main driver of classroom PM2.5 concentrations. 1/5
Is indoor air included in your local air quality strategy? Following consultation in Winchester and a presentation to Portsmouth Public Health, we’re really pleased to see indoor air quality included. Air Quality Strategies 2025-2040 #Hampshire #IAQ #Filtration 1/2