Mums for Lungs
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 Logo of Mums for Lungs | |
| Established | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jemima Hartshorn |
| Founded at | London, UK |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Environmental activism |
Region served | UK |
| Website | Official website  |
Mums for Lungs is a nonprofit, grassroots environmental campaign group, based in the United Kingdom, which raises awareness of the health effects of air pollution, particularly on children.[1][2]
Mums for Lungs was formed in London in 2017 by a small group of parents, including human rights lawyer Jemima Hartshorn.[3][4] They were inspired to take action partly by their personal experience of living in a traffic-polluted city and partly by the campaigning efforts of Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, a teacher-turned-activist whose daughter's death was attributed[5] to the effects of breathing polluted air.[1][2] The group quickly expanded from a few like-minded friends, first to multiple campaigns around London and then to a Manchester based group.[1][6]
In 2021, Mums for Lungs won the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Best Community Campaign Award for its work.[7]
Campaigns
Mums for Lungs campaigns on a range of air pollution issues, including clean air guidelines and targets,[8] the expansion of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone;,[9][10][11] clean air zones, pollution from wood burning stoves[12][13][14] and diesel engines;[15][16] the role of pollution in childhood asthma,[17] car-free streets,[18][19] and cleaner travel to and from schools.[20] Since 2018, one of its major ongoing campaigns has been supporting an initiative called School Streets, which temporarily close roads to motor traffic at school picking-up and dropping-off times to reduce the impact of pollution and improve safety.[7][21] There are now an estimated 500+ such schemes in London and 200 more outside the capital.[22][23]