Clean Air Day

It’s Clean Air Day on 19th June 2025 - please share this message with your school community. 

Air pollution affects your health from before your first breath until you last. It’s linked to a range of health issues throughout life – from premature birth and effects on organ development in childhood, through to heart and lung disease, diabetes and strokes in adulthood. By cleaning up our air, we can all benefit from immediate and long-term health benefits, and help future generations live happier, healthier lives.

What can you do?

Try active travel - walk, wheel or cycle whenever you can rather than driving, being in a car stuck in traffic can expose you and those around you to more pollution.

Benefits of active travel include:

• Producing little or no air pollution
• Getting more exercise - which are good for your physical and mental health
• Avoiding traffic jams
• Reducing your carbon footprint to help to tackle climate change
• Saving you money and discovering more of your local area
• Need to drive? Try to PARK AWAY from the school and enjoy a short walk. This small change can significantly reduce air pollution around school gates.

If you would like more information on the Clean Air Movement, go to Global Action Plan

Thank you for helping to make the air cleaner for everyone.

The resources are available to view at Hertfordshire.gov.uk: Clean Air Toolkit 

A limited number of air quality sensors and no idling banners are available for schools and community groups to borrow to enhance your idling action events throughout the year. Get in touch at cleaner.air@hertfordshire.gov.uk if you wish to borrow resources. Resources will be allocated on a first come first served basis.