4th May 2026

Calling all Lambeth and Southwark primary school children! Enter our Clean Air Art Competition by 5th June to win a Micro scooter and see your artwork displayed on lamppost banners across some of South London’s busiest streets.

18th March 2026

In this guest blog, Dr Alice Willson writes about her experience running the 160 mile Spine Challenger North ultramarathon in January.

11th March 2026

Would you like to work with Mums for Lungs? We’re hiring a West Bromwich Spokesperson.

3rd February 2026

We're doing something new. Come and take part in our 7- day air pollution challenge: 7 easy actions, 7 days, big impact!

8th January 2026

We’re delighted to have contributed to ensuring that the Environmental Audit Committee chose air pollution for its next inquiry.

1st December 2025

We’re cautiously optimistic about the government’s revised Environmental Improvement Plan, published today.

18th November 2025

New FOI data shows that air quality budgets have been cut to just £1.5 million a year, from a high of £225 million in 2020/21, despite nearly 11 million people living in areas with illegal levels of NO2 pollution.

27th August 2025

Our latest research has revealed that 120,000 children were admitted to hospital or taken to A&E in London last year with serious breathing problems.

24th June 2025

Mums for Lungs is proud to announce our new accreditation system for primary and secondary schools. We’re inviting schools in Southwark and Lambeth to sign up and acknowledge their important role in reducing air pollution. 

30th April 2025

We've uncovered a 33 per cent increase in the number of babies and toddlers admitted to Manchester hospitals with breathing problems between 2023 and 2024.

With the Silvertown Tunnel officially opening in East London, we’ve written to Sir Sadiq Khan to reiterate our view that his support for the tunnel is misguided and to request a comprehensive review of traffic in London.

London's Ultra Low Emission Zone One Year report is great news for Londoners’ health. The ULEZ has reduced air pollution significantly across ALL of London 💚 .

Whichever way you look at it, the school run will take up a significant amount of your life over the next seven years. But it doesn’t have to be a horror story.

Last month we collaborated with Kate Pryse-Lloyd, CEO of STEM Workshops, to create a day-long STEM workshop for Year 9 students across four schools in Lambeth and Southwark in London.

Our analysis of data from hospital trusts across London has revealed that more than 15,000 children under 5 were admitted to hospitals across London in 2023 with serious breathing difficulties.

It can be hard to connect children’s health with Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs); how can being able to park affect how healthy our children are? Find out why, if we want healthier, calmer and safer streets, we should support CPZs.

On Thursday June 8th, we held a Clean Air Carnival, as the culmination to our Spring Science Fest!

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.

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.

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.