Public Health England report that poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK and can worsen existing poor health in any individual, particularly the young and vulnerable.

At the Clean Air Lincolnshire project, we intend to increase awareness of the sources and impacts of air pollution, to explain what air pollution is, and the actions you can take to improve air quality and the health of everyone.

Clean Air Lincolnshire is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The Partnership

Our partnership works to raise awareness of issues of air quality and make it easier to find the information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthy, and the air we breathe clean.

Eight Lincolnshire schools are also participating in the Clean Air Lincolnshire project, using air quality monitoring, to encourage action for cleaner air in their area one.
All councils in Lincolnshire are committed to monitoring and improving the air quality in the county so that everyone can live a long life in good health. Sharing air quality data and expertise ensures councils can provide up to date advice to residents and protect public health.
Local businesses can inform their staff about the health risks from poor air quality using data and information to support health and wellbeing. Robust local air quality data can provide information to businesses helping with the scheduling of industrial and social activities. Partners of Clean Air Lincolnshire include Root Studio website design and Clarity air quality monitoring.
The DEFRA Air Quality Grant 2022-23 has enabled the development and delivery of Clean Air Lincolnshire to take place.

Frequently asked questions

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All eight councils in Lincolnshire are working together to measure air quality and support local action to improve the negative health effects of air pollution.

Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK. Long-term exposure to air pollution can cause chronic heart and lung conditions, leading to reduced life expectancy. It is estimated that man-made air pollution contributes to between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths in the UK each year. 

DEFRA awarded Lincolnshire funding to provide an evidence-based air quality monitoring and awareness campaign. The aims are to encourage local involvement and provide clear assistance and advice to help reduce local concentrations of air pollutants throughout Lincolnshire.

The DEFRA funding has enabled Lincolnshire to install air quality monitors outside eight schools for one year. All this data is mapped on the Clean Air Lincolnshire homepage. Unfortunately, we do not have any additional monitors available to hire.

Clean Air Lincolnshire have installed Clarity air quality monitors at eight locations outside schools. They are recording data on particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide levels continuously. In collaboration with DEFRA air quality monitoring stations all the data is building a picture of air pollution levels across the county. 

Clean Air Lincolnshire is a partnership between public health, sustainability, and environmental health departments at the eight local authorities in Lincolnshire. 

Everyone can act! Look through the pages on this website for more information and ideas. But if we all think about how well we ventilate our living spaces and how we travel, all the small differences will add up to improve the health of ourselves and others. 

The eight schools participating in Clean Air Lincolnshire will have first access to all the resources to help them understand their local air quality and to develop a behaviour change campaign to inform and influence the wider school community. The resources will be available on this website for other schools to make use of as their campaigns end.