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Will you help us get Clean Air for Kids
Very few schools, Local Education Authorities and Academy Trusts can afford the up-front costs of installation of air filters. But the Government could, easily. And recover their costs very quickly from supply teacher budget savings.
With political leadership, we could easily transform the lives of schoolchildren, their teachers, and their families by improving the quality of the air they breathe.
Please write to you Member of Parliament to ask them to support our campaign.
Let's Make It Happen
Please write a letter to your Member of Parliament asking that schools add an air filter to each classroom and regularly open windows to reduce the number of coughs, colds, and Covid-19 infections that kids and their teachers catch at school. Doing this would also increase attendance rates and improve academic performance.
And it would reduce the amount of sickness spread into families from schools, and thus reduce the number of sick days lost at work.
At the same time, it will help schools to save money on supply teacher costs. The costs of installation would be recovered very quickly by these savings. It has been estimated that to install air cleaners in every school in England would be a one-off cost of approximately £140 million. Yet schools in England spent £1.4 billion on supply teachers last year alone.
Savings to supply teacher budgets because of less teacher sicknesses caught at school would be made year on year, so for as long as the air filter is being used. And running costs for an air filter once installed, are £6 per pupil per year, so less than the price of a coffee and a cake.
There is absolutely no downside to the Government taking the decision to installing air filters in schools.
You can find who your MP is below. And we have written a template letter that can be downloaded.
We have local groups in the areas listed below. To get specific information about contacting local politicians in these areas and to download letters, click on the name.
If you live anywhere else in the country, the information you need is below.
For Residents to write to your local Councillor
If you live in Devon and support children being able to breathe clean air when they are at school, please will you write to your elected ward councilors at Devon County Council to ask them to support the initiative.
You can find the name and contact details of your ward councillors here. Please write to all of them.
If you would like to write your own letter or email, you can make use of any information on this website. Or you are welcome to use our template letter, perhaps personalising it to your own circumstances and position, and maybe also including that you have a child or children in school if you do. We would be grateful if you write to your councillors whether or not you have school-age children.
For Residents to write to their Member of Parliament
If you live in Devon and support kids in schools being able to breathe clean air, please will you write to your Member of Parliament to ask them to support the initiative.
Here is the list of MPs covering Devon:
Central Devon
Sir Mel Stride (Conservative)
mel.stride.mp@parliament.uk
Exeter
Steve Race (Labour)
steve.race.mp@parliament.uk
Exmouth and Exeter East
David Reed (Conservative)
david.reed.mp@parliament.uk
Honiton and Sidmouth
Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)
richard.foord.mp@parliament.uk
Newton Abbot
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat)
martin.wrigley.mp@parliament.uk
North Devon
Ian Roome (Liberal Democrat)
ian.roome.mp@parliament.uk
Plymouth Moor View
Fred Thomas (Labour)
fred.thomas.mp@parliament.uk
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Luke Pollard (Labour)
luke.pollard.mp@parliament.uk
South Devon
Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat)
caroline.voaden.mp@parliament.uk
South West Devon
Rebecca Smith (Conservative)
rebecca.smith.mp@parliament.uk
Torbay
Steve Darling (Conservative)
steve.darling.mp@parliament.uk
Torridge and Tavistock
Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)
coxg@parliament.uk
Tiverton and Minehead
Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrat)
rachel.gilmour.mp@parliament.uk
If you prefer to write them a letter, the address for all of them is the same:
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
If you are not sure which of the Devon
MPs is your Member of Parliament, you
can find that here:
(And if you don’t live in Devon, you can still write to your MP using our template letter)
If you would like to write your own letter or email, you can make use of any information on this website. Or you are welcome to use our template letter, perhaps personalising it to your own circumstances and position, and maybe also including that you have a child or children in school if you do. We would be grateful if you write to your Member of Parliament whether or not you have school-age children. Add your name and email below to receive the template.
For Parents to write to their child’s school
If you are a parent of a child or children at a Devon school, please will you write to the school’s Head Teacher, any of the teachers at the school, especially those you know, and/or to the School Governors to ask them to take steps so that their pupils breathe clean air.
If you would like to write your own letter or email, you can make use of any information on this website. Or you are welcome to use our template letter, perhaps personalising it to your own circumstances and position. Add your name and email below to receive the template.
For Schools to write to the Council Leader
If you are a Head Teacher, teacher or school governor and you want to have clean air in your school, please will you write to the Leader or the Chair of the Committee that covers Devon schools to tell them and to ask them to help.
You can write or email the Leader of Devon County Council using these details:
Councillor Julian Brazil
(Kingsbridge ward Councillor)
Crab Cottage
East Prawle
Kingsbridge
TQ7 2DA
julian.brazil@devon.gov.uk
(And please note that Councillor Brazil is also the Cabinet Member for Children's Services - Education as well as being Leader of the Council.)
If you would like to write your own letter or email, you can make use of any information on this website. Or you are welcome to use our template letter, perhaps personalising it to your own circumstances and position. Add your name and email below to receive the template.
Remember to ask your friends, neighbours and family to write as well, and please tell us when you have written, and if they reply :)
The more people that write, the better the chance of success we will have.
Our Vision is to provide cleaner indoor air to benefit the health of all children
Ventilation
Opening windows lets stale indoor air out and the external air flow in
Filtration
Removing particulate matter and pathogens from the room air using air filters
Legislation
Campaigning for better standards for indoor air quality
Do you want Clean Air for Kids in Schools?
If you support our campaign for clean air for kids in schools, please send us a message.
If you want to learn more about the benefits and the solutions, please get in touch.
If you want to help, fill in the form and tell us.
And if you want to advocate for clean air in your own child’s school, we’d love to hear from you. We can help!