Global Action Plan

Could you be our next Chair of Trustees? Applications are open until 28 March. Watch our outgoing Chair of Trustees, Jeremy Oppenheim share his highlights from being part of an environmental charity that takes action on the systems that harm us and our planet. "We live in an uncertain time and a moment where, understandably, the younger generation has a real sense of anxiety about the way in which the future might play out. What Global Action Plan does at its best is to take that uncertainty and to take those concerns and to channel them into creative, positive and purposeful action." Our focus areas are working for cleaner air, educational reform and to make the online climate safer for our lives and our planet. If this interests you, and you can champion intersectional change, we'd love to hear from you. Download our candidate pack and apply now: https://lnkd.in/ePUgnHDV

Can you help us make the internet safer? If you’re a parent of an 11-16 year old who has been the target of an online scam - where someone has pretended to be who they're not in order to get your child to give them private information, or money, or get involved in a fake selling scheme - then we would love to talk to both you and your child. We will pay you £40 for your time in attending the session. We’re working to make the internet safer and we urgently need stories from young people and families who have been impacted by online scams, to understand the lasting emotional impact and to help us raise awareness and create change. Elements from the stories shared with us will be made anonymous and used by Global Action Plan and Global Action Plan’s campaign brand collaborators on Safer Internet Day as part of a press and social media campaign to highlight the impact of scams on young people. Complete this form to book a 30 minute Zoom call with a DBS-checked practitioner - to take place before 5th February - with you and your child. Please share this opportunity with your networks. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5eqP9ki

Wood burning harms our health and the environment but most people don't know that it is a major source of air pollution. Protect your health. Protect the planet. Find out the facts about wood burning tonight on #CleanAirNight ⬇ https://lnkd.in/dH_HU-8a

It's Clean Air Night! We’re supporting the Global Action Plan organisation to spark a conversation about wood burning across Surrey and ensure everyone can make informed decisions about how to heat their homes. You can get involved by: 🔥 Learning the facts about wood burning and how it harms your health and the planet by visiting the Clean Air Hub and exploring #CleanAirNight 🔥 Sharing what you learn with your family, friends and community to spark conversations about the harms of wood burning and protect everyone’s health Find out the facts now ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e4w4EVua

Thank you to everyone for taking part in #CleanAirNight 2025, and thanks again to our funders Impact on Urban Health, Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government and Greater London Authority. Visit the Clean Air Hub to learn the facts about wood burning and share them with your communities, friends and networks ⬇️   https://lnkd.in/e4w4EVua

Tonight is Clean Air Night. In the UK, domestic wood burning is now responsible for more harmful fine particle air pollution (PM 2.5) than all road transport emissions combined. It can be particularly harmful for our health as the smoke enters your bloodstream when inhaled and causes heart and lung disease, diabetes, and dementia. From the 1970s to the early 2000s levels of air pollutants steadily declined, largely due to improved transport standards and reduced coal burning. This change has plateaued in recent years as more and more people fit wood burning stoves into their homes. The RCOG is a member of the UK Health Alliance for Climate Change and we have focused lots of our advocacy work on the impact of air pollution, which can damage health across our lifetime and has particular risks for pregnant women and during fetal development. Dr Maddie Di Vicq (Clinical Fellow, Sustainability and Climate Change) has written a blog about the importance of advocating for reducing air pollution. She also shares some of the wider work of the College to respond to the climate crisis and advocate for a healthier future for women and girls. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wQaqq

Watch our Clean Air Night film - The Enlightening - and shine a light on the uncomfortable truth about wood burning. This #CleanAirNight, learn the facts about wood burning and share with your contacts, families and communities. https://lnkd.in/e58fmP2W https://lnkd.in/eSMeZwD5

"The lung effects [of wood smoke include] inflammation, infection, reduced lung function, and more recently we recognised an uncomfortable increase in lung cancer among non-smokers." - Professor Stephen Holgate, University of Southampton If you can smell wood burning, you are breathing in harmful air pollution. Learn more about the health impacts and share with your community: https://lnkd.in/e58fmP2W #CleanAirNight

It's #CleanAirNight! 🌖 You can get involved by: 🔥 Learning about wood burning: How it harms health and the planet by visiting the Clean Air Hub and exploring #CleanAirNight 🔥 Sharing what you learn with your family, friends and community to spark conversations about the harms of wood burning and protect everyone’s health. Find out the facts now ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e4w4EVua

"We need much more awareness of the health effects of wood smoke in different organs of the body" Dr Mark R. Miller, University of Edinburgh Find out more about the impacts of wood burning on your health and the environment on the Clean Air Hub ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e58fmP2W #CleanAirNight