… Together we’re charting a course to cleaner air in Birmingham This October, we hosted our first Birmingham Clean Air Community Conference. In partnership with the Clean Air … harmful pollutants into the air. We were thrilled to be joined by a diverse range of local campaigners, …

… Marathon this year. Here she tells us about her journey to running half marathons and why supporting Asthma + Lung UK is so important to her and her family. Lesley, Asthma + Lung UK supporter … runner. I am all about the finish line - not the finish time. My favourite run is the London Landmarks Half Marathon. …

… they haven't really understood my respiratory condition. I think possibly clinicians’ understanding of people is getting … may play a role in this: “Having greater access, I think, to things that people enjoy which would be positive, … then some of these things might be easier to access. I think upskilling respiratory clinicians more in mental health …

… I was always interested in health and enjoyed exercise. I also found being active improved my asthma symptoms and …

… said they’d double my sponsorship if I dyed my beard blue, so I did exactly that. Throughout the race, as well as … people were also shouting support for ‘the man with the blue beard!’ The support helped immensely, and seeing family …

… our amazing fundraisers Our amazing supporters never fail to impress us with their creativity and passion. This year … I’ve learnt to take a few different types of inhalers, do peak flow tests and learn how anxiety and stress can impact my asthma. All of that is …

… an incredible £15,400 for us. This money will be used to support our work fighting for the nation’s lung health. We … your own fundraising event – big or small – we’d love to support you. We can help you with ideas or tell us your own! … it. Find out more about doing your own fundraising to support Asthma + Lung UK. Your own fundraising Whether you're …

… for Asthma + Lung UK and the paramedics at Essex & Herts Air Ambulance who quickly arrived after Dad’s fall. Taking on … doing a skydive they said that I was brave. I felt brave like Dad was The morning after Dad died I woke up feeling brave like he was, not sadness. Time is so limited and life is so …

… He would have thought I was bonkers: running in memory of my uncle … that was there for me and he is missed terribly. He would have thought I was bonkers running a 10k, but he would have been proud I’m sure. He was a Burnley FC fan, and for …

… Accident and Emergency numerous times, using a nebuliser to help stabilise his breathing. As a teenager, Grant played … when you are an adult, not just as a child. I want to raise awareness of the importance of making sure that you … As an adult, Grant was sometimes complacent when it came to taking his steroid inhaler every day as prescribed and …

… is to have support I’ve always been lucky to have support from my GP so I feel like my asthma is well controlled. I … over 8 years since I last did a charity cycle, which was from Vietnam to Cambodia. The London to Paris was even more … on my Instagram to take people along my journey with me, from getting the sleeper train down from Aberdeen, cycling …