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This page focuses on developing specific skills to support your advocacy work. Remember, as a healthcare professional you already have a range of skills that you can draw from. Effective advocacy, like clinical work, requires you to listen to others’ concerns, understand the evidence base, build tru...

If you have decided you're ready to step out of your comfort zone and expand your sphere of influence beyond the clinic room, this section is for you. Find inspiration through learning about clean air advocacy happening across the UK and further afield.

This page provides an introduction to advocacy, outlines its relevance to the role of child health professionals, and suggests the first steps you might want to take on your journey towards using your voice as a child health advocate.

We need to get the basics right. Before talking about the 'tricky' topic of air pollution, remind yourself how best to engage with children and young people (CYP) and their families.

This page hosts resources that clinicians can signpost CYP and families to when talking about air pollution.

Having established some basic principles for engaging with CYP and their families, the next step is to apply these to the topic of air pollution. This resource is suitable for any child health professional wanting to improve their confidence communicating about air pollution.

For policy makers, NHS leaders and child health professionals. Read a summary of our plan, and watch this space for future learning and a report due in spring 2025.

The Clean Air Fund Partnership team at RCPCH have prepared some 'deep dives' into specific air pollution topics - for those who already know the basics and are interested to learn more.

On this page, you'll find key RCPCH and external resources curated for easy access and sharing. Explore the list below to locate and share relevant information with your colleagues.

Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to public health. Children’s health, development and wellbeing are profoundly affected, with exposure to air pollution the second leading risk factor for death in children under 5, both globally and in the UK. Air pollution disproportionately impact...