Asthma Friendly Schools

The Asthma Friendly Schools programme sets out clear, effective partnership arrangements between health, education and local authorities for managing children and young people with asthma at primary and secondary schools.

For more information, please contact:

Carol Stonham - carol.stonham@nhs.net 

Douglas Forbes - douglas.forbes1@nhs.net 

Watch the Asthma Friendly Schools Video:

Click here to complete the questionnaire for your school. 

Click here to download the Gloucestershire Asthma Friendly Schools Guide, to find out more about the programme

Click here to complete the questionnaire for your school. 

Learn about the effects of asthma and vaping here.

Resources 

Preventable - a film about asthma, created by teenagers for teenagers

Click here to find out what you can do to lower your risk from air pollution, including checking pollution alters, and what steps you can take yourself to lower air pollution levels. 

Click here to access asthma & lung UK Health Advice Resources - includes asthma action plans for under-and-over 12s, and in other languages. 

Cick here for help and guidance from the NHS about asthma care 

Click here to find out how to manage asthma for young people (including during puberty, when studying and leaving home)

 See data on child asthma and find out about the study here