Business Against Asthma membership scheme

Two men talking at work It is estimated that asthma costs the UK economy £2.3 billion a year, with 12 million working days lost to asthma.

Over half of people with asthma tell us that something at work makes their asthma worse.

Every seven hours someone in the UK dies from asthma. Many triggers can be found in the workplace. On average, 1 in 11 of your customers, clients or colleagues has asthma, so you need to make asthma your business.

 

Membership benefits:

In return for a suggested donation of £100 to help towards our vital work, we can provide your business with the following annual benefits:

  • advice on minimising asthma triggers in your workplace
  • advice on what to do if a member of your staff or customer has an asthma attack
  • a certificate to display at work to demonstrate your health and safety commitment to staff or customers
  • an opportunity to arrange for Asthma UK to visit your workplace to talk to about asthma
  • updates on how the support of your business is making a difference for people with asthma in your local area.

 

To start receiving these benefits or to find out more about Business Against Asthma:

 

Current members include large and small companies from a wide range of sectors:  

  • Chubb Insurance
  • Chemdry
  • Corteco
  • EnviroVent
  • Green Air Monitoring
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Napp Pharmaceuticals
  • Sound Advice
  • Wragge & Co

By joining other businesses in our scheme, you can make a big difference!

Useful materials

FSB logo

'The Federation of Small Business is keen to promote a healthy workforce as a means to healthy businesses and a healthier nation. Asthma UK has done much to raise awareness of this illness and the effects that it may have on workplace health, and we are pleased to support this work’.

Mary Boughton - Chairman Health and Safety Committee

Marks and Spencer logo

‘Marks and Spencer view the Business Against Asthma scheme as a valuable opportunity to highlight asthma awareness amongst our employees. Although our employees are not exposed to asthmagens at work we, like other businesses, have noted an increase in the number of asthma cases affecting our staff or their families. Joining the Business Against Asthma scheme gives our business an opportunity to manage these issues proactively and facilitate greater overall awareness and individual ownership of this issue.’   

Russell Turner, Operations Manager – Occupation Health