Indoor Allergy Awareness Week

Allergy UK acknowledges the value of research into better understanding the risks of exposure to nut allergens during air travel and welcomes further investigations into this. The findings and recommendations of the latest study “A Review of Evidence: Passenger Exposure to Peanut and Tree Nut Allergens on Airlines” have the potential to allay concerns within the nut allergic community regarding air travel, but only if these are understood and adopted in their entirety without any oversimplification.

The findings from inquest on the needless death of Hannah Jacobs made for difficult and sobering reading recently. The loss of such a young life is always heartbreaking, but to know that once again, a failure to take a food allergy seriously was the cause of Hannah’s death is exasperating, especially to anyone within the allergic community. Allergy UK’s thoughts are with her Hannah’s family and loved ones as they navigate through this period of grief.

Allergy UK has been working in collaboration with Girlguiding London and Southeast England to launch the Allergy Aware badge. If you have a child who is part of the Girlguiding London and Southeast region and would like to see this rolled out more widely, why don’t you get in touch with the leader and encourage them to consider activities from the Allergy Aware pack?