Our Advocacy Work

As a charitable organisation, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive support to individuals whose lives are impacted by allergic conditions. Our advocacy efforts, however, go beyond direct assistance. We strive to drive legislative, policy and structural changes within our society, ensuring that the needs and considerations of the allergic community are adequately accommodated and addressed. Understanding the multifaceted challenges posed by allergies, we aim to be a reliable source of guidance and information for those who are responsible for devising policies that directly impact our community. Our goal is for our advocacy work to foster changes which improve the day-to-day experiences of those living with allergies across all areas of society.

We actively listen to you so we can tell healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders what changes they need to make to cultivate an environment where the needs and concerns of the allergy community are being accommodated.

Allergy UK is a proud core member of the National Allergy Strategy Group. Formed in 2003, the group has advocated for solutions to the crisis in allergy care for over two decades. We are currently supporting the development and launch of the UK’s first National Allergy Strategy. Read more about this work [here].

We currently have two active advocacy campaigns: The introduction of specialist allergy nurses and dieticians in every Integrated Care System, and to introduce a National Allergy Register of patient health data, embedded within a digital Single Patient Record, These campaigns have been informed by the insights we gained when developing the first Patient Charter for people living with allergic disease.