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About Us

Who we are

The East End Quality of Life Initiative (EEQOL) is an innovative, community led project with a track record of delivering social, economic and environmental change within Sheffield, across South Yorkshire and with influence nationally. The project is funded by Sheffield Primary Care Trust.

 

What we do

EEQOL works through a community advocacy and research role to give practical support to community forums in Tinsley, Darnall, and Handsworth. The project co-ordinates a city-wide community network monitoring air quality, using diffusion tubes to monitor levels of nitrogen dioxide.

 

Past Achievements

  • Worked with  Sheffield City Council, Tinsley Parents and Childrens Consortium, and Tinsley Sure Start to ensure the new Tinsley Green Centre is an outstanding example of environmental good practice for Sheffield.

  • Helped set up the participation of local communities to influence decision making in regeneration areas funded by Objective 1 in South Yorkshire

  • Undertook a participatory Health Impact Assessment of the Rotherham Sheffield Motorway Corridor Planning Study.
What's New?

Download the briefing paper by Professor Reece Walters of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) at King’s College London Crime is in the air :air pollution and regulation in the UK

Concerns over air pollution in Tinsley featured on BBC's Look North on Monday 2 Nov 2009

Follow this link to watch the programme (feature starts approx 50 seconds into programme).

Residents protest over traffic pollution

Concerned residents confronted motorists making their morning commute into Sheffield to urge them to cut their car use - read the full article in the Star, 17 September 2009, and see more photos from Tinsley and Darnall.
Outstanding Contribution to Improving Air Quality

Neil Parry, Project Co-ordinator for East End Quality of Life Initiative, recently received Care4Air's most prestigious award for his outstanding contribution to improving air quality in South Yorkshire.

 

Click here for more information and to view Care4Air's video.

Click here to read David Bocking's article in the Sheffield Telegraph, 18 June 2008.
Air Quality and Health Trends in the Community Assembly East area

Download a booklet with useful information on air quality, health and neighbourhoods for the Arbourthorne, Darnall, Manor Castle and Richmond Wards.

 
Air Quality and Health Trends

East End Quality of Life Initiative has produced some booklets for the Community Air Quality Monitoring groups, bringing together air quality and health trends with a summary of the health effects of air pollution which can be found on the Reports page.

 
Air Quality in Sheffield

Download the latest air quality graphs for your local community.

Find out more about air quality in Sheffield.

 
Browse our Photo Gallery

Tinsley Health Week 2009

Installing underfloor insulation in the cellar of a terraced house in Tinsley

Tinsley in the snow, February 2009

Tinsley insulation advice, February 2009

29 April 2008 Tinsley Forum visit to Crosby Beach and Liverpool

See some of the events and projects in Darnall and Tinsley that East End Quality of Life Initiative has been involved in over the years.
Kettlebridge Action Group win Green Pennant Award

Read the article in the Sheffield Star for more details.

How energy efficient is your home?

Find out more about fuel poverty and affordable warmth in Sheffield:

Contact Sheffield City Council's Sustainable Housing and Affordable Warmth (SHAW) team on 0114 273 6294 or visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/greenhomes

Care4Air hosted the 5th annual Clearer Future Conference on Thursday 17 September 2009 at the Royal Victoria Holiday Inn, Sheffield. Follow this link for more details or to download presentations.
Read about research into links between air pollution and deaths from pneumonia, published 15 April 2008
Recent Achievements