Noise Action Week
Noise Action Week 22 – 27 May 2017
Noise Action Week is coordintated every year by Environmental Protection UK. It aims to raise awareness of the cost of noise to the health and well being of communities. Investigating noise complaints costs councils £130 – £7k per complaint, and evidence is mounting up on the harm it does to our health.
Lets us know what you’re planning for Noise Action Week 2017 – activities notified so far include:
- North Hertfordshire DC will be in town talking to residents about noise
- Network Rail Cross Rail programme are distributing posters to their construction sites across London reminding workers to keep the noise down
- Team Canning in Nottingham will be patroling the streets (with storm troopers, possibly) ensuring noise doesn’t get out of hand
- Uttlesford DC in Essex are contacting all primary schools encouraging them to educate children on the risks of loud noise
Loads of great work took place for NAW 2016. Local authorities and housing providers across the country raised awareness of their services, along with consultancies and businesses working on noise management. Here are some of them to inspire you for 2017:
- West Midlands Housing showed what not to do to your colleagues
- Chelmsford CC mapped noise hotspots enabling public health professionals to advise residents in those areas on noise services
- Pembrokeshire C spoke to license holders about managing noise from music in pubs and clubs
- Ashram Moseley, a West Midlands housing provider, spoke to residents offering information on noise problems
- Nottingham City Homes talked to tenants about noise
- Sedgemoor District Council were out and about in Bridgewater working to cut the cost of noise problems
- .. and we couldn’t get away without a mention of the Brexit debate – with consultancy Bureau Veritas publishing a blog on the European influence on noise standards
To keep in touch with our work on noise sign up to our mailing list by contacting: noiseactionweek@susspace.org.uk
Noise Action Week is co-ordinated by Environmental Protection UK who work year round supporting the work of professionals in noise management.