Volunteers are needed for a series of air quality action days to encourage motorists to switch off their engines when stationary in west London.
Councils in Hammersmith and Fuham and Kensington and Chelsea are searching for Clean Air Champions, as they will be known, to be part of an innovative education and behaviour change campaign.
They will be needed to commit to two hours on at least one action day.
At K&C, a 90-minute training day took place on Monday (October 3), where volunteers learnt how to work with the public to help them understand how important it is to improve air quality. The first of its action days takes place on October 17.
In H&F, a training session was held on Thursday (October 6), with the first action day October 18.
Researchers at King’s College London estimate that 10,000 people die early in London each year - 200 in the Royal Borough alone - as a result of long-term exposure to poor air quality.
Councillor Tim Ahern, the Royal borough’s cabinet member for the environment, said: “Leaving a vehicle engine running when parked contributes to air pollution.
"That’s why we are asking motorists to switch off their engine when parked as it’s an easy way to play your part in helping to improve air quality.
“If you work or live in borough and can spare a few hours to help us raise awareness of this important issue I would urge you to sign up to one of our training sessions.”
His counterpart at H&F, Councillor Wesley Harcourt, added: "Air pollution is a killer in a congested inner London borough like ours and we are absolutely determined to take firm positive action now to fight it."
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