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UK Noise Association celebrated
​Noise Awareness Day 2022

Petition to ban petrol
leaf blowers in the UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618978
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London Restaurants too Noisy
The Times June 22nd 2022

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Noise Complaints Statistics for Northern Ireland 2019 - 2020 (Published 28th July 2022)
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The UK Noise Association is a voluntary non-charitable, non profit making campaigning organisation. At present it is being run by a group of people with proven expertise in noise and many years of experience campaigning on the issue.

The Noise Association is our charitable wing that carries out research and produces publications from time to time.
Both bring together a coalition of key organisations lobbying on different aspects of noise.  We highlight noise problems but our focus is on solutions.  We believe a quieter world is possible.

Our contact details are at the top of the page and a Contact Form at the bottom of this page.
Unfortunately, though, we are not in a position to assist people with individual noise problems our helpful links page includes details of bodies which can help.
Go to Cut Noise Blog for dozens of interesting, informative and provocative blogs

Drones & Air Taxis?
Could this mean more noise?

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LEAF BLOWERS
 
UK PETITION TO BAN PETROL LEAFBLOWERS IN THE UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618978

Leaf Blowers can cause real noise problems
Leak Blowers have been a problem in America for many years but they are now also a problem in the UK.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/leaf-blowers-health-noise-hazards/#:~:text=The%20inefficient%20gas%20engines%20typically,loss%2C%20according%20to%20the%20CDC.
 
100 American cities have banned noisy leaf blowers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/gas-leaf-blowers-banned-washington-dc
 
A petition to ban noisy leaf blowers in the UK
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/asblow-campaign-to-outlaw-noisy-polluting-leaf-blowers

What's New:

New Case Note
Ray v Windrush Riverside Properties Ltd
18th Oct 2022
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How noisy it is when out and about in London?
This is an outstanding video, shot in London, from our friends at Soundprint. How noisy are London neighborhoods Covent Garden and Soho? Is it safe to have a conversation in a busy food hall? Is the public aware of safe noise levels?
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BBC One Show coverage about noise cameras

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Widespread coverage in papers on the roll-out of noise cameras. Our chair, John Stewart, featured on the One Show yesterday (17th Oct) talking about them:
Bradford noise-detecting camera to crack down on boy racers - BBC News
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Latest edition of The Bottom Rung
Autumn 2022
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A Quieter, More Respectful Society: "Quiet Begins with You"
An article by Arline Bronzaft L.PhD
​A Quieter, More Respectful Society : The Hearing Journal (lww.com)

Welcome from our Honorary President, Val Weedon MBE.

A QUIET WORD


In 1991 I embarked on a local campaign to highlight the problem of neighbour noise after my partner and I had been forced to move house following a year long dispute with a noisy anti-social neighbour.  That local campaign turned into a national campaign and nine years further down the line I had made contact with many other campaigners involved in actively trying to do something about noise that impacted in many types of forms.  
As well as neighbour noise, there was community noise, traffic noise, aircraft noise, wind turbine noise, industrial noise and background noise (or piped music).  Together,  we would meet regularly to share our concerns at this growing menace.  Then in the year 2000 we decided to set up a coalition and call ourselves the UK Noise Association.   We managed to secure some funding that enabled us to influence  politicians and policy makers.  In 2011 our book Why Noise Matters was published. Highly recommended for those wanting to know more.
​Although we have a small amount of funding remaining, all our work these days is carried out voluntarily by a small team of dedicated UK Noise Association activists.   As an organisation we believe that noise reduction is achievable, but we are also realistic that it is an on-going problem with new issues rearing its ugly head all the time.   A lot of noise reduction is down to simple behaviour modification and the rest is down to the will of politicians, planners, policy makers and the manufacturing industry producing quieter products for the future. 
We hope you will do your bit and help make the world a quieter place.
Val Weedon MBE
(April 2021)
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