Noise Action Week is 21-25 May 2012. As an organisation Discount Hearing Aids are often involved in fixing the damage that has already been inflicted by exposure to excessive noise, so we feel a week dedicated to highlighting how noisy the world is we live in, and try to encourage everyone around us to be aware of this fact is not a bad idea!
Noise Action Week is a campaign to raise awareness and encourage people to think about how we can engage in reducing noise pollution around us in our own communities and neighbourhoods.
We feel it’s much better to concentrate minds on how to reduce noise than have to deal with the aftermath of potential hearing loss.
Noise Action Week is an annual initiative coordinated by Environmental Protection UK, a voluntary organisation supported by pollution control professionals which has been working for a cleaner, quieter, healthier world since 1898.
NAW 2012 is supported by Defra – the government department with responsibility for noise issues.
Each year Noise Action Week encourages local authorities, housing providers, mediation services, community groups and all those involved in neighbourhood noise management to engage their local community in reducing every day noise by:
- Highlighting the problems noise disturbance can cause
- Promoting practical solutions to noise problems
- Promoting communication and consideration between neighbours
- Informing communities of noise-related services available
- Educating and informing noise makers and noise sufferers about noise reduction
- Encouraging everyone to take a quiet moment to consider the noises they make
