Today, VodafoneThree hosted the inaugural Breathe London Awards, bringing together industry leaders, healthcare partners, local authorities and community organisations to celebrate the pioneering projects improving air quality across the capital.
Held at VodafoneThree’s London headquarters, the event welcomed the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Mete Coban MBE, the Breathe London consortium, and clean air advocates from across the city.
The awards, supported by Breathe Cities, recognised organisations which have been using data from the Breathe London air quality network to drive meaningful change in communities, schools and healthcare settings across London.
Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Mete Coban MBE, said:
“I was honoured to host the inaugural Breathe London Awards today, to celebrate the fantastic efforts of community groups, health organisations and local authorities to raise awareness of air quality and empower their communities to take action to improve it. Congratulations to all the winners, I can’t wait to see how your projects develop in the future.
“It’s been great seeing how the Breathe London Initiative has grown over the past five years and today is a celebration of what can happen when we take action on air quality at a local level, to help build a cleaner, safer city for everyone.”
Celebrating London’s clean air pioneers
The winners of the 2026 Breathe London Awards showcase how data, collaboration and innovation can deliver tangible improvements in air quality and health outcomes:
Community Collaboration: Knitting the Air
Health & Wellbeing: Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts
Local Authority Leadership: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Schools: William Byrd Primary School
Storytelling: What’s the Matter CIC
Judge’s Choice: Great Ormond Street Hospital
Powering cleaner air through technology and connectivity
Since June 2025, VodafoneThree has been leading a consortium of partners and providing the digital infrastructure that underpins the network in the next phase of the Mayor of London’s Breathe London Network.
By enabling connectivity for air quality sensors and supporting the platform that hosts and shares the data, VodafoneThree is helping turn real-time environmental insight into practical action. The company is also hosting sensors within its own sites and using its network capabilities to scale access to hyper-local data across the capital.
Through this work, VodafoneThree is demonstrating how advanced connectivity can be harnessed not just to connect people and businesses, but to accelerate environmental progress and improve public health outcomes.
The Breathe London network includes live sensors across 32 London boroughs and the City of London, making air pollution more visible, understandable and actionable.
Catherine Holiday, Head of Sustainability & Social Impact at VodafoneThree said:
“Air pollution may be invisible, but its impact on our health and communities is not. What Breathe London is doing – turning complex data into clear, local insight – is helping people act, not just observe. At VodafoneThree, we’re committed to using our network to power that shift, connecting sensors, scaling access to hyper-local data, and helping partners turn insight into real-world change. The organisations recognised today show what’s possible when technology, collaboration and local leadership come together, and why this work matters now more than ever.”
