Adfree Cities
@adfreecities.bsky.social
A network of groups challenging corporate outdoor advertising and reclaiming public space for art, community and nature. Find us at www.adfreecities.org.uk & hello@adfreecities.org.uk
Listen to the Adfree Cities podcast: https://bit.ly/3YKWoW8
Listen to the Adfree Cities podcast: https://bit.ly/3YKWoW8
We're incredibly thrilled to be speaking at this #COP30 side-event on the harms of fossil fuel advertising.
Join from anywhere using the livestream link in the post below 🔗👇💚
Join from anywhere using the livestream link in the post below 🔗👇💚
#FossilFuel reliance poses a serious risk to human health.
At this #COP30 side event, public health, human rights, & energy experts join forces to highlight the #climate & human risks of fossil fuels + how policy-makers can take action.
Learn more & save the date: www.iisd.org/events/cop30...
At this #COP30 side event, public health, human rights, & energy experts join forces to highlight the #climate & human risks of fossil fuels + how policy-makers can take action.
Learn more & save the date: www.iisd.org/events/cop30...
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We're incredibly thrilled to be speaking at this #COP30 side-event on the harms of fossil fuel advertising.
Join from anywhere using the livestream link in the post below 🔗👇💚
Join from anywhere using the livestream link in the post below 🔗👇💚
Planning application alert in #Cardiff 📢 Stop this huge screen from distracting drivers & causing unnecessary light pollution - OBJECT NOW!
🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨
Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.
Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.
Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Planning application alert in #Cardiff 📢 Stop this huge screen from distracting drivers & causing unnecessary light pollution - OBJECT NOW!
Very welcome news from Reading where the council is clamping down on outdoor ads for unhealthy food.
"The issue with advertising is that it takes away that freedom of choice that we all have about what we eat" 🔥
rdg.today/reading-clam...
"The issue with advertising is that it takes away that freedom of choice that we all have about what we eat" 🔥
rdg.today/reading-clam...
Reading clamps down on unhealthy food and drink advertisements
The advertising of ‘unhealthy’ food will be clamped down upon in Reading going forward.Reading Borough Council possesses advertising space throughout
rdg.today
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Very welcome news from Reading where the council is clamping down on outdoor ads for unhealthy food.
"The issue with advertising is that it takes away that freedom of choice that we all have about what we eat" 🔥
rdg.today/reading-clam...
"The issue with advertising is that it takes away that freedom of choice that we all have about what we eat" 🔥
rdg.today/reading-clam...
Reducing the influence of advertising will help create healthier food environments and enable the shift towards a more sustainable, just food system - as highlighted by the new EAT-Lancet report, a major scientific analysis of our global food system:
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/eat-...
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/eat-...
EAT-Lancet 2025 has a vision for a fairer food system (without advertising) - Adfree Cities
The new EAT-Lancet report was published earlier this month, with a refreshed analysis of the global food system and how we might achieve a healthy diet for all which stays within planetary boundaries....
adfreecities.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reducing the influence of advertising will help create healthier food environments and enable the shift towards a more sustainable, just food system - as highlighted by the new EAT-Lancet report, a major scientific analysis of our global food system:
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/eat-...
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/eat-...
This is very shocking to see and must be distressing for those who live or work nearby. Our cities need more trees, not more ads. Let's hope the Gardai can quickly identify the culprit.
Hey @adfreecities.bsky.social! what day make of that?
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is very shocking to see and must be distressing for those who live or work nearby. Our cities need more trees, not more ads. Let's hope the Gardai can quickly identify the culprit.
Does outdoor advertising make you feel proud of your neighbourhood? The government have published a Pride in Place Strategy which says it will support councils to restrict unhealthy ads & put communities in control of their local area. Read more in our latest blog:
Does outdoor advertising make you feel proud of your neighbourhood? - Adfree Cities
For us at Adfree Cities, reducing outdoor advertising is all about creating happier, healthier communities, and giving local people - not distant corporations - more say over what their neighbourhoods...
adfreecities.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Does outdoor advertising make you feel proud of your neighbourhood? The government have published a Pride in Place Strategy which says it will support councils to restrict unhealthy ads & put communities in control of their local area. Read more in our latest blog:
"Car advertisements are as unrealistic as cigarette advertisements were... portraying glamorous aspirational scenarios that users cannot achieve: e.g. showcasing cars driving through empty cities. Congestion, air pollution, noise, crashes, and impacts of climate change do not feature."
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The harms of car dependency go far beyond traffic jams.
In our latest blog, Jennifer Mindell and Eleanor Lyons explore how cars act as commercial determinants of health, contributing to pollution, noise, road danger, and inequalities.
Read more: www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...
In our latest blog, Jennifer Mindell and Eleanor Lyons explore how cars act as commercial determinants of health, contributing to pollution, noise, road danger, and inequalities.
Read more: www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...
Cars as commercial determinants of health
Transport is important for health.
www.fph.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Car advertisements are as unrealistic as cigarette advertisements were... portraying glamorous aspirational scenarios that users cannot achieve: e.g. showcasing cars driving through empty cities. Congestion, air pollution, noise, crashes, and impacts of climate change do not feature."
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Heading to #LabourPartyConference this year? Join us for an amazing (FREE!) panel event on creating healthy public spaces.
Featuring:
- Dame Henrietta Moore
- Margaret Mullane MP
- Areeba Hamid, exec-dir at Greenpeace UK
- Cllr Julia Willams
- Hugh Ellis, TCPA.
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Featuring:
- Dame Henrietta Moore
- Margaret Mullane MP
- Areeba Hamid, exec-dir at Greenpeace UK
- Cllr Julia Willams
- Hugh Ellis, TCPA.
bit.ly/adfree-labco...
Event: Healthy neighbourhoods, green streets and thriving public spaces: how the planning system should serve local communities - Adfree Cities
Monday 29th September 2025, 11am, please register for free below@ The Institute Room, Quaker Meeting House, Liverpool (22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT) - Labour Party Conference fringe event (All we...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Heading to #LabourPartyConference this year? Join us for an amazing (FREE!) panel event on creating healthy public spaces.
Featuring:
- Dame Henrietta Moore
- Margaret Mullane MP
- Areeba Hamid, exec-dir at Greenpeace UK
- Cllr Julia Willams
- Hugh Ellis, TCPA.
bit.ly/adfree-labco...
Featuring:
- Dame Henrietta Moore
- Margaret Mullane MP
- Areeba Hamid, exec-dir at Greenpeace UK
- Cllr Julia Willams
- Hugh Ellis, TCPA.
bit.ly/adfree-labco...
Junk food & gambling ads right outside the @libdems.org.uk conference shows why we're here talking to councillors about policies to restrict harmful ads to protect #publichealth & #nature🌿 @ldnc-uk.bsky.social @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Junk food & gambling ads right outside the @libdems.org.uk conference shows why we're here talking to councillors about policies to restrict harmful ads to protect #publichealth & #nature🌿 @ldnc-uk.bsky.social @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
We're off to Greater Manchester this weekend: come and find us at one of the three venues we're visiting to talk with communities and councillors about our public spaces and public health. Full details here: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We're off to Greater Manchester this weekend: come and find us at one of the three venues we're visiting to talk with communities and councillors about our public spaces and public health. Full details here: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
We were very pleased to see the issue of outdoor advertising & the health impact on local communities raised in the Lords last week - we will be discussing this issue at our fringe event at Lib Dem conference next weekend - 21st Sept 6.15-7.15pm - & supporting councillors to take action locally
Outdoor corporate ads invade our shared spaces without consent. They cause light pollution, push things we don’t need, and make us miserable. Cities from São Paulo to Amsterdam have banned them — why not here?
#AdFreeCities | #PublicSpace | @adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdFreeCities | #PublicSpace | @adfreecities.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We were very pleased to see the issue of outdoor advertising & the health impact on local communities raised in the Lords last week - we will be discussing this issue at our fringe event at Lib Dem conference next weekend - 21st Sept 6.15-7.15pm - & supporting councillors to take action locally
Calling all #Lambeth Adblockers! 📢 Adblock Lambeth are holding a meeting on Monday 29th September - 6pm - 8pm @ The Prince Regent pub, Herne Hill. Get involved in planning their activities for the year ahead & find out more about what they have been up to - adfreecities.org.uk/lambeth/
Adblock Lambeth - Adfree Cities
Adblock Lambeth formed in February 2021. We cherish our communities and want to protect them, so we oppose corporate advertising which harms body image, equality in representation, local business and ...
adfreecities.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Calling all #Lambeth Adblockers! 📢 Adblock Lambeth are holding a meeting on Monday 29th September - 6pm - 8pm @ The Prince Regent pub, Herne Hill. Get involved in planning their activities for the year ahead & find out more about what they have been up to - adfreecities.org.uk/lambeth/
Who watches the watchdog? Erm... no-one, apparently. We submitted a joint complaint to the ASA about their own misleading adverts, along with our @badvertising.bsky.social partners. The ASA won't investigate it. So who will?
We asked the UK advertising watchdog, the ASA, to investigate its own ads for being misleading. Then, to use the universal language of clickbait, this happened (they said their own rules didn't apply to them)
@badvertising.bsky.social @adfreecities.bsky.social
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@badvertising.bsky.social @adfreecities.bsky.social
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The watchdog living beyond its rules
Advertising regulator in Britain asked to investigate its own adverts...
theecologist.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Who watches the watchdog? Erm... no-one, apparently. We submitted a joint complaint to the ASA about their own misleading adverts, along with our @badvertising.bsky.social partners. The ASA won't investigate it. So who will?
Congratulations to the Vale of Glamorgan for becoming the first local authority in #Wales to introduce an Advertising & Sponsorship Protocol which restricts 'junk food', gambling & payday loans to protect the public health of local communities 🥳 Which Welsh Council will be next?...
Not #Cardiff #Caerdydd, but great to see this down the road in the #ValeOfGlamorgan, where the council have agreed to push ahead with plans to ban unhealthy food adverts in certain public spaces. Da iawn!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
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@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
Vale of Glamorgan council ban on junk food ads to go ahead
There will be a ban on unhealthy food adverts being advertised in certain public spaces and the council website.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations to the Vale of Glamorgan for becoming the first local authority in #Wales to introduce an Advertising & Sponsorship Protocol which restricts 'junk food', gambling & payday loans to protect the public health of local communities 🥳 Which Welsh Council will be next?...
Do you live in Cardiff and want to see fewer harmful ads? Tell your councillor to support a stronger ad policy for Cardiff.
⚠️ HELP NEEDED!
Soon @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social will consider a new Advertising Policy banning ads for fossil fuel cars, gambling & alcohol on council sites. Write to your councillor to ask for their support!
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@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
Soon @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social will consider a new Advertising Policy banning ads for fossil fuel cars, gambling & alcohol on council sites. Write to your councillor to ask for their support!
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
September 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Do you live in Cardiff and want to see fewer harmful ads? Tell your councillor to support a stronger ad policy for Cardiff.
Good to see that gambling advertising is understood as a public health issue at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit & there is a need for OHID to expand their gambling harms remit to cover the impact of ads @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good to see that gambling advertising is understood as a public health issue at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit & there is a need for OHID to expand their gambling harms remit to cover the impact of ads @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
We are at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit today - Will from @endgamblingads.bsky.social highlights the 90+ councils who already ban gambling ads because they understand the impact they have on local communities. But we really need a NATIONAL BAN to protect people from gambling harms
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit today - Will from @endgamblingads.bsky.social highlights the 90+ councils who already ban gambling ads because they understand the impact they have on local communities. But we really need a NATIONAL BAN to protect people from gambling harms
Great to see that Norwich City Council have rejected new unnecessary digital ad screens in the city centre saying that additional screens would overwhelm the city's heritage & beauty with a proliferation of advertising @adblocknorwich.bsky.social www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2521730...
Officials pan bid for more screens in city centre
Officials fearing advert overload have binned multinational ad company's bid to stick even more screens on city centre streets.
www.eveningnews24.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Great to see that Norwich City Council have rejected new unnecessary digital ad screens in the city centre saying that additional screens would overwhelm the city's heritage & beauty with a proliferation of advertising @adblocknorwich.bsky.social www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2521730...
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Great to see this in the Vale of Glamorgan. More and more Welsh councils are taking such steps - but wouldn't it be great to see parties campaigning for a national ban at next year's Senedd election?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
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@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
Vale of Glamorgan council hopes to ban junk food adverts
Vale of Glamorgan council could be the first to ban junk food adverts in some public spaces.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Great to see this in the Vale of Glamorgan. More and more Welsh councils are taking such steps - but wouldn't it be great to see parties campaigning for a national ban at next year's Senedd election?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@adfreecities.bsky.social
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
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We can't afford billionaires. We can't afford extreme wealth. But we CAN afford living wages and a good life for all workers. So we're joining @makethempay.bsky.social with the Billionaires Out of Fashion bloc. Join us!
August 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We can't afford billionaires. We can't afford extreme wealth. But we CAN afford living wages and a good life for all workers. So we're joining @makethempay.bsky.social with the Billionaires Out of Fashion bloc. Join us!
Three dilapidated billboards in east Bristol have got us thinking about how the space could look different.
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Three dilapidated billboards in east Bristol have got us thinking about how the space could look different.
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
🌼 Heading to #GreenGathering this weekend? So are we!
We're bringing our anti-advertising monstrosity #BillboardDystopia to the Campaigns Field, and running workshops in the Campaigns Dome on Friday at 12pm and Saturday at 2pm. Hope to see you there 💚 www.greengathering.org.uk/campaigns-fi...
We're bringing our anti-advertising monstrosity #BillboardDystopia to the Campaigns Field, and running workshops in the Campaigns Dome on Friday at 12pm and Saturday at 2pm. Hope to see you there 💚 www.greengathering.org.uk/campaigns-fi...
Campaigns Field
The Campaigns Field is the centre of politics and protest at the Gathering – bringing together activists and academics, and raising awareness around diverse social and environmental justice issues.
www.greengathering.org.uk
July 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌼 Heading to #GreenGathering this weekend? So are we!
We're bringing our anti-advertising monstrosity #BillboardDystopia to the Campaigns Field, and running workshops in the Campaigns Dome on Friday at 12pm and Saturday at 2pm. Hope to see you there 💚 www.greengathering.org.uk/campaigns-fi...
We're bringing our anti-advertising monstrosity #BillboardDystopia to the Campaigns Field, and running workshops in the Campaigns Dome on Friday at 12pm and Saturday at 2pm. Hope to see you there 💚 www.greengathering.org.uk/campaigns-fi...
France set to pass advertising ban on ultra-fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu 🙌
This is the kind of bold action we need to break the cycles of consumerism that are so harmful to people and planet.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
This is the kind of bold action we need to break the cycles of consumerism that are so harmful to people and planet.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
French Senate backs law to curb ultra fast-fashion
France's Senate approved a revised version of a law regulating fast fashion on Tuesday, which if implemented would ban advertising by fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu.
www.reuters.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
France set to pass advertising ban on ultra-fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu 🙌
This is the kind of bold action we need to break the cycles of consumerism that are so harmful to people and planet.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
This is the kind of bold action we need to break the cycles of consumerism that are so harmful to people and planet.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Former president of WPP UK - an ad firm representing some of the world's worst polluters - is now able to influence UK foreign policy.
Is this what being a climate leader looks like?
novaramedia.com/2025/07/16/d...
Is this what being a climate leader looks like?
novaramedia.com/2025/07/16/d...
David Lammy Shouldn’t Have Given a Spin Doctor for Planetary Death a Plum Foreign Office Job | Novara Media
Is someone who has years of experience doing PR for fossil fuel companies wrecking the planet the best choice to oversee the Foreign Office? Obviously not, writes Adam Ramsay.
novaramedia.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Former president of WPP UK - an ad firm representing some of the world's worst polluters - is now able to influence UK foreign policy.
Is this what being a climate leader looks like?
novaramedia.com/2025/07/16/d...
Is this what being a climate leader looks like?
novaramedia.com/2025/07/16/d...
🐮 Demand for industrial animal farming is driven by advertising and marketing.
👩🌾 This petition calls on government to promote plant-based foods, and end any support for campaigns promoting meat and dairy. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
👩🌾 This petition calls on government to promote plant-based foods, and end any support for campaigns promoting meat and dairy. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Promote plant-based foods over meat and dairy for a healthier Britain
To help protect planetary and human health, the Government must promote plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, and legumes, and end any support for campaigns promoting meat and dairy....
petition.parliament.uk
July 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🐮 Demand for industrial animal farming is driven by advertising and marketing.
👩🌾 This petition calls on government to promote plant-based foods, and end any support for campaigns promoting meat and dairy. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
👩🌾 This petition calls on government to promote plant-based foods, and end any support for campaigns promoting meat and dairy. Please sign and share:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...