In a significant step towards its ambition of achieving ‘Vision Zero’ – zero deaths and serious injuries on UK roads – The Road Safety Trust has announced £2.4 million in grant funding for 11 pioneering projects. From cutting-edge trauma research, to testing the effectiveness of child cycle helmets, these varied projects have the potential to reduce collisions, improve post-crash treatment and care and save lives in communities across the country. Among the projects to receive funding is ‘IMPACT’, led by the Devon Air Ambulance Trust. This research programme will focus…
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£300k Funding for road safety projects announced
New funding announced in response to the impact Covid-19 has had on UK roads for charities, local authorities, and community groups. Road Safety Trust, a charity dedicated to making the UK’s roads the safest in the world, will open its Small Grants Plus Programme to applications on 15th September for five weeks. The scheduled Small Grants Programme was suspended in March 2020 and the reintroduction of it has been modified to encourage applications that respond to changing road use and emerging road safety issues as a result of the Covid-19…
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