2020 main grants theme

CEO's Blog

24 Jan

As an independent grant giving Trust we are dedicated to making the UK’s roads the safest in the world. We focus on funding projects that protect vulnerable road users, in particular, young and older drivers, pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists.

Each year we have two rounds of funding - our main grants round, which opens this year for applications between 14 February and 14 May, and our smaller grants programme in the autumn, which aims to improve road safety at a local level.

We decided to theme our main grants programme so that we could provide a focus to the applications. In 2018 we hosted an online consultation of the 2019 and 2020 main grants round. We wanted to ensure that our themes were relevant to the sector, and would also help us achieve our mission of making the UK’s roads the safest in the world.

164 participants engaged with the online consultation, including Local Authorities, Police Forces, Fire & Rescue Services, Grantees, Police and Crime Commissioners and Safer Roads Partnerships, plus other organisations and individuals working in and/or with an interest in road safety.

We asked participants to rate by importance 12 themes we considered to be gaps in research, work or knowledge. Nearly 40% of respondents rated ‘How can technology be used to reduce road offending and improve road safety?’ as ‘crucial’. Therefore providing us with a focus.

We all know that developing and emerging technologies will have an impact on the way that we live. We want to see applications that use technology to address specific road safety problems. Using technology through in vehicle, infrastructure or applications and tools.

If you are a UK-based organisation, public or professional association, registered charity, or university department working on practical measures, research, dissemination and education around the role of technology and innovation on our roads, we would love to hear from you.

Our grants are available for up to two or three years and can range from £10,000 up to £200,000, depending on the programme. Eligible projects might include evidence reviews, trials, roll-outs, evaluations and support for the profession through guidance or other resources.

Click here for more information on how to apply.

Sally Lines is CEO of Road Safety Trust.

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