The Road Safety Trust launches Autumn 2024 funding round focused on road safety inequalities
The Road Safety Trust’s Autumn 2024 funding round, focused on the theme Inequalities in Road Safety, is now open for applications.
While road safety affects everyone, inequalities based on health, age, sex and gender, socio-economic status and geographic location mean that road use is not equally safe for all. This grant programme seeks to identify and address those disparities in order to save lives and reduce injuries on UK roads.
Applications are open from today, 26 September, until 1 November. Funding is available for both small grants (£10k to £50k) and large grants (£50k to £300k).
The Trust is inviting applications for projects in one or more of the following areas:
The impact of social determinants such as income and health and other demographic factors on local communities and their exposure to risk related to:
Illegal, dangerous and anti-social use of the roads, the effectiveness of current counter-measures and innovative methods for risk reduction
The unique challenges faced by rural communities and different age groups within them.
Access to, and the effectiveness of, safety-enhancing technologies
Road safety issues for children with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, as well as issues for their carers
Improving the availability and quality of demographic evidence and information, and how it can be strategically used alongside road safety evidence to support practitioners and policymakers
UK based organisations, public and professional associations, registered charities and university departments are encouraged to apply.
Ruth Purdie OBE, chief executive of The Road Safety Trust, said: "This important funding round is about exploring how different, interconnected factors - human, vehicle, and environmental - create inequalities in road safety.
“We are also keen to support practitioners and policymakers to tackle these inequalities by embracing a Safe System approach."
26 September 2024