Deadline: 7-Nov-23
Applications are now open for the The Road Safety Trust Small and Large Grants Programme.
The Road Safety Trust uses any surplus gifted by the not-for-profit trading subsidiary company, UKROEd, to help create safer roads and protect road users.
As a small charity with low running costs, the vast majority of this income goes to support vital road safety studies and initiatives, through the grant programmes.
Funding Information
- Small Grants
- The maximum project length under this grant programme is 24 months. In 2023, the minimum amount is £20,000 and the maximum is £50,000 over two years in total.
- Large Grants
- For grants between £50,000 and £500,000. Funding is available for a maximum of three years.
Eligible Projects
- Small Grants
- The main aim of the Small Grants Programme is to improve road safety at a local level.
- Eligible projects are pilots/trials, expanding successful trials across a new area, and/or the evaluation of interventions. Projects should have the potential for being brought to scale – with the ultimate goal of reducing deaths and injuries both locally and across the UK.
- Large Grants
- They expect the projects funded by The Road Safety Trust to focus on engineering, infrastructure and technological measures, while recognising the contribution of education and enforcement to these measures.
- The main objective of any project should always be to help protect vulnerable road users.
- Eligible projects might include evidence reviews, trials, roll-outs, evaluations and support for the profession through guidance or other resources.
Who can apply?
- Small Grants
- Local Authorities, Police Forces, Fire and Rescue Services or UK-based registered charities, legally constituted not-for-profit social enterprises or community interest companies can apply. Universities can apply in partnership with another organisation in order to achieve practical outcomes.
- Large Grants
- Organisations, public and professional associations, registered charities and university departments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may apply for Large Grants.
- Individuals are not eligible for grants from The Road Safety Trust unless they are part of a larger research or project team. In addition, private commercial enterprises, Community Interest Companies and not-for-profit businesses will be considered for funding as long as the schemes or initiatives proposed are for charitable activity, are for public benefit and are in line with the priorities.
- In some cases, they may also accept applications from overseas organisations, eg. for world class research with the potential to benefit UK road users. This should be discussed with us before applying.
For more information, visit The Road Safety Trust.