Successful projects under the Road Safety Grant Challenge Fund 2002-3

Applicant

 Proposals

Grant

Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust

Bicycle Helmet Guidelines for Schools. The guidelines aim to inform teachers on the benefits of bicycle helmets as part of any school policy of cycling to and from school. The document provides information that will allow teachers to fully understand the benefit of helmets and how they are effective in reducing head injury.    

£8,743.00

Brake

Head restraints and keeping your distance promotional materials. The project produced 200,000 copies of two leaflets, one showing how to correctly adjust head restraints and the other reminding drivers of the importance of keeping their distance. 5,000 copies of each leaflet was also reproduced in poster form.        

£8,451.00

Brake

Safe driving guide for young drivers. The project  produced 39,000 copies of the guide. The guide will be distributed free of charge to a total of 10,000 named driving instructors. Upon request, further copies of the guide will be provided free of charge, except for a charge to cover the cost of postage and packing. The guides will also be available to schemes such as DSA's schools programme and other schemes run by police and Road Safety Officer's

£12,330.00

Devon and Cornwall Housing Association.

Playing it safe. The project aims, in partnership with social housing tenants, to explore methods of improving the road safety of children on housing estates whilst recognising the fact that children do access the road for play activities. The project also aims to inform decision makers in local authority planning departments and housing development professionals of the importance of child road safety and the reality of child play on social housing schemes.       

£9,500.00

European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)

3 activities in annual work programme: Best in Europe RS Conf; European Transport Safety Lecture; and Visions, Strategies and Targets newsletter.

The European Transport Safety Lecture will be held on 22 January 2003 and aims to bring together key individuals who, in view of their role and responsibilities, will make a major contribution to shaping future levels of transport safety. The theme for the lecture  is: Ageing Europe: the challenges and opportunities for transport safety.

The Visions, Strategies and Targets Newsletter has 2,000 copies. It aims to provide information for professionals and policymakers throughout Europe on key developments in targeted road safety programmes in other countries and developments at EU level. The February/March 2003 edition will focus on the 3rd EU Road safety Action Programme; present updates on developments on targeted programmes previously covered in this series; the UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark and Finland; report on any new programmes such as those expected in

£9,450.00

Headway - The Brain Injury Association

Driving after brain injury. To produce and distribute 3,000 free copies of a specialist publication "Driving after Brain Injury".    

£4,474.80

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

Risk Assessment workshop for RSOs. The project will develop and conduct four practical Risk Assessment Workshops for Road Safety Officers, tailored to their specific needs. The workshops will be run by one of RoSPAs qualified Occupational Safety Trainers and include: Principles of Risk Management; Control Strategies; Practical Exercises; and Feedback.  (Workshops held in London, Coventry, Manchester and Birmingham).   

£9,141.00

RoSPA

Guidance for parents on young novice drivers risk. The project will produce advice and guidance (both hard copy and website versions) for parents about the characteristics and accident risk of learner and novice drivers.    

£9,833.00

RoSPA

Child car restraint website and resources. The project will produce advice and guidance (both hard copy and website versions) about choosing and fitting child restraints.    

£13,250.00

RoSPA

Good Practice Guidelines for carrying pets in vehicles. The project will review evidence of accidents and injuries caused by transporting pets in cars and to produce good practice guidance (both hard copy and website versions) for drivers who do so.    

£10,550.00

RoSPA

School Crossing Patrol Seminars. >The project will comprise of five regional seminars for Local Authorities and Police Forces to explain and promote the revised "Guidelines for the Management  and Operation of the School Crossing Patrol Service", which are to be published in the Summer of 2002.

£10,402.00

RoSPA

Guidelines for Theatre in Education and drama for road safety education. The project will produce good practice guidelines to help Local Authorities and other agencies who commission or use Theatre-in-Education and drama in road safety education.     

£9,563.50

RoSPA

Revision of "Road Safety: A Managers Guide. The project will produce an up-dated version of "Road Safety: A Managers Guide", both in paper form and on RoSPA's website. The Guide will be printed and distributed free of charge to all Local Authority Road Safety Departments and to a range of other organisations involved in road safety.    

£8,283.00

RoSPA

A pilot scheme to develop a model for local initiatives for improving road safety in the voluntary sector. The project will develop, run and evaluate a Pilot Scheme designed to help local voluntary organisations assess the safety of their road transport operations and develop links with advanced driving groups. A report will be made analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the pilot scheme and making recommendations for future schemes. A model scheme will be written up and disseminated.       

£13,630.00

RoSPA

Helping parents to  choose and fit child restraints. The project will create and run an easily accessible website offering independent advice on purchasing, fitting and using child car restraints.     

£7,055.00

Sustrans

Safety on the Journey to school video. 1,000 copies of a free of charge 10 minute video will be produced to promote safety on the journey to school. It will focus on four practical initiatives: School Crossing Patrols; Cycle Train (with cycle training); walking bus (with links to pedestrian training); and school travel planning (with specific emphasis on road safety).

£20,000.00

Update of the IHT's Accident Reduction and Prevention Guidelines

£20,000.00

Total Grants made under Road Safety Grant Challenge Fund 2002/03

£184,656.30