Branch charity
Arrangements
Each year, the Branch executive committee will select a suitable
charity to support. Donations will be collected at each branch
meeting, and each summer, at the end of the year's meeting
programme, the aggregated sum will be donated to the chosen
charity.
If you have any ideas for any safety-related charities that
would be appropriate for future years, please get in touch with the
Secretary.
2009/10: BRAKE: The Road Safety Charity
Brake is a national charity dedicated to preventing road death
and injury and caring for people bereaved or injured in road
crashes.
Every day, eight UK police officers have to break the news
to eight UK families that their loved one has been killed in a
road crash. A further 100 families every day learn that their loved
one has been seriously injured, with many suffering brain damage,
paralysis or limb loss.
Our work includes educating different road users – from children
and their parents, to young people learning to drive
and professional drivers – through resources, training and
events.
We co-ordinate national Road Safety Week each November
and provide free community training on different road safety
topics, including family road safety and young driver safety,
through the FedEx and Brake Road Safety Academy.
Our BrakeCare division is the national provider of support for
road crash victims – helping families whose lives have been
devastated by a sudden death or serious injury. It offers emotional
support and practical information through a helpline and through
support literature that is handed out by police following every
fatal road crash in the UK.
For more information visit the BRAKE website or telephone Lisa
Kendall on +44 (0)1484 683294.
