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.