Brake, the road safety charity

Join the Brake 5 challenge as a corporate team and help us honour the 1,683 lives lost on UK roads each year. Assemble your team to walk, run, or wheel 55 kilometres during Road Safety Week, and raise funds for Brake and the National Road Victim Service. Together, we can make a real difference! Sign up your team now and lead the way: https://lnkd.in/eeYA23iM #RoadSafetyWeek #TeamBuilding #RoadSafety

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Our free resources to take part in Road Safety Week are available now on our website! Sign up at https://lnkd.in/gEyXPjp to take part from 17-23 November. The action pack includes activities, lesson plans, assemblies and content for primary and secondary schools, nurseries and youth groups. Learn more about the incredible road safety heroes who help people after a crash and remind parents, carers and the local community why we must take care of each other on our roads. #RoadSafetyWeek takes place 17-23 November and is sponsored by Autoglass.

We are delighted to announce that we have received new funding from The Road Safety Trust to provide our free support books for children bereaved in road crashes and their adult carers. 'Someone has died in a road crash' is a picture book for children to read with adults after a road death. It uses simple language and colourful pictures to communicate important messages and encourage open and honest discussion between children and their carers. 'Helping children bereaved by road death' is a guide for adults who are caring for bereaved children. Both books are given to bereaved families by their police contact after a road death and are available to download for free on the Brake website at https://lnkd.in/eAkXVHpV. The new funding from The Road Safety Trust ensures a continuous supply of both books to families bereaved by road crashes for the next 12 months. Pictured - Brake CEO Ross Moorlock with Ruth Purdie, chief executive of the Road Safety Trust. Read the full news story here: https://lnkd.in/e97Y7Txh

Brake is calling for a licensing system that safeguards young and newly qualified drivers, with minimum periods for learning, enhanced testing and training, and measures in place to reduce the risks associated with carrying peer-age passengers and driving at night. Learn more about progressive driver licensing here https://lnkd.in/erZX4yWd Campaigner Crystal Owen of the Forget-me-Not Families Uniting group has launched a petition seeking action for this scheme scheme. Read more and support her campaign here: https://lnkd.in/eCcKqpv5

In October 2018, Lata was hit by a speeding driver. After two operations, she is getting her life back on track. At the start of October, Lata ran the Brighton Half Marathon with her yoga friends, raising money for our vital work supporting road victims. Together, they have raised more than £2,000! Thank you and congratulations Lata, we are so grateful for your support. If you'd like to donate to Lata's fundraiser, visit https://ow.ly/zs7u50TPWwc

We are delighted that Arval UK are joining us as a Brake Partner! Arval UK have supported our work and projects since 2010, and as a Brake Partner, they help us to continue our vital work supporting road victims and campaigning for safer roads for all. Laura Challis, corporate partnerships manager at Brake, said: “As an organisation at the heart of the fleet industry, Arval UK understands the work that goes into making fleets, and all road users, safe on our roads. "We’re delighted that they have joined us as a Partner and we’re looking forward to working together to raise awareness and campaign for change so that everyone can make safe and healthy journeys and every road victim can get the support they need.” Ian Pearson, Head of insurance at Arval UK, said: "We believe companies have a significant role to play when it comes to promoting road safety for their employees and customers in all their journeys. That is why we support them in developing a road safety culture with an aim to reduce road incident rates. Our partnership with the UK charity Brake contributes toward this commitment." Thank you Arval UK, we are so grateful for your support! Arval BNP Paribas Group

Join the Brake 5 Challenge during #RoadSafetyWeek and help us create safer roads. Whether you take part individually or as a team, every step you take and every pound you raise will support our vital work caring for families in their darkest and most difficult times. Don’t wait—sign up today! https://lnkd.in/eeYA23iM

We'd like to thank Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) for the generous donation they made to support our work. Donations and funds raised by corporate companies help us to deliver support to families that have been bereaved or injured in road crashes. This support can change lives. If you or your organisation would like to fundraise for Brake, why not take on the Brake5 Challenge during Road Safety Week? Find out more at https://lnkd.in/emwi4kPp

If one of your employees was involved in a serious crash, would you know what to do? We're inviting any organisations who employ people who drive for work to join us for our free webinar during Road Safety Week. - Find out more about the extent of work-related road death and injury - Learn why support for road victims is so vital - Learn why we need robust investigation into the causes of road crashes, to prevent future road death and harm. Wednesday 20 November at 10am. Free! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eDGAGZVv Sign up to Road Safety Week and access more resources for employers and fleets: https://lnkd.in/gEyXPjp #RoadSafetyWeek is sponsored by Autoglass®