Brake, the Road Safety Charity

About Brake

Brake is a road safety charity working with communities and organisations across the UK to stop the tragedy of road deaths and injuries, make streets and communities safer for everyone, and support people bereaved and seriously injured on roads.

Since 1995, Brake has been working tirelessly to make a big difference across the UK, implementing its vision of a world with zero road deaths and serious injuries, where everyone moves in a safe and healthy way, as part of our normal day.

Learn more about Brake

Brake campaigns for evidence-based policies and investments to enable everyone to have access to safe and healthy mobility. The charity works with schools and families, communities and companies to champion the cause of road safety and raise awareness of key road safety issues.

MyBrake

To see all of Brake’s online content, sign up now to join MyBrake - it’s completely free and only takes a few moments. MyBrake gives you guidance to make a difference: in your family, community, a professional role, or to campaign nationally. Sign up to get access to free resources and support in choosing, and achieving, a road safety-related goal.

In Communities

Road deaths and injuries are devastating not just for victims and their families, but for the communities who know the people affected and where roads remain unsafe. That’s why Brake runs frequent campaigns, delivers projects and offers support and guidance for victims at both a national and local level. Brake coordinates Road Safety Week every year, providing free resources to encourage people to get involved. Plus MyBrake offers tools and guidance on how to progress safe and healthy mobility goals within your community.

Schools and Families

Creating road awareness from a young age is an important way to improve the safety of our roads for everyone. For this reason, Brake provides campaigns and initiatives throughout the year, aimed at teaching children the importance of road safety from as young as two and up. Brake’s objective is to work with road safety experts and academics to produce resources, lesson plans, activities and games that are carefully designed to have an impact.

Workplaces

A fundamental aspect of Brake’s work in road safety is supporting its global network of at-work drivers. One of the charities’ biggest initiatives is Global Fleet Champions - a global network of fleet drivers, managers and suppliers in the UK and across the world. Brake provides educational tools, events and webinars as well as a prestigious awards scheme to celebrate and encourage best practice in this field.

Why Donate To Brake

Brake’s work is only made possible by the incredible supporters, who fundraise and give to Brake. The charity welcomes any fundraising, donations and partnerships that help fund and deliver its campaigns and support people affected by road death and serious injury. Whether you are looking to run a marathon in memory, leave a gift in your will, or launch a corporate partnership project, you can get involved and support Brake.

Monthly Donations To Brake

• If you're able to contribute, here's what the following amounts will go towards:

• £5 could fund the necessary research for personalised treatment and care.
• £10 could support research into how diet and lifestyle play a role in secondary breast cancer development.
• £15 will buy a sterile flask and the liquids needed to grow human breast cancer cells in the laboratory to test new treatments.
• £3 per month could help four children bereaved by road crashes, by providing their parents or carers with a children’s picture book and guidance on helping children
• £10 a month could help us develop educational resources to help young people learn about road safety
• £100 a month could help a road victim family to receive ongoing support from Brake’s National Road Victim Service.

If you decide to donate less, that's more than enough. Every pound is greatly appreciated.

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Contact Brake Today

Brake offers free support service if you are bereaved, seriously injured or helping a road crash victim. You can call The National Road Victim Service hotline on 0808 8000 401 to meet your named caseworker. Alternatively, you can email help@brake.org.uk