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Engineering
a safer world.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global safety charity with an important mission: to engineer a safer world.

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grants currently live.

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total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).

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current and former grants across the globe.

The Lloyd's Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre

Collating, creating and communicating the best available evidence on 'what works' to improve safety.

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Heritage Grant Open Call 2025

This funding supports initiatives that advance heritage research, equity, safety, and public access, while enhancing global excellence in heritage management and learning from the past.

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Voices from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute

Across the world, postgraduates from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) are building local legal expertise and keeping our seas safe. In a new, 8-part video series, we hear their stories.

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Sailing into Africa’s Maritime Future: Unlocking Opportunities for Seafarers

Africa Maritime Day in Antwerp highlighted crucial steps needed to elevate African seafarers in the global maritime industry. With 30,000 kilometers of coastline and strategic positioning along major shipping routes, Africa has immense untapped potential. The conference emphasized action over rhetoric, focusing on education, representation, and partnerships to overcome barriers and create opportunities for Africa's maritime workforce.

Dr Ruth Boumphrey Chief Executive, Lloyd's Register Foundation

Protecting people from harm, ensuring the infrastructure that we depend on for day-to-day living is safe for society both now and in the future, and ensuring the world has the right engineering skills and education required to keep people safer, all remain the driving force behind everything we do.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chief Executive, Ruth Boumphrey

Webinar: Is workplace safety training working?

Watch our free webinar as we explore the extent of harm, the frequency of reporting, and the extent of safety training taking place globally, across different countries, job sectors and demographic groups.

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Our partners

We are most effective when we work together with other organisations who share our mission to engineer a safer world.

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Find out more about this partner at https://www.gallup.com/ Gallup
Find out more about this partner at https://helmepa.gr/en/?view=default HELMEPA logo
Find out more about this partner at https://imli.org/ IMO International Maritime Law Institute logo
Find out more about this partner at https://www.lr.org/en/ Lloyd’s Register logo
Find out more about this partner at https://www.turing.ac.uk/about-us The logo for the Alan Turing Institute.
Find out more about this partner at https://unglobalcompact.org/ UN Global Compact logo