Safer maritime systems
Safety across the maritime system is a key consideration in building a sustainable ocean.
Engineering
a safer world.
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global safety charity with an important mission: to engineer a safer world.
158
158
grants currently live.
£237m
£237m
total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).
524
524
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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A Year of Impact 2025
Celebrating our charitable mission in practice, these stories highlight the progress we’ve made together - with our partners, colleagues and global grants community to make people safer across the world.
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Latest News
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Global trends in safety and risk
Ahead of the launch of the next edition of the World Risk Poll in June, Busayo Onanaye, Junior Data Analyst at the Lloyd's Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre, explores whether predictions made based on the 2019 Poll data have stood the test of time – analysing global trends in risk and safety across all three Polls to date (2019-2023).
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Major new project to transform corporate accountability across ocean industries
Lloyd’s Register Foundation has awarded more than £500,000 for a two‑year initiative that will help corporations across ocean industries improve safety, protect workers and strengthen their social and environmental impact.
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Following the Fish: uncovering stories of the herring girls through cross-archives partnership
'Following the Fish' brings to life the remarkable but often overlooked stories of the herring girls — thousands of women who travelled Britain's coastlines gutting and packing fish across the 19th and 20th centuries. Through a cross-archives partnership, this project uncovers their resilience, community spirit, and lasting economic impact.
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From Disaster to Framework: How the Loss of Titanic Reshaped Maritime Safety
On the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, Louise Sanger, Head of Research, Interpretation and Engagement at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Heritage Centre, considers why the sinking matters today.
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.
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We are most effective when we work together with other organisations who share our mission to engineer a safer world.
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