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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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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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Global Safety Evidence Centre funding call 2025

£2 million is available for research projects that address safety evidence gaps.

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Learning from the past: how history can support a safe and sustainable future ocean economy

Hindsight can be a powerful tool if used as a form of learning, a way of thinking, of reflecting on the past to see what parallels there are to today’s challenges.  In this blog, Louise Sanger, Head of Research, Interpretation and Engagement at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Heritage Centre, explains why learning from failure is a key part of making things safer.  

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What now? Scaling up efforts on climate change and worker safety and health

Dr Christopher Davis, Thought Leadership Manager at IOSH, and Giulia Maistrello, a Senior Analyst at RAND Europe, who conducted the research for the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre report on the impact of climate change on worker safety, explore this critical topic.

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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