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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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.
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Training in construction workplaces in Southern Asia and Northern Africa
Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) are using World Risk Poll data to map invisible and underreported risks to construction workers, aiming to support the engineering of integrated safety systems.
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A new Heritage Centre website
After a year of work behind the scenes, we’re excited to share the launch of the new Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage Centre website.
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Don’t Rock the Boat: Why Stability Matters for Historic Floating Vessels
Supported by Lloyd's Register Foundation’s small grant programme, the ‘Don’t Rock the Boat’ project, led by National Historic Ships UK and maritime engineers Beckett Rankine, set out to produce Stability Guidelines to help owners assess, manage and improve the structural safety of the vessels in their care.
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.
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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