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The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre

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

£15 million £15 million

Invested over 10 years to establish the Global Safety Evidence Centre.

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Evidence is critical to improving the safety of people and property – but often does not yet exist, or is not easily accessible.

Without evidence, we cannot fully understand the nature and scale of safety challenges faced by people around the world, nor what works to protect them from harm. However, around the world and across industrial sectors, many professionals, policy and decision-makers who need to consider safety do not have access to sufficient high quality evidence; either because it does not yet exist, or because it has not been collated and communicated to them in an understandable and actionable form.

The work of Lloyd’s Register Foundation has always been underpinned by a commitment to using robust evidence to better understand the complex factors that affect safety. That is why we are investing £15 million over 10 years to establish the Global Safety Evidence Centre, a hub for anyone who needs to know ‘what works’ to make people safer.

The Centre collates, creates and communicates the best available safety evidence from the Foundation, our partners and other sources on both the nature and scale of global safety challenges, and what works to address them. It works with partners and practitioners to identify and fill gaps in the evidence, and to use the evidence for action.

Explore the Centre’s work and opportunities to collaborate below.

Introducing the Global Safety Evidence Centre

Nancy Hey, Director of Evidence and Insight at Lloyd's Register Foundation, explains how the Centre will work with stakeholders to collate, create, communicate and use the best safety evidence.

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Live Global Safety Evidence Centre grants.

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Countries receiving funding in this area.

£3m £3m

Current value of grant portfolio in this area.

Global Safety Evidence Centre funding call 2025

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

Submit a funding proposal
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Job opportunites

Be part of the Global Safety Evidence Centre and help drive change worldwide. Explore our current opportunities and apply today.

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Nancy Hey Director of Evidence and Insight

Across all areas of the Foundation's work, collating, creating and communicating the best evidence on what works to improve safety is at the heart of what we do.

Nancy Hey Director of Evidence & Insight at Lloyd's Register Foundation

Evidence library

Explore publications from the Lloyd's Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre.

Discover our evidence
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World Risk Poll

The Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll is the first and only global study of worry about, and harm from, risks to people's safety.

Explore the Poll
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Expert comment

Meet our experts

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Nancy Hey

Nancy is a global leader in the field of wellbeing, and leads on delivering the Foundation's evidence and insight.

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Martin Cottam

Martin Cottam is Chair of the Global Safety Evidence Centre Expert Advisory Panel. He has over 40 years’ experience in engineering risk management and providing independent safety and quality consultancy services covering strategy, governance and implementation.

Our Global Safety Evidence Centre team

Dana Vilistere

Senior Impact Manager

As a Senior Impact Manager, Dana specialises in impact management and evaluation, leveraging data and insights to maximise the Foundation's reach and effectiveness.

Contact us

Do you have an enquiry or a project you would like to speak to us about? Contact the Global Safety Evidence Centre today.

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