The Trustees of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund are celebrating 150 years since the birth of their benefactor William Rees Jeffreys with a major UK-wide Competition. The Trustees are offering grants – up to a possible £150,000, plus cash prizes of £5,000 for schools – to encourage new and creative Read more…
The Fund is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Dr Suzy Charman as a Trustee.
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has been collaborating with Future Visions Transport Group to run an innovative set of projects lead by emerging transport professionals. Reports by all five projects are now available on the FTVG website. congratulations to everyone involved.
The Fund has supported Bader Media Entertainment CIC to develop some alternative, tongue in cheek videos aimed at prompting awareness of the impact of roadside littering. Bader Media Entertainment CIC, who were also supported by Clean Up Britain, recently held a premier of three films in the series. You can Read more…
This page tells you about the Physical and Roadside projects we have provided grant funding to over recent years. 2020 Essex Waterways – Heybridge Basin Access: a grant of £8,000 was awarded to fund improved access to the Heybridge Basin at the sea lock junction of the Chelmer and Blackwater Read more…
This page tells you about the Education projects we have provided grant funding to over recent years. 2020 Bursaries: The Fund awards financial support of £10,000 each to postgraduates studying in transport related subjects. Although the scheme was paused for 2020/21 the Fund decided, because of exceptional circumstances, to make Read more…
This page tells you about the Research projects we have provided grant funding to over recent years. 2020 CIRIA – Gully Pots Study: a grant of £7,500 was awarded to contribute towards a national survey of road gully emptying practices amongst regulators and industry. This study is due to start Read more…
The Fund’s Annual Report and Financial Statement for 2020 is now available at https://www.reesjeffreys.co.uk/annual-reports/. An annual return for 2020 to the Charity Commission has also been completed.
A project funded by Rees Jeffreys has won a prestigious national award. Plantlife has been awarded the CIEEM Best Practice Knowledge Sharing Award 2020 for Managing grassland road verges: a best practice guide. Over 1000 copies of the guidelines are now in circulation and some of the best practice approaches highlighted in Read more…
Details of the Awards made for 2020 have now been published and can be found on the projects page A total of £112,566 (including £10,000 for a graduate bursary) was awarded to 7 organisations or individuals.