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 was established 70 years ago in 1950 and its founding objectives reflected the transport issues of the day. Trustees have now decided on a modern restatement of the Fund’s Objectives to ensure they remain relevant and understandable to applicants and other interested parties. More details can be found Read more…
Recommendations from a best practice guide funded by Rees Jeffreys has been adopted by Highways England. Highways England have announced they will be adopting a low fertility topsoil approach on all new road schemes as advocated in Plantlife’s report on Managing Grassland Road Verges. For more information visit https://www.reesjeffreys.co.uk/transport-reports/
Links to two interesting webinars RJ@70 and the FTVG’s 2020 Vision event can be found on our Publications page.
Mary Lewis has stood down as a Trustee after serving for six years. Mary played an invaluable role particularly in shaping the Fund’s approach to Bursaries, working with the Universities to update it for 2021 to reflect changing times. Mary has also made a big contribution to the work of Read more…
The Trustees are pleased to announce their decision to re-open the application process from 1st August 2020. Careful consideration has been given to the Fund’s overall financial position and its future commitments. It will continue with its policy of not making any new commitments before January 2021 and not to Read more…
Well done and thank you to everyone involved in the Fund’s first ever Webinar “What have the Roads ever done for us?”. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbTuUirTKw&pbjreload=101 to view the event recording. An article on the event’s can be also found on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/never-waste-crisis-rethinking-what-we-want-our-roads-do-glenn-lyons/
The Fund will be running its first Webinar on 16th July. Steve Gooding, Director of the RAC Foundation and a Rees Jeffreys Trustee, will be hosting the event and will be joined by an excellent, diverse panel of speakers. It promises to be a lively and interesting debate fitting for Read more…