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• London Road Safety Council has been in existence since 1st December 1916 and is an independent Registered Charity

• Uniquely made up of London Road Safety borough officers, elected council members and associated members which include the Met Police, London Fire Service, London Ambulance Service

• Links to other professional organisations RoSPA, GEM, TfL RSGB, to name a few

• LRSC aim is to reduce casualties by providing education and awareness to the public

• Recently gone through a transition

• Road Safety Officers were consulted –Wanted skills development Plus the development of packages for delivery on

specific topics which they could embrace and deliverWorking in partnership - one of LRSC’s long standing

partners is The Makaton CharityLRSC produced a resource for the teaching of road

safety via Makaton signing.

• LRSC saw an increase in demand for Makaton resource

• Resource is being used in a variety of settings • LRSC relationship with the Makaton Charity

goes back a number of years • Additionally the increase in demand maybe due

to:- CBeebies – programme Mr Tumble Increase in Makaton trained staff - now 1,200

licensed Tutors

• Makaton focused on Road Safety in their tutor training days

• This shared resource – which is being updated will be on the Makaton website www.makaton.org

• LRSC Role – to facilitate training courses and continue to develop the resource with the Makaton charity – two charities working together www.londonroadsafetycouncil.org.uk

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