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a safer world.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global safety charity with an important mission: to engineer a safer world.

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grants currently live.

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total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).

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current and former grants across the globe.

Our priorities

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Safer maritime systems

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø across the maritime system is a key consideration in building a sustainable ocean.

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Skilled people for safer engineering

Discover how ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is increasing the number and diversity of skilled engineers, especially in parts of the world where they're most needed.

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Heritage Centre

Discover how ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is harnessing our heritage to shape a safer and more sustainable ocean economy for the future.

The Lloyd's Register Foundation Global ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Evidence Centre

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

Explore the Centre
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Voices from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute

Across the world, postgraduates from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) are building local legal expertise and keeping our seas safe. In a new, 8-part video series, we hear their stories.

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Latest News

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Building the evidence on effective early warning systems

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Dr Elizabeth Kumah discusses the importance of early warning systems - what makes them effective, why they matter, and the work our Global ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Evidence Centre is doing to collate existing evidence on what works in disaster risk management. 

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Nancy Hey awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is delighted to announce that Nancy Hey, Director of Evidence & Insight, has been awarded the honour of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2026 Honours List for her services to wellbeing and tackling loneliness in the UK.

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.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chief Executive, Ruth Boumphrey

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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