Justice and Community Safety Directorate

ACT Road Safety Fund (including the 2016-17 ACT Community Road Safety Grants Program)

The ACT Road Safety Fund was established in July 2015 to provide a continued source of funding for road safety projects and initiatives following the cessation of the NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust.

Recipient

Project Purpose

Amount

Motorcycle Riders’ Association - ACT

Mature Age Skills Training for Experienced Riders (M.A.S.T.E.R.S) program - Deliver a program to improve training and road safety skills of returning motorcyclists in the ACT.

$5,000

Kidsafe ACT

Child Restraint Checking Service - Provide a subsidised child restraint installation service and free child restraint checking services to ACT residents.

$71,500

Transport Canberra and City Services

Events Traffic Control Training Program – Develop a nationally accredited program delivering traffic control training for community events in the ACT.

$16,445

Council of the Ageing

Street Smart Seniors - Review and update the Street Smart Seniors information session for older ACT road users.

$46,300

Transport Canberra and City Services

Speed Detection Signs in Residential Areas - Trial the use of speed detecting signs on residential streets where motorists travel at relatively high speeds and/or use them as short-cuts (rat run) to other destinations.

$40,000

Transport Canberra and City Services

Chevron marking pilot project - Trial chevron line marking on arterial roads where tailgating is known to be a problem and there is a history of rear-end type crashes.

$40,000

Chapman Primary School Parents and Citizens Association

Junior School Road Safety - Deliver a pedestrian and cyclist road safety education program for students.

$15,000

Motorcycle Riders’ Association - ACT

‘Joe Rider’ Motorcycle Awareness Campaign - Deliver the “Joe Rider” motorcycle awareness campaign during Motorcycle Awareness Week to encourage road users to look out for motorcycles.

$10,000

Mr Samuel Hardwicke

Cyclabilities - Establish a pilot program for teaching road safety and cycling skills to children with additional needs.

$60,000

Eurobodalla Shire Council

Kings Highway Road Safety Campaign - Refresh the public awareness campaign, focusing on speeding, targeted specifically at ACT drivers on the Kings Highway between ACT and Batemans Bay.

$12,210

ACT Policing

Vehicle Road Safety Messaging - Design, produce and install vinyl stickers for ACT Policing traffic vehicles.

$12,000

Legal Assistance

Recipient

Project Purpose

Amount

Aboriginal Legal Service

Provide and coordinate justice related support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved in the criminal justice system in the ACT.

$450,000

Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)

To improve access to legal advice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT.

$95,454.55

The Environmental Defenders’ Office

Community legal assistance services and law reform work to facilitate effective and efficient community participation within the legal system in relation to environmental decision-making and increased access to justice for related public interest matters.

$52,615.36

Canberra Community Law

Grant for funds to rent premises for Community Legal Centre (CLC) Hub - CLC Hub Accommodation.

$300,000

Domestic and Family Violence Assistance

Recipient

Project Purpose

Amount

Tara Costigan Foundation Ltd

To support the establishment of the Tara Angels Service.

$18,181.82

Sponsorship

Recipient

Project Purpose

Amount

Australasian Road Safety Conference

Early Career Professional Event Sponsorship.

$9,176.79

Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)

The annual ANCAP membership subscription.

$10,685

Australasian College of Road Safety

The annual corporate membership subscription (Bronze).

$500

Our WATCH Limited

ACT membership of Our WATCH for the 2016-17 financial year.

$701

Human Rights Commission

Recipient

Project Purpose

Amount

ACT HRC Human Rights Law Prize – Australian National University

Annual prize awarded to the student achieving the highest mark in human rights law subject.

$200

ACT HRC Human Rights Law Prize – University of Canberra Annual prize awarded to the student achieving the highest mark in human rights law subject. $200
Survivor Network ACT Support meeting accommodation costs at Griffin Centre. $500