| Older Drivers Forum Webinars: Message sent on behalf of The Older Driver’s Forum: The Older Drivers Forum are supporting Project Edwards week of action, themed ‘Fit for the Road’ between the 13th to 17th September 2021. The Forum will be running a series of six free webinars during the week. Each webinar is on a different subject and designed to help and support the mature motorist to carry on driving safely for longer. Project EDWARD stands for ‘Every Day Without A Road Death’ and is an annual UK-wide road safety campaign backed by government, the emergency services, highways agencies, road safety organisations and British businesses. Shockingly, on average 5 people a day are killed and around 150,000 people are injured each year on roads in Great Britain. Unfortunately, 20% of all deaths on our roads are older people. As older licence holders are increasing every year, fatalities for drivers aged 70 and over are forecasted to increase by 22% by 2040. We know that older motorists have a wealth of experience, confidence and tolerance. However, sight, hearing, reaction time and judgement of speed and distance may not be as sharp as it once was. The Older Drivers Forum is about keeping mature motorists on the road safely for longer. Whether that’s helping giving practical and informative help and support to continue driving or pointing people in the right direction for an assessment to identify their driving needs – from wing mirror adapters to an elevated driving seat – the Forum’s here to help and signpost you to the people to help. The Forum is a not-for-profit organisation made up of experts in road safety – from representatives from the emergency services, to charities, local authorities and businesses specialising in keeping older people on the road. The chair and founder of the Older Drivers Forum Rob Heard said “We are excited and proud to support Project Edwards quest to make the roads safer for all. We can all become complacent about our driving and often pick up bad habits, which if not addressed can increase our risk of an incident on the roads. This week of webinars will help give advice on a number of subjects from Confidence building appraisals, Safe driving tips, Electric vehicles and driving with various medical conditions. We have a special webinar on Thursday afternoon hosted by Valerie Singleton OBE on Dash cams, which is one not to miss. We have 1000 free places, so make sure you book early to reserve your place. I am looking forward to welcoming you again to our webinars. We have had great feedback from previous ones we have run, one person who attended said ‘Extremely useful and informative. This is definitely one of the better webinars I’ve attended over the past few months, both in presentation and content.’ The webinars are FREE and have expert speakers as well as participants being able to ask questions. People will need to register their place for each webinar and this can be done by visiting https://olderdriversforum.com/webinars/ . We have increased the number of places available this time to 1000 free places, so should be able to accommodate anyone who wishes to register.  Message Sent By Caitlin Rosetti (Police, Communications Support Assistant, Thames Valley)To reply or forward this email please use the buttons below or these links: Reply, Rate, Forward / Share.To login to your account, click here, To report a fault, click here You are receiving this message because you are registered on Thames Valley Alert. Various organisations are licensed to send messages via this system, we call these organisations “Information Providers”. Please note that this message was sent by Thames Valley Police. You can instantly review the messages you receive and configure which Information Providers can see your information by clicking here, or you can unsubscribe completely, (you can also review our terms and conditions and Privacy Policy from these links). You can also send unsubscription requests to unsubscribe@neighbourhoodalert.co.uk This email communication makes use of a “Clear Image” (gif) to track results of the email campaign. If you wish to turn off this tracking for future emails, you can do so by not downloading the images in the e-mail itself. VISAV Limited is the company which built and owns the Neighbourhood Alert platform that powers this system. VISAV’s authorised staff can see your data and is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as the national Data Controller for the entire database. VISAV needs to see your data in order to be able to manage the system and provide support; it cannot use it for commercial or promotional purposes unless you specifically opt-in to Membership benefits. Review the website terms here. |