The Road Safety Time Bank provides road safety and casualty reduction professionals with

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• The Road Safety Time Bank provides road safety
  and casualty reduction professionals with
• the opportunity to learn
• access to expertise
• peer support

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• The Road Safety Time Bank is being developed in
  partnership by the Road Safety Beacon
  authorities
• Devon County Council
• Knowsley MBC
• Lincolnshire County Council
• Norfolk County Council
• Northamptonshire County Council
• Nottingham City Council

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• In addition to the Beacon authorities, there are
  several other partners involved
• LARSOA
• DfT
• IDeA

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• How does the Time Bank work
• Time Bank is a web based system
• It requires each member to set up their own
  profile (support is available from the Project
  Manager)
• It will take about ½ day to complete
• Allows you to upload case studies and training
  materials and access them from other members
• Allows you to evaluate any time exchanged with
  other members.

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• Who will I find in the Time Bank
• You will find other UK highway authorities and
  their partners.
• This will include
• road safety officers and managers, safety
  engineers, crash investigators, educationalists,
  data analysts
• you may also find police, fire and rescue
  officers, private and public partners, the
  Highways Agency

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• What subjects do they cover?
• Information on child pedestrians, motorcycle
  initiatives, Home Zones Safer Routes to School
  enforcement intelligent use of accident data,
  young drivers can already be found in the Time
  Bank
• The subjects covered will expand with every new
  member

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• What type of support are they offering?
• This will depend on the member and the subjects
  they are covering, but support could be
• Over the phone advice
• Consultancy time at yours or their offices
• Access to products and resources
• Proofing or editorial work
• Access to their courses and training days

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• How much time will I need to give?
• Only what you think you can manage and not less
  than you think you will take
• Even a few days will give you access to training,
  support or consultancy
• Typically between five to ten days per year

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• What if the help I need is not covered by the
  Time Bank members?
• The best possible chance of finding the support
  that you need in one place.
• You can ask the other members for help on topics
  not listed
• You can also still use the traditional commercial
  training route.

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• What sort of support would we be expected to
  provide?
• Depends upon the subject you are offering
• What you feel you can offer
• What the needs of the member youre helping are

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• How do I know who is in the Time Bank and what
  they offer?
• Every member has their own home page within the
  Time Bank and will include
• Information on the member
• What each member is offering
• What each member needs
• Case studies and training materials

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• Progress so far
• The Time Bank is now up and running
• New members are being signed up
• 80 other local highway authorities, have
  expressed an interest
• Currently only available to local authorities,
  but it will be extending to partners
• so watch this space

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• How do I find out more?
• Contact Simon Mills for more information
• 01604 654305 / 07738 140401
• beacon_at_northamptonshire.gov.uk