In the Community

Road safety

We have a long history of working with community groups such as Kidsafe and NSW VRA to change behaviours and reduce the frequency and severity of incidents on the road.

Kidsafe

Each year more than 350 Australian children are killed and 60,000 hospitalised due to injuries that could have been avoided*.

Our partnership with Kidsafe (Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia) aims to support parents and carers to improve child safety.

Kidsafe is the leading Australian non-government, not-for-profit, charitable organisation dedicated to the prevention of unintentional injuries affecting children under 15 years of age.

We work with Kidsafe to support their road safety programs that promote the correct use of car restraints, improve home driveway and school car park safety, pedestrian safety and bicycle safety.

One of the major and preventable causes of child deaths and serious unintentional injury is a child not wearing an approved, appropriate and properly used car restraint. To help parents and carers, Kidsafe and NRMA Insurance are offering free child restraint checks.

If you live in the ACT, register now for your FREE child restraint check

Last year, we worked with Kidsafe to correctly fit more than 15,000 child restraints in NSW, the ACT, QLD and WA.

To improve driveway safety, we also produce a Reversing Visibility Index (RVI) that measures how well a driver can see out the back of a car, promoted through brochures and media.

Find out about Kidsafe in your local area at www.kidsafe.com.au

NSW Volunteer Rescue Association

We are proud to be the major sponsor of the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA) which is a volunteer organisation made up of 64 affiliated search and rescue squads. They are the largest provider of the first line of response and rescue services in rural NSW.

Our partnership helps them to continue providing vital search and rescue services for people in rural areas who may be victims of a road crash or industrial accident, trapped by storms, in trouble on inland waterways or at sea.

Last year, the NSW VRA spent 6179 hours rescuing almost 4,000 people from over 800 motor vehicle collisions across NSW.

Our partnership with the VRA goes beyond financial investment. We also:

• Encourage our employees to volunteer their time to support their local VRA squad
• Support VRA managed Driver Reviver sites during peak holiday seasons across NSW through educational activity focusing on safe driving

Find your local VRA affiliate at www.rescue.org.au

Crime prevention

We support organisations that increase security and safety by reducing the opportunity for crime.  We are proud to support the NSW Police, the ACT Home Safety Program and Mission Australia through a range of programs that change attitudes and practices of people towards protecting property and people.

NSW Police

We have teamed up with the NSW Police to bring the Home Safe program to local areas across NSW. This program aims to reduce the number of burglaries and break and enter incidents. We also support initiatives that aim to reduce car theft.

We partner with the NSW Police to hold:

• Community Safety Forums – held in local communities, the forums include presentations by home security experts, NRMA Insurance representatives and NSW Police focusing on local crime trends and strategies to reduce theft related crime.
• Good Neighbour BBQs – opportunities for people to get to know their neighbours and get practical advice on increasing the safety and security of their homes and cars.

The NRMA Insurance Crime Prevention Van is a central part of these initiatives and provides on-the-spot advice on how to reduce crime to approximately 200 people every month.

Download the Home Safe brochure for more information on how you can make your home safer.

ACT Home Safety Program

We are major sponsor of the ACT Home Safety Program, which provides ACT residents with free information about how to improve home security and safety. Home safety inspections by trained personnel are also provided in some cases.

With our support:

•  Over 10,000 ACT households have received a free Home Safety Program pack or assessment since the Program launched in April 2009

For free home safety information in the ACT, visit the Home Safety Program website or contact SupportLink on 1300 656 200.

Mission Australia

We partner with Mission Australia’s South West Youth Services (SWYS) to support young people in the community who have recently left the Juvenile Justice system.

We support the Post Release Support Program, which offers life skills, education, training support and employment skills to young people. The program helps them to integrate back into their communities and build a better future.

The program has been very successful:

• 80% of program participants have successfully gained employment or an education placement
• There has been a 78% reduction in criminal offences by participants since program completion. 

Emergency readiness and response

We support the NSW SES, The Salvation Army Emergency Services and ACT ESA who run community education programs that help people deal with emergency situations such as fire or storms.

NSW State Emergency Service

We are the major corporate supporter of the NSW State Emergency Service (SES). The SES is the lead agency in the response to floods, storms and tsunamis in NSW.

We work together with the NSW SES to run programs aimed at helping communities equip themselves and their neighbours to reduce the impact of adverse weather.

During the annual StormSafe Week, for example, we help NSW residents to get storm ready through community initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of the summer storm season.

Our partnership is also supporting members' efforts to better engage and prepare our communities.

For more information, visit StormSafe or the NSW SES website.

The Salvation Army Emergency Services

We are the major sponsor of The Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) in ACT, NSW, Qld, SA and WA.

SAES volunteers cater for emergency workers and people affected by disasters such as bushfires, floods, storms or transport accidents. The SAES also links into The Salvation Army’s wider network of accommodation and support services to assist victims and their families.

Our support helps the SAES to maintain and continue their emergency services program by:

• Providing much needed resources such as catering trucks and trailers, wet weather clothing and training items
• Helping to promote the valuable services provided by the SAES
• Offering additional funding and support during major disasters

For more information, visit the Salvos website or phone 13 SALVOS (13 72 58).

ACT Emergency Services Agency

We have joined forces with the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) to support two of their community education campaigns – Winter Home Fire Safety with the ACT Fire Brigade and StormSafe with the ACT State Emergency Service.

For tips and practical advice on how to reduce the risk of home fire and prepare for storm, visit the ESA website.