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Road Victims Trust Hertfordshire

There can be few greater shocks to family life than the sudden violent death of a family member through a road traffic incident or collision.The bereaved are left in need of ongoing emotional, practical and legal support for months, sometimes years.This sad event happens to around 50 Hertfordshire families every year.

The aim of the development of the Road Victims Trust into Hertfordshire is to work with the Police and HM Coroner’s Service to offer early and continuing support for such families to prevent or reduce the long term harm which often arises for unsupported victim-families in this situation.

This type of death is indiscriminate and crosses age, profession, class, race and ethnic lines.Particular problems arise because the death is unexpected and unexplained; the reasons for the crash may remain unknown for many months or, even worse, may never be known.

RVT in Hertfordshire will provide emotional, and practical support through volunteers trained to understand the psychological impact of sudden bereavement; the police and legal processes, and the practical issues that arise following such crashes. Support is conducted in the way most appropriate to each client, but usually in regular meetings which may continue for as long as two years after the event, and support at court.

Despite 3000 road deaths nationwide every year, there is no government funding for such support. To operate the service requires funds to pay for co-ordinators, to train the volunteers, to provide them with administrative and psychological support and to pay their expenses.

700 donations of just £50 would mean that volunteer recruitment and training could start. With your help we will start supporting Hertfordshire families during 2009.

Please become a friend of RVT in Hertfordshire

Can you pledge just £1 a week?

£50 a year to support 50 bereaved families.

Please complete the Standing Order and Gift Aid forms below and return to

RVT in Hertfordshire

Thank you for caring to commit a regular donation.

Please complete the details below and return to Road Victims Trust, 146 Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8BH.

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Account Number 00012845 Sort Code 40-52-40

The sum of:

£4.25 every month £13 every three months £50 every year

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Use Gift Aid and you can make your donation worth more. For every £1 you give us, we get an extra 28p from the Inland Revenue*

Gift Aid Declaration: I declare that all donations I have made or will make after 1^st September 2003 are to be Gift Aid donations.

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*To qualify, what you pay in Income Tax or CAPITAL Gains Tax must equal the amount we claim in tax each year. Please tell us if your circumstances change.