A foundation built around the gap.
RCSF exists because the path through a road traffic collision is well-rehearsed - but the path through what comes after is not. Especially for those without a civil claim to draw on.
Founded by someone who saw the gap from the inside.
RCSF was founded by Neil Clarke, a former police officer who spent years on the response side of road traffic collisions.
Police officers see the first minutes of a collision. The first hours. They see the people who were at the wheel, the people who were in the passenger seat, the people who arrived because they were called. They see witnesses who saw it happen and then went back to their day. They see relatives who arrive at a hospital and are told the news.
They do not, generally, see what happens after that.
Over years of attending collisions, Neil noticed a pattern: people whose claims went through the standard insurance process tended to have a route to support. Insurer-funded counselling, advocate support, legal representation - the things that exist to help people put their lives back together after something that was not their fault.
But for those without a civil claim - witnesses, the bereaved, those whose case never reached a settlement, those for whom the standard routes simply do not apply - that same support was harder to reach. Counselling, when it was needed, often came out of the person's own pocket. Or it did not come at all.
RCSF was founded to take that cost off the table, one funded session at a time.
The principles that shape how we work.
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People come before process
Every application is read by a real person. We do not score, rank, or algorithmically decide. The decision is human, considered, and explained.
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Independence matters
We are not affiliated with insurers, solicitors, or any commercial party. Our only job is to fund counselling for those who need it.
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Plain English, from start to finish
No jargon. No long forms. No tick-box exercises. If a question is being asked, it is because the answer helps us make a decision.
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The funding is for the person, not the case
We do not care whether a case is open, closed, won, lost, or never filed. We care whether counselling could help. That is the question we are here to answer.
RCSF works alongside the Road Collision Support Network.
RCSN is our sister organisation. It signposts people to the right charities, services, and support groups after a road traffic collision - a separate role from ours, but built around the same understanding. Together, we cover the two sides of the gap: knowing where to turn, and being able to afford to turn there.
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