We’re driving change for the better for our communities – supporting cleaner, safer and more accessible ways of driving
We achieve this through our campaigning work and through our support of The AA Charitable Trust and other charities. We believe that making a positive contribution to the places where we live and work helps build thriving communities.
Delivering progress for drivers, now and for the future
The AA has been campaigning on behalf of responsible drivers for more than 120 years. Since 2008, we have polled members monthly, using these insights to campaign on the issues that matter most to drivers. This year, we received around 144,000 survey responses, which helped shape our motoring campaigns and contributed to a number of positive developments during FY26.
Supporting our charity partners
We actively support our community through our work with The AA Charitable Trust and in partnership with our charity of the year - Cancer Research UK (CRUK).
The AA Charitable Trust continues to work on saving lives on the roads through educational campaigns and reducing the detrimental environmental effects of vehicles. This year, we continued to campaign on reducing the risk for young drivers and their passengers and empowering communities through driving support.
Our latest work highlights the heightened danger of carrying multiple peer-aged passengers in the first six months after passing a test, reinforcing the case for measures such as Graduated Driver Licensing.
We continue to promote seatbelt use amongst young passengers through Belt up in the Back and the new #BuckleUP campaign, including a creative collaboration with Basingstoke Town FC.
We have also continued to expand our Drive Confident training programme in collaboration with Drivetech, our driver training division, to support Afghan refugees arriving in the UK.
We were proud to support Cancer Research UK as our primary charity partner for the second year running. This year, colleagues across the business have got involved in everything from triathlons, marathons, push up challenges and raffles and cake sales to raise much needed funds for this vital cause.
Across FY26, our people raised over £56,000 through fundraising activities and we’re excited to continue our partnership with the charity in the year ahead to raise even more funds.
The AA Motoring Manifesto
As a nation we rely on our roads to connect our communities, grow our economy, and keep families functioning. Drivers make a significant contribution to the public purse as well as play a major part in the transition to net zero, so it is vital their voice is heard by all political parties.
The AA has been supporting drivers for over a hundred years and we have more than 16 million members in the UK. Our research shows that many of those drivers are confused and concerned across a range of issues – unsure about how and when to make the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and worried about the state of our roads and infrastructure, as well as the affordability and safety of driving overall.
Our manifesto, Creating Confidence for Drivers, highlights five critical areas of action to address those concerns: Supporting drivers; Sustainable future; Smoother journeys; Safer roads; Strengthening the industry.
You can read the manifesto by clicking on the link below.
Supporting policy that works for electric drivers
Moving to electric vehicles (EVs) is one of the biggest changes UK drivers and the automotive sector have faced in decades. The AA works with drivers and other stakeholders to provide clear, independent insight on what is helping — and what is still getting in the way of people switching to EVs.
Building on our EV Viewpoint report, we created the UK’s first EV Readiness Index, designed to help drivers navigate the practical realities of the transition and to keep driver experience at the centre of our research and advocacy.
The Index is designed to be neutral (neither pro- nor anti-EV) and to track whether EV ownership is becoming more practical and appealing for everyday drivers. Using AA data and expert sources, it monitors eight key factors: the cost of new and used EVs, EV insurance, the cost of home and public charging, access to charging, concerns about running out of charge, and roadside EV repair rates. The latest Index (Q4 2025) shows that the conditions needed for most drivers to switch to an EV are not yet consistently in place. We will continue to publish the Index to help drivers, industry and government understand how EV readiness is changing over time.
You can read our EV Viewpoint report and the latest EV Readiness Index by clicking on the links below.