Details

The Cycle Access Fund supports those least likely to have access to a bike and provides capital grants to organisations through four different funding strands:

• Individual Bike Ownership: funding for organisations that work with adults who are struggling financially.
• Shared Use: funding for organisations to purchase cycles and equipment that enable cycle-sharing schemes such as bike libraries, pool cycles, bike subscription schemes, loan cycles and bike share schemes.
• Recycle: funding for bike repair organisations and bike recycling centres to repair cycles for donation to people who are financially struggling.
• Repair: funding for bike repair organisations, bike recycling centres and bike shops to repair cycles belonging to people who are financially struggling.

There is no limit to the number of strands organisations can apply to.

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Geographical areas funded: East Ayrshire North Ayrshire South Ayrshire Clackmannanshire Falkirk Fife East Lothian Edinburgh Midlothian West Lothian East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Glasgow Inverclyde North Lanarkshire Renfrewshire South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Shetland Scottish Borders

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital

Who can apply

In 2024-25, The Cycle Access Fund is available to organisations whose registered business/charity address is in SPT, Sestran, ZetTrans and Nestrans.

When to apply

Applications can be made at any time. There will be three grant panels to assess second-stage application forms and allocate funding in July, September and November.

The fund will close, either when the funds have all been allocated, or on 31 March 2025, whichever occurs soonest.

Next deadline: 31 Mar 2025

How to apply

Submit an expression of interest via the Cycling Scotland website. There are separate forms for each funding strand.

Contact information

Activites funded: Transport

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged People in poverty

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