Deadline: 21-Jul-23
The Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is pleased to announce a new £535k grants programme, funded through the Department for Transport and Active Travel England Capability and Ambition Fund, that will support Greater Manchester’s active travel mission.
The grant will help local businesses and organisations to get more people walking, cycling and wheeling, reduce lorry and van travel in urban areas and help support Greater Manchester’s ambitions for improved air quality.
With emphasis on working with schools, workplaces and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprises (VCSE) sector groups who understand the barriers and needs within their local communities to ensure they are engaged and supported in the development and use of new infrastructure and programmes, the grants will fund cargo cycle solutions, adaptive cycles and support communities to facilitate cycling and walking in their local area.
Funding Information
- They have funding available for three measures:
- Cargo cycle solutions – Grants up to £10,000
- To support organisations with the purchase of cargo cycles so that they can:
- Carry out day-to-day logistics and transit activities specific to the organisation, replacing or significantly reducing the reliance on a motor vehicle
- Expand operations to provide additional services or widen the support they can offer to their community
- Offer members of the community access to cargo bike solutions for domestic tasks
- To support organisations with the purchase of cargo cycles so that they can:
- Adaptive cycle solutions – Grants up to £10,000
- To support organisations with the purchase of adaptive and accessible cycles so that they can:
- Help groups with an existing walking/cycling focus to expand their offering to better include people with disabilities, older aged people or people with long-term health conditions.
- Help groups that support disabled people, older aged people or people with long-term health conditions to expand activities to include cycling.
- To support organisations with the purchase of adaptive and accessible cycles so that they can:
- Community cycling, walking and wheeling projects – Grants up to £2,500
- To provide an opportunity for groups or organisation to deliver small interventions that will make a big difference on a local level. In particular, they are looking for opportunities to support projects which may not be eligible for other funding.
- Projects may address a specific need within the community or look to improve or introduce a local link or resource.
- Cargo cycle solutions – Grants up to £10,000
- You can bid for one or more of the measures offered. This can be either up to the maximum grant for an individual measure, or up to a combined total of £15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- TfGM requires that bidding organisations must be one of the following audiences located in Greater Manchester:
- A small business – Including sole traders and co-ops Small businesses are classed as enterprises which meet two or more of the following criteria:
- have a turnover not more than £10.2 million
- have a balance sheet total not more than £5.1 million
- have no more than 50 employees
- VCS or community organisation
- voluntary or community groups and organisations
- not-for-profit companies
- community interest company (CIC) or other social enterprise
- registered charity
- An education provider
- primary and Secondary schools
- further and higher education providers
- An NHS Healthcare provider
- NHS Trust
- GP Practices.
- A small business – Including sole traders and co-ops Small businesses are classed as enterprises which meet two or more of the following criteria:
For more information, visit TfGM.