Cycling UK

Cycling UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1147607).

Cycling UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that makes grants where they clearly contribute to its objects and strategic aims. Its annual report gives £2,390,350 awarded in the year covered. Grants are largely paid to local community organisations and small cycle businesses and sole traders for Dr Bike repairs in England under The Big Bike Revival, and in Scotland through the Cycle Access Fund, which offers capital grants to organisations through five strands.

Priority Areas

Cycling UK makes grants where they clearly contribute to its objects and strategic aims, particularly projects that develop community cycle projects and deliver cycle development activity. It has supported local community organisations and small cycle businesses and sole traders providing Dr Bike repairs, as well as organisations helping people in Scotland access bikes. The Cycle Access Fund offers organisations capital support for individual bike ownership, shared-use schemes, cycle repair and recycling, and cycle parking or storage. The Big Bike Revival supports community-embedded partners delivering free Fix-Learn-Ride events that help adults start cycling or ride again for local everyday journeys. Typical partners are volunteer-led groups, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises rooted in local communities, with experience engaging non-regular cyclists and people facing social, economic or health deprivation.

Themes

• Community cycling events
• Individual bike ownership
• Shared-use cycles
• Bike repair and recycling
• Cycle parking and storage

Geographic Focus

England. Priority: Scotland. Not funded: London.

For The Big Bike Revival, contact the local cycling development officer to discuss interest; prospective partners can consult the FAQs or contact an officer or the national project team about future funding and planned interventions.

Application windows:

• The Big Bike Revival: Applications open from 27 February until 01 June.

Who can apply:

• Cycle Access Fund
  • Eligible organisations should be constituted or registered. Examples of organisations eligible to apply to CAF include, but are not limited to; community groups, charities and constituted organisations (CICs, SCIOs etc); commercial businesses and sole traders; housing associations and organisations in the NHS; schools, colleges, nurseries and further education organisations etc.
  • The Cycle Access Fund is available to organisations whose work takes place in SPT, Sestran and ZetTrans.

What to send:

• The Big Bike Revival: Public Liability insurance policy in the name of the organisation applying for funding, valid for the intervention period, if applicable.

Applying again: The Big Bike Revival: To receive further funding, you will need to submit another application.

What the charity says:

• Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and funding amounts are shaped by the events plan and organisational costs.
• Delivery partners are typically volunteer-led groups, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises rooted in local communities.
• Partners are experienced in engaging non-regular cyclists and people in need because of social, economic and health deprivation.
• Shared-use applications should show a particular community need, promote inclusivity and support people least likely to have their own cycle.
• Awards are subject to satisfactory due diligence and grant agreement terms, with regular monitoring and reporting.