London Cycling Campaign

Registered charity 1115789 · since 2006lcc.org.uk·Greater London·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£71,218

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From the Charity Commission register

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work helps more people cycle in Greater London, the Share the Joy Community Fund may fit, since it names community groups, charities, not-for-profit organisations, Community Interest Company (CIC) and other social enterprises that operate within Greater London as eligible.
Its average grant is £2,500, and although exceptional cases and brilliant ideas can receive more, a request around that size suits it best; the Charity Commission register records £71,218 of grants in the year to 31 March.
Do not apply if you are a London Cycling Campaign group applying directly, if the request promotes your business or brand, or if it is for a school-based bikeability project during school time or a school or GP practice capital project such as bike racks, which the fund says is very unlikely to be funded.
Submit an expression of interest between Monday 5 October and 21:00 on Monday 26 October, showing links to your local cycling community, including any LCC group or other cycling organisation, and recent supplier quotes for any kit; the fund gives extra priority to groups underrepresented in cycling or finding it hard to access other funding.
Funded groups must report how they spent the grant and met their objectives, and repeat applicants must explain how they have explored sustainability.

Overview

London Cycling Campaign is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1115789).

London Cycling Campaign is a charity that campaigns to make cycling in London safer and more enjoyable for everyone, and it was born out of the environmental movement. It has over 12,000 members and an active local group in all 33 London boroughs. Its Share the Joy Community Fund, a partnership with Lime, awards grants to projects that help encourage more people to cycle, with an average grant of £2,500, and the Charity Commission register records £71,218 of grants in the year to 31 March.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation makes community grants through the Share the Joy Community Fund, a partnership with Lime, to groups and projects that encourage more people to cycle in London. The fund supports core costs, project costs and new equipment. Its stated areas include improving physical and mental wellbeing and tackling health inequalities; cycling support for groups underrepresented in cycling; and building cycling or cycle-repair skills, employment access and connectivity through free or discounted active travel. It gives additional priority to projects supporting underrepresented groups and those that may struggle to access other funding, and seeks a spread of awards across London. LCC helps organisations make bids and works with funded grassroots groups to ensure money is well spent and deepen community ties.

Themes

Health & Wellbeing
Accessibility & Inclusion
Skills & Connectivity

Geographic Focus

Greater London.

What they don't fund

Share the Joy Community Fund only:
- London Cycling Campaign groups are not eligible to apply directly
- anything that is promoting your business or your brand or is part of building your business
- a school-based bikeability project during school time (very unlikely to get funded, as other funding is available for those activities)
- a school or business (i.e. GP practice) capital expenditure project such as extra bike racks (very unlikely to get funded)

How to apply

Submit an expression of interest during the fund’s application period; applicants who pass the initial shortlisting are sent a link to complete the full application.

Deadlines: Each application round has a deadline for the Expression of Interest.

Application windows:

Share the Joy Community Fund: Opens on Monday, 5 October; closes at 21:00 on Monday, 26 October

Who can apply:

Share the Joy Community Fund
- To be eligible an organisation must operate within Greater London and be one of the following groups: A community group (an organisation or association of persons with the primary aim of working to provide services and benefits to the community); A charitable or third sector organisation; A not-for-profit organisation, Community Interest Company (CIC) or other social enterprise
- No. As long as you are a real group of individuals who are planning an activity together, then you are eligible.
- If you are applying on behalf a schools-based project or an NHS setting project, please e-mail us at sharethejoy@lcc.org.uk before applying as only certain types of projects in these settings will be eligible.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects supporting groups underrepresented in cycling or facing difficulty accessing other funding receive additional priority.
The fund seeks a spread of grant awards across London.
Applicants should show how their project connects with their local cycling community, including links with an LCC group or another cycling organisation.
Applicants should explain the impact of their organisation or project and the skills and resources they have to deliver it.
For kit or services, applicants should show they have contacted suppliers and obtained recent quotes.
The panel scores applications on fit with fund priorities, confidence in delivery, how many people benefit and sustainability.
Repeat applicants should explain how they have explored sustainability and demonstrate the expected outstanding impact of repeat funding.
Successful groups must report how they spent the grant and met their stated objectives.
The fund does not expect professional applications and may allow for groups’ circumstances when scoring.
LCC and funders may visit a project or request information to check the grant is being spent as proposed.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Greater London

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£942,774	£941,601	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£946,771	£954,067	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,367,543	£1,137,062	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,211,126	£1,209,432	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,374,569	£1,400,241	£71,218	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.