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Grants to Encourage Sustainable Travel (Scotland)

Grants of between £5000 and £50,000 are available through the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) Open Fund to encourage people in Scotland to walk and cycle or to use sustainable travel choices, including buses, trams, trains and car share clubs for longer journeys. The Fund is available to support public, third and community sector organisations that want to changes people's everyday travel behaviour and aims to help cut Scotland's carbon emissions and improve our air quality. It also aims to reverse the trend towards sedentary lifestyles and will tackle health inequalities.

Funded activities could include, but are not limited to:

• Producing local maps showing walkable routes
• Holding car-free days
• Taking part in active travel challenges
• Organising led-walks
• Providing information on pedestrian and cycle friendly routes
• Activities that support sustainable travel to clubs, societies and gatherings
• Making walking and cycling routes more attractive and friendly
• Community-based active travel information hubs
• Car-sharing and car clubs
• Improvements to Bus services
• Incentives for travelling by public transport
• Improving health conditions through active travel
• Sustainable travel festivals
• Feasibility studies

Grants need to be match funded.

The funding is being made available through the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) Open Fund and expression of interest can be submitted at any time.

Grants awarded previously include:

Gaydio (Glasgow) - £10,000
Travel Smart in Glasgow: Radio broadcast and mini-activities campaign targeted at LGBT people to encourage uptake of walking, cycling (including e-bikes) and public transport for everyday journeys.  Incentivised through a travel miles bank, and encouraging listeners to build up travel miles through active and sustainable modes.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside Trust (The Trossachs) - £30,000
Trossachs Rural eBike Demo (TRED): Phase one of a bike share demonstration within the National Park to encourage the use of e-bikes for active travel in rural areas and reduce transport poverty.  Employment of a project officer to raise awareness, collate baseline information and change attitudes around the use of e-bikes for everyday journeys.

Scottish Borders Council (Scottish Borders) - £25,000
Borders Buses Web App: Working in partnership with Borders Buses to develop a real time and travel planning website app to encourage more public transport use for the over 60’s population throughout the Scottish Borders.  Real time option designed to take away uncertainty of whether a bus is on route and provide more confidence to some reluctant users.

Paths for All also offer Our Community Active Travel Grants of up to £3,000 that are available to communities for small
capital improvements that:

• Promote and signpost active travel routes;
• Improve and develop routes that will make it easier to walk and cycle when making short everyday journeys;
• Maintain active travel routes and ensuring that they are accessible.

 

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24th July 2019