Work we fund

Small Grants

The small grants programme ran from 2020 to 2025, providing grants of up to £2,000 to support the running costs of local campaigns and grassroots groups or networks.
Edinburgh Bus Users Group

Edinburgh Bus Users Group

£2,000

Oct 2025

A campaign that gives a voice to bus users, helping to protect and improve Edinburgh’s bus network for the benefit of bus users and potential users.

Moving together: Inclusive mobility for West African communities in Nottingham

Moving together: Inclusive mobility for West African communities in Nottingham

£2,000

Sep 2025

A project aiming to raise awareness of public transport services among vulnerable and marginalised West African communities in Nottingham.

Re-imagining Headington’s roads and junctions

Re-imagining Headington’s roads and junctions

£2,000

Sep 2025

A project creating visualisations of how the streets of Headington could look and function if they were designed to prioritise active travel.

Building the case for integrated transport in the North East

Building the case for integrated transport in the North East

£2,000

Sep 2025

Campaigning for an integrated, sustainable and publicly accountable transport system in the North East.

Reading Bike Hub

Reading Bike Hub

£2,000

Sep 2025

Reading Bike Hub is a community hub focused on increasing active travel in Reading and reducing transport poverty.

Glastonbury TrainLink Working Group

Glastonbury TrainLink Working Group

£1,350

Aug 2025

Exploring the establishment of a bus service to link Glastonbury town to the nearest rail station at Ansford, near Castle Cary.

trainable: Discover places to visit within reach of train stations

trainable: Discover places to visit within reach of train stations

£6,859

2025 - 2026

A website that helps people easily discover and plan fun and inspiring things to do within reach of a train station.

Defending Solum Development at Redhill Station appeal on transport grounds

Defending Solum Development at Redhill Station appeal on transport grounds

£2,000

Jul 2025

Supporting a community group challenge to a development at Redhill station due to transport impact.

TRACS: Towards Restoring A Caerleon Station   

TRACS: Towards Restoring A Caerleon Station   

£2,000

May 2025

A group campaigning for a train station in Caerleon, South Wales.

Cycling4Everyone (north east)

Cycling4Everyone (north east)

£2,000

Mar 2025

A collective voice for improved cycling infrastructure in Northumberland.

Bath & Wiltshire Metro

Bath & Wiltshire Metro

£3,960

Mar-Jun 2025

An exciting proposal to upgrade the existing rail track, serving over 400,000 people across Bath and Wiltshire.

New Scots Ride

New Scots Ride

£1,999

Feb 2025

Cycling lessons, skills sessions and bike rides around Glasgow for New Scots.

Reading Cycle Campaign

Reading Cycle Campaign

£1,880

Dec 2024

A campaign to improve cycling in Reading and surrounding areas.

Women on Wheels

Women on Wheels

£2,000

Dec 2024

A women-led cycling group in Glasgow, empowering women of all backgrounds and abilities to become confident cyclists.

Delivering better bus services in Oxfordshire

Delivering better bus services in Oxfordshire

£1,997

Nov 2024

Championing the needs of bus users in Oxfordshire.

POD – Calder Valley Shared Transport

POD – Calder Valley Shared Transport

£1,963

Nov 2024

A new car share scheme in the Upper Calder Valley, Yorkshire.

KidicalMass Reading

KidicalMass Reading

£1,960

Nov 2024

Family-friendly mass bike rides to increase cycling confidence and highlight the need for better cycling infrastructure

Enroute Group CIC

Enroute Group CIC

£1,982

Sep 2024

Promoting investment in and usage of sustainable forms of transport by publishing insightful research and running campaigns to improve the network for individuals, encouraging people to mode shift from private transport.

Switch Your Journey

Switch Your Journey

£1,560

Jun 2024

Encouraging Muslim women to switch from their usual mode of transport to cycling.

Transport Knowledge Wiki

Transport Knowledge Wiki

£2,000

Apr 2024

An easily searchable and editable online resource of sustainable transport reports, knowledge and data.

People’s Action for Telegraph Hill

People’s Action for Telegraph Hill

£2,414

2022- 2024

Creating people-friendly streets in Telegraph Hill, South East London

North East Public Transport Users Group

North East Public Transport Users Group

£2,000

Jan 2024

A group campaigning for integrated, sustainable, and accessible transport in North East England.

Integrated Community Transport Study

Integrated Community Transport Study

£2,000

Jan 2024

A community transport feasibility study in East Ayrshire.

Sidlaw Path Network

Sidlaw Path Network

£870

Aug 2023

A volunteer group focused on developing and maintaining the local path network around the Sidlaw Hills in SW Angus, Perth and Kinross, and Dundee.

Dundee Cycling Forum

Dundee Cycling Forum

£1,933

Aug 2023

Information resource and campaign hub for the development of comprehensive and safe cycling infrastructure in Dundee.

Bike to the Future

Bike to the Future

£1,890

Jun 2023

Introducing new communities and individuals to the world of cycling through the delivery of a programme on repairing, recycling and upcycling pre-loved bikes.

Bespoke Safer Cycling Group

Bespoke Safer Cycling Group

£2,000

May 2023

Making it easier and safer for everyone to get around Eastbourne by bicycle.

TravelWatch NorthWest

TravelWatch NorthWest

£4,000

2023 - 2024

A membership organisation representing public transport users in the North West of England.

Bus Regulation: The Musical

Bus Regulation: The Musical

£2,000

Jan 2023

A performance that tells the history of bus deregulation and celebrates re-regulation.

Rescuing Britain’s forgotten 1930s protected cycleways

Rescuing Britain’s forgotten 1930s protected cycleways

£1,500

Jan 2023

Using the history of Dutch-inspired cycle tracks and footways to empower local authorities to bid for funding to renovate the best of them.

Catch the bus campaign

Catch the bus campaign

£2,000

Dec 2022

A project run in collaboration with Somerset County Council to promote bus services in and around the county.

Like2Bike

Like2Bike

£2,000

Dec 2022

Supporting children in Hackney to cycle to school.

Colchester Cycling Campaign

Colchester Cycling Campaign

£600

Nov 2022

Campaigning for improvements in cycling infrastructure to make the roads of Colchester safer for everyone.

Tower Hamlets School Streets

Tower Hamlets School Streets

£2,000

Nov 2022

Campaigning for a road around every school that temporarily closes to cars.

Sheppey Light Railway Greenway Project

Sheppey Light Railway Greenway Project

£1,500

Oct 2022

Working towards achieving a safe track for walking and cycling, following the route of the Old Sheppey Light Railway across the Isle of Sheppey.

Spoke Out

Spoke Out

£2,000

Dec 2021

A cycling project encouraging more girls, women and non-binary people to cycle.

Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP)

Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP)

£2,000

Jul 2021

A campaign to reinstate the Peaks and Dales railway to connect the East Midlands and the North West.

People Parking Day

People Parking Day

£4,000

2021 - 2022

Inviting communities in London to reimagine their local streets by creating pop-up parklets.

Publication of John Roberts archive

Publication of John Roberts archive

£2,000

Jun 2018

A project to publish reports, books and papers by the sustainable transport pioneer John Roberts.

Sustainable transport for national parks

Sustainable transport for national parks

£1,000

Sep 2017

A report to influence decision makers into taking action on providing more sustainable transport in and around National Parks in England and Wales.