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SPT People and Place Programme Community Fund 2026/27

The People and Place Programme Community Fund is a grant fund scheme supported by Transport Scotland’s People and Place Programme. The Community Fund is intended to support existing and new community groups working to influence active and sustainable travel behaviour change through localised projects and supports the same key themes and remit as the wider People and Place Programme. Community Organisations delivering smaller projects (£5,000 - £50,000) at a community level can apply for funding through the Community Fund.

An application process ran February-March 2026 to determine organisations being grant funded through the Community Fund over 2026/27.

The 2026/27 Community Fund Programme is currently underway, with 29 projects being delivered across the SPT region, totalling over £571,000.

Delivery Partner:
Getting Better Together Ltd

Total Funding Award:
£33,000.00

Location:
North Lanarkshire

Project summary:
The GBT Bike School Project is a place-based active travel programme delivered by Getting Better Together Ltd that supports children and young people in North Lanarkshire—particularly in areas of high deprivation—to build the skills, confidence, and access needed to choose walking and cycling for everyday journeys. Building on previous success, the expanded programme will work with eight primary schools over a full academic year, engaging around 2,180 participants through targeted Bike Bus, Learn to Ride, Dr Bike, and Smoothie Bike activities, alongside supported work placements and training to ensure long-term sustainability and behaviour change.

Delivery Partner:
Social Track

Total Funding Award:
£4,850.00

Location:
North Lanarkshire

Project summary:
Socialtrack will deliver a targeted mobile bike repair and behaviour change programme across North Lanarkshire, providing around 30 free Dr Bike sessions in partnership with community and third-sector organisations to support 200–250 people who own bikes but are not currently cycling. By removing financial and practical barriers through free repairs, maintenance guidance, and confidence-building support— particularly in areas of higher deprivation—the project will enable immediate behaviour change, increase active travel for everyday journeys, and support sustainable transport and the circular economy.

Delivery Partner:
Garthamlock. Craigend and Gartloch Community Council

Total Funding Award:
£47,700.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will transform neglected civic space in Craigend into a safe, accessible and well-connected active travel corridor linking three schools, an ASN school, a nursery, and the Seven Lochs Wetland Park, directly addressing priorities set out in the Local Place Plan and Glasgow’s Liveable Neighbourhoods programme. Building on community-led design work already completed, the project will deliver inclusive walking and wheeling routes with improved lighting, wayfinding, seating, dropped kerbs, planting and secure cycle storage, reducing car dependency, improving safety, and enabling people of all ages and abilities to choose active travel for everyday journeys.

Delivery Partner:
Cycle Station Bike Hire Ltd.

Total Funding Award:
£23,594.00

Location:
North Ayrshire

Project summary:
The Irvine Valley Schools Active Travel Programme will reduce barriers to cycling by expanding a successful Bike Bus model to three primary schools, providing pupils and families with bikes, equipment, skills training, maintenance support, and supervised routes to school. Engaging over 350 pupils, the programme will build confidence, improve road safety awareness, reduce car journeys, and embed a sustainable, community-led culture of active travel across the Irvine Valley.

Delivery Partner:
SAMH

Total Funding Award:
£33,000.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
Active Steps to Wellbeing is a tiered, community-based programme that promotes walking as an accessible form of active travel to improve mental health and wellbeing in deprived communities across Glasgow. Through personalised 1:1 behaviour change support, group-based walking activities, and the co-design of an inclusive community walking route, the project will reduce physical and psychological barriers to active travel and engage around 400 people, particularly those who are currently underrepresented or facing mental health challenges.

Delivery Partner:
Arran Eco Savvy SCIO

Total Funding Award:
£10,000.00

Location:
North Ayrshire

Project summary:
The project will expand an existing community bike service by increasing access to e-bikes, children’s bikes, and adapted cycling opportunities, with a strong focus on affordability, inclusion, and reducing waste. Through long- and short-term e-bike loans, an expanded Wee Bike Library, maintenance support, and adapted bike sessions, the project will enable island residents—particularly those on low incomes, children, and people with additional needs—to participate in cycling as a realistic, sustainable transport option.

Delivery Partner:
Parents for Future Scotland

Total Funding Award:
£30,000.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The programme is a parent‑led initiative addressing air pollution and children’s respiratory health by promoting active and sustainable travel in Glasgow schools through awareness‑raising, peer support, and behaviour change. Continuation funding will support a Community Project Manager to work with 11 schools to deliver tailored action plans, education resources, parent‑to‑parent engagement, and walking and cycling buses, while strengthening local and national partnerships to embed long‑term change.

Delivery Partner:
Clyde Cycle Park

Total Funding Award:
£30,000.00

Location:
South Lanarkshire

Project summary:
The project will increase cycling participation in Cambuslang–Rutherglen by expanding inclusive cycle coaching, Bikeability training, and confidence-building support for under‑represented groups, including women, young people, and pupils in ASN settings. Building on strong local demand, it will also pilot CamGlen’s first Bike Bus schemes, provide Dr Bike maintenance sessions, and improve access to route, safety, and bike purchase information to support everyday cycling and school travel.

Delivery Partner:
Ebike Freedom CIC

Total Funding Award:
£25,000.00

Location:
Glasgow City and Inverclyde

Project summary:
The programme delivers a unique, structured pathway into cycling for people with justice experience, addressing transport poverty through a progression from in‑custody training to community participation and peer leadership. Building on proven delivery in Glasgow, the expanded programme will strengthen rehabilitation, confidence, employability, and community reintegration through bike libraries, leadership training, peer instructor development, and evaluated behaviour change outcomes.

Delivery Partner:
Hope in Place CIC

Total Funding Award:
£36,808.56

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will deliver a whole‑system approach to increasing walking, wheeling and cycling across Glasgow by supporting behaviour change in communities and workplaces, with a focus on areas experiencing high levels of deprivation and transport poverty. Delivered by Hope in Place CIC, it combines community‑led active travel planning in North Glasgow with a city‑centre Workplace Active Travel Hub, enabling modal shift away from car use through bike access, skills support, and the development of local active travel champions.

Delivery Partner:
Toryglen Community Youth Project SCIO

Total Funding Award:
£37,071.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will establish a fully equipped Community Cycling Hub at the Geoff Shaw Community Centre, building on TCYP’s free, well‑established cycling programme to increase access, skills and confidence in one of Glasgow’s most deprived communities. By providing free bike repairs, maintenance training, volunteer upskilling and year‑round cycling activity, the hub will support at least 400 users annually and embed cycling as a practical, inclusive and sustainable travel option for everyday journeys.

Delivery Partner:
University of Glasgow

Total Funding Award:
£15,557.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will improve uptake of the University’s shared e‑bike fleet at the Garscube campus by installing conveniently located, secure e‑bike storage, charging facilities, and lockable cycle parking for commuters. By reducing access barriers and improving security, the project will increase e‑bike use for inter‑campus travel, reduce reliance on cars and taxis, and encourage more staff and students to commute by bicycle.

Delivery Partner:
Argyll Countryside Trust

Total Funding Award:
£8,690.00

Location:
Argyll and Bute

Project summary:
reCycle is a project within Argyll Countryside Trust that provides free, reconditioned bicycles and ongoing cycling support to Argyll and Bute residents, removing cost and access barriers while diverting unwanted bikes from landfill. Delivered in partnership with schools, local authorities and active travel organisations, the scheme promotes inclusive everyday cycling, tackles rural transport poverty, and is expanding capacity to meet growing demand from both children and adults.

Delivery Partner:
Biosphere Bikes

Total Funding Award:
£20,000.00

Location:
South Ayrshire

Project summary:
Biosphere Bikes Active Travel project will deliver a local, inclusive programme designed to remove barriers to everyday cycling by improving access to affordable bikes, increasing confidence, and building practical travel skills. Through refurbished bike loans, route planning, maintenance support, inclusive training, and strong community promotion, the project will encourage lasting behaviour change and position cycling as a viable, accessible option for everyday journeys.

Delivery Partner:
Early Years Scotland

Total Funding Award:
£14,720.00

Location:
Glasgow City, Renfrewshire, East and West Dunbartonshire

Project summary:
Multi-strand project piloting indoor bike storage for SMEs/CICs, introducing a fleet of bikes (including e-bikes), and leading youth rides to promote city-wide cycling. SPT funding will support the construction and design of a new office base as well as the purchase of bikes and equipment to facilitate project delivery.

Delivery Partner:
Common Wheel

Total Funding Award:
£14,593.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
Common Wheel’s Build Your Own Bike (BYOB) programme is a 10‑week, therapeutically focused cycling initiative supporting people with diagnosed mental illness to build skills, confidence, and independence through completing and keeping a bespoke bicycle. Delivered from workshops in Maryhill and Bridgeton, the project will fund 15 BYOB courses and 12 supported bike excursions, benefiting around 80 participants while reducing isolation, improving wellbeing, and encouraging active travel.

Delivery Partner:
The North Glasgow Loading Bay

Total Funding Award:
£25,000.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
Ride, Learn and Progress will deliver a structured educational engagement programme for secondary school pupils through a dedicated, accessible education suite, focused on employability, career pathways, and creative digital skills. Prioritising schools in SIMD‑identified areas, the programme will reduce access barriers through supported transport and equip young people with confidence, transferable skills, and clearer progression routes into education, training, and employment.

Delivery Partner:
Community Gift Exchange SCIO

Total Funding Award:
£6,870.00

Location:
South Ayrshire

Project summary:
CGX Cycle Works will expand and diversify the Ayr Bike Share scheme by increasing its e‑bike fleet with inclusive tricycles and refurbished bicycles, improving access to cycling for people of all ages and abilities while supporting modal shift away from car travel. Alongside this, revenue funding will support bike servicing, discounted hires for people in financial hardship, and long‑term financial sustainability through reuse, volunteering, and green skills development within the Cycle Works social enterprise.

Delivery Partner:
Visability Scotland

Total Funding Award:
£1,950.00

Location:
Across the SPT region

Project summary:
The SAFE project will improve safety and inclusion on streets by delivering free public awareness training on the Highway Code hierarchy, disability awareness (particularly vision impairment), and the needs of vulnerable road users. Alongside this, it will provide specialist one‑to‑one rehabilitation and inclusive cycle training for stroke and acquired brain injury survivors with neurological sight loss, reaching around 2,500 people and supporting safer walking, wheeling and cycling for all.

Delivery Partner:
Local Energy Action Plan (LEAP)

Total Funding Award:
£6,000.00

Location:
Renfrewshire

Project summary:
LEAP delivers affordable, zero‑emission shared transport in Renfrewshire through a fully electric Car Club, e‑bikes and e‑trikes, providing 24/7 access to low‑cost transport in communities facing high levels of deprivation and transport poverty. Ongoing revenue funding will support the continued delivery of this established service, helping residents access employment, education and services, reduce car dependency and emissions, and improve financial security and wellbeing.

Delivery Partner:
The Church At The Cross

Total Funding Award:
£2,760.00

Location:
South Lanarkshire

Project summary:
This pilot Pop‑Up Bike Shop will provide affordable, accessible bike maintenance and short‑term bike hire to reduce transport barriers for families in a SIMD‑identified community. By offering free repairs for children and those in financial need, supported bike loans, and basic maintenance education, the project will encourage safe, everyday cycling and lay the foundations for a permanent community bike hub.

Delivery Partner:
Bikes for Refugees (Scotland)

Total Funding Award:
£45,228.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will support over 600 refugees and asylum seekers across Glasgow by providing free refurbished bicycles, repairs, essential cycling equipment, and skills support to reduce transport poverty, isolation and barriers to active travel. Delivered through a community workshop model, the programme combines bike access, maintenance, led rides and volunteer training to enable safe, confident everyday cycling and strengthen community connections.

Delivery Partner:
Climate Action Strathaven (CAS)

Total Funding Award:
£15,000.00

Location:
South Lanarkshire

Project summary:
The project will develop a simple, user‑friendly mobile app to improve access to and use of sustainable transport services in Strathaven, supporting around 12,000 passengers per month. The app will provide real‑time bus information, ticketing and updates, while also promoting electric vehicle hire, e‑bike hire and bike repairs, helping increase service uptake and accessibility, particularly for older and less mobile users.

Delivery Partner:
Belville Community Garden Trust

Total Funding Award:
£14,503.00

Location:
Inverclyde

Project summary:
The project will continue to refurbish and distribute donated bicycles across Inverclyde, removing socio‑economic barriers to active and sustainable travel in one of Scotland’s most deprived SIMD1 communities. Alongside this, it will provide structured recovery‑focused training and accredited bike maintenance skills through weekly repair sessions, community Dr Bike events, and supported behaviour change, enabling participants and residents to adopt cycling as a practical, affordable everyday transport option.

Delivery Partner:
Twechar Community Action

Total Funding Award:
£5,350.00

Location:
East Dunbartonshire

Project summary:
The project will deliver a programme of themed, led bike rides and walks from a new outdoor centre, engaging children, young people, families, women and older adults in safe, accessible active travel along local canal paths and cycle networks. Supported by trained leaders, a bike workshop and maintenance training, the project will increase access to bikes, build skills and confidence, and encourage long‑term behaviour change around active travel, wellbeing and climate action.

Delivery Partner:
West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust

Total Funding Award:
£16,717.00

Location:
West Dunbartonshire

Project summary:
West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust is delivering the Bikeability programme to Primary 6 pupils across the local authority, with a target of reaching 16 schools (around 455 pupils) in 2025/26 as a stepping stone to full coverage of all 32 schools in 2026/27. To ensure equitable participation in an area of high deprivation, the project requires additional bicycles and storage to enable all pupils—regardless of access to a bike—to gain essential road cycling skills that support active travel, health and wellbeing.

Delivery Partner:
Inverclyde Community Development Trust

Total Funding Award:
£12,000.00

Location:
Inverclyde

Project summary:
ICDT Community Tracks will continue delivering inclusive active travel support in Inverclyde by recycling, repairing and redistributing bicycles, providing affordable access to cycling and reducing environmental waste in one of Scotland’s most deprived communities. Alongside community bike repairs and group riding opportunities, the project will expand cycling education through accredited bicycle maintenance training for young people, building skills, confidence and long‑term pathways into sustainable travel and employment.

Delivery Partner:
Cycling Without Age Scotland

Total Funding Award:
£20,053.83.00

Location:
Glasgow City

Project summary:
The project will invest in capital assets at the Riverside Museum to expand inclusive trishaw provision, delivering two trishaws alongside a secure Asgard storage shed with solar‑powered charging. These improvements will enhance access to the museum and surrounding riverside routes, enabling people with reduced mobility to enjoy cultural and active travel experiences in a safe and sustainable way.

Delivery Partner:
Cloudberry Communities

Total Funding Award:
£7,650.00

Location:
North Lanarkshire

Project summary:
The project focuses on capital investment in the provision, refurbishment and lifecycle support of reconditioned and adaptive bikes, ensuring young people and families have sustained access to safe, fit‑for‑purpose cycles and repair facilities. Through partnerships with schools and community groups, it will deliver around 200 refurbished bikes per year, provide pool and adaptive bikes for inclusive cycling programmes, and maintain a swap‑and‑repair model that keeps bikes in use as children grow.

How to Apply

Applications for 2026/27are now closed and project delivery for successful applicants is now underway. Delivery of the People and Place Programme and Community Fund for 2027/28 is currently subject to the confirmation of funding from Transport Scotland. Following this, applications will open early 2027 and will be accessible below.

The fund is open to:

  • community groups
  • voluntary organisations
  • registered charities
  • social enterprises
  • community benefit societies
  • community interest companies (CICs).

Note that this fund is not open to Local Authorities, other public bodies, or businesses. Organisations funded either directly or indirectly through the wider SPT People and Place Programme are also ineligible to apply.

Projects must be working to support sustainable and active travel behaviour change within the SPT region.

Should you wish to be notified on any updates regarding funding opportunities for next year, please contact [email protected]

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