Transport Grants

In line with our commitment to learning and continuous improvement, we will be pausing this Fund from 1st April 2026. All applications received by 5pm on 31st March will be fully assessed against our current criteria, however, we will not be accepting new applications after that date. Please check back later in the year or sign up to our mailing list for details of any new funding offer.

If you are already in receipt of a Small or Large Grant from us, you can still apply for a separate Transport Grant. However, we will take the fact that you already hold funding from us into account. In these cases, we are likely only to award a one-year Transport grant or, if we award you a 3-year grant, we are likely to cap this at a maximum of £20K in total.
Apply any time – no set closing date.
We are now accepting applications for Transport Grants on a rolling basis to support work which addresses any of our four funding themes: Financial Security, Education Pathways, Work Pathways, and Nurturing Relationships; or for work which is focused on removing transport barriers for people and places with higher rates or risks of experiencing poverty and trauma, to ensure they can participate in society and thrive.

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To apply, you'll need:

At least three unconnected Trustees on your charity’s Board.
Recent independently examined or audited annual accounts.
A bank account in the name of your charity, with two unconnected people required to make every withdrawal or payment.
A safeguarding policy if you’re working with young or vulnerable people.

How to Apply

Please read our full guidance on applying for a Transport Grant before completing your application form. You will find the link to our online application form within the full guidance.

You can have also have a look inside our application form in our sample form.

For more details of the kind of work we fund, take a look at Who and what we fund, and for information about the other grants we offer, see Our Funds.

View our full guidance and apply

Download our sample form

Learning from our Transport Grants

We are pleased to announce the first awards made through our new Transport Grants fund, and share our learning so far after our first round of decisions.

20th December 2024

On-demand: Transport Grants Webinar

Having recently launched our Transport Grants, in this webinar we share more about the fund and provide a run through of our application form.

1st October 2024