Funding to develop, expand and improve confidence in making journeys and active travel for disabled people.

National disability transport charity Motability has announced the final of its six new grant programmes for 2022, which aims to improve experiences of public transport for disabled people.

Grants of £100,000 to £1 million are available and can be split over one, two or three years.

The funding can be used for:

• Activity that improves the information, support and assistance available to disabled people using public transport.
• Activity that supports disabled people to have better journeys through increased confidence, resilience and training.
• Continuation funding for schemes, programmes and initiatives that already exist, and who provide best practice solutions, but need further support to remain operational or scale up.
• Staff or volunteer training and costs.
• Full cost recovery including indirect costs.
• Local, regional, or national initiatives to increase awareness of active travel and influence its inclusion in transport strategy and policy.

Medium to large charities and organisations with established ways of working may apply, providing they have been active for at least three years with an annual turnover of at least £150,000 and three to twelve months of reserves.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

How To Apply

Applications may be submitted at any time.

There is a two-stage application process:

• Stage One application form - decisions expected within around four weeks.
• Stage Two application form - issued to successful applicants, with a timeframe for decisions confirmed by a member of the Grants Team.

Full guidelines and the Stage One application form can be found on the Motability website.