Is your scooter and cycle parking always full? Good news! The Choose How You Move team has now opened applications for School Infrastructure Grants.
We want to give as many children as possible the opportunity to travel to school actively, even if it’s only part of the way. With funding from DfT, we are now able to provide grants of up to £6000 to help your school purchase scooter and cycle parking.
Leicestershire primary and secondary schools are welcome to apply for a grant to receive the below:
One application per school.
If you’d like to receive a grant for both scooter pods and cycle parking, you can do so in one application.
Make an application via the online form, or by emailing the word form (at the bottom of the page) to the Choose How You Move team.
Once the team have assessed applications, you will receive an email accepting or rejecting your application. If your application is accepted, you will be emailed confirming your grant.
Please then supply the Choose How You Move team with a quote from your chosen supplier for the works.
Please note the grant does have an upper limit and anything over this will not be reimbursed.
All grants are approved on a first come first served basis.
Please note once we have raised the request, it can take up to 30 days for the payment to be made.
We need schools to provide data at 3, 6 and 12 months after having the infrastructure installed. This will include images, usage rates and any other anecdotal data. We may also ask you to provide information for a case study.
We also ask that your school work with our team to try and achieve ‘Good’ level accreditation on ModeshiftSTARS within three years of receiving the grant.
Walking, cycling or scooting to school helps children engage better at the start of the school day
Travelling actively is great for children's physical and mental health
More active travel means less cars on the roads outside our schools
Parents, carers and teachers can use the BetterPoints app to get rewards for travelling sustainably
There are great environmental benefits from encouraging active travel such as better air quality and reduced noise pollution
Monitoring & EvaluationSchools that receive a grant will be expected to provide monitoring. This will include photographs and usage counts at 3, 6 and 12 months after receiving the grant.
ModeshiftSTARSAs per the terms and conditions, we expect all schools who receive this grant to work towards ‘Good’ level accreditation on ModeshiftSTARS within three years of receiving the money.
Case StudiesSchools may be asked to provide a case study, which would include a testimonial from the school (staff and/or children) and images of the infrastructure in use.
Modeshift STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools) is a free national awards scheme that recognises schools for promoting cycling, walking and other sustainable travel choices.
By joining the programme, your school will receive access to a nationally recognised School Travel Plan and can work towards one of four accreditation levels: Approved, Good, Very Good, Excellent and Outstanding.
With over 12,000 schools already taking part, Modeshift STARS provides a simple framework to support active and sustainable travel within your school community.
For further information you can view this guide for schools.
The nature of the grant requires a submission of personal data (contact name, email address, phone number, address and bank details) to Choose How You Move for the application to be logged.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides us with guidance around collecting and processing your personal information.
We do not require any other personal data in order for you to apply for a grant. Choose How You Move will not use your data in any other way than for the intended purpose of logging applications, contacting specified persons in the event of a grant being allocated, and sharing anonymised data with the funding body, Department for Transport.
Please find our full Fair Processing Notice for this competition here.
Please contact choosehowyoumove@leics.gov.uk if you would like more information on how we process your data.
