The Cycle Access Fund supports those least likely to have access to a bike and provides capital grants to organisations through four different funding strands:

• Individual Bike Ownership - for organisations that work with adults who are struggling financially. It is designed to support individuals who would not be able to afford to buy a bike themselves.
• Shared Use - to purchase cycles and equipment that enable cycle-sharing schemes such as bike libraries, pool cycles, bike subscription schemes, loan cycles and bike share schemes.
• Recycle - for bike repair organisations and bike recycling centres to repair cycles for donation to people who are financially struggling.
• Repair - for bike repair organisations, bike recycling centres and bike shops to repair cycles belonging to people who are financially struggling.

It allows a wide range of organisations to apply and provides a variety of opportunities for individuals to benefit from the fund.

In 2024-25, the Cycle Access Fund is being supported by four Regional Transport Partnerships (RTP) in Scotland and is only available to organisations whose registered business/charity address is in SPT, Sestran, ZetTrans and Nestrans. Please refer to this map to see which local authority areas are eligible.

Enabling individuals to access a bike in an affordable, easy and convenient way is a vital contribution to reducing health and income inequality and makes our communities safer and more pleasant by reducing short car journeys. Many people in Scotland experience barriers to accessing a cycle and this funding aims to tackle different barriers and help more people to cycle.

The Cycle Access Fund will close, either when all funding been allocated or on 31 March 2025, whichever occurs soonest.