Funding is available for projects to help Londoners benefit from the joys of walking and cycling.
Transport for London (TfL), in partnership with The London Marathon Charitable Trust, are offering Community Ideas Grants (CIG) and Walking and Cycling Grant London (WCGL).
Walking and Cycling grants of up to £10,000 are available to fund projects over three years that engage communities across London in safe, enjoyable and inclusive walking and cycling activities between February and September 2027.
You can apply if you are a community organisation, charity, third sector organisation, not-for-profit organisation, community interest company or social enterprise in Greater London.
The aims of the fund are to:
· Increase walking and cycling in London (including new, lapsed or occasional cyclists)
· Increase confidence in walking and cycling
· Increase walking and cycling frequency
· Make cycle ownership more accessible
· Introduce exercise via walking and cycling to people who are particularly inactive
· Reduce social isolation and get people involved and together in their local community.
Eligible projects are those which:
• Encourage people to walk and/or cycle more often and more safely for transport, exercise or leisure, particularly those who are new to walking or cycling, used to cycle but no longer do so, or are infrequent walkers or cyclists
• Focus on connecting with a diverse range communities which are currently detached, for a variety of reasons, from walking or cycling in London.
A series of application workshops are taking place on the following dates:
- Thursday 3 September, 12pm – register here
- Wednesday 16 September, 10am – register here.
Communities Ideas grants of up to £5,000 are specifically for smaller community groups, charities and social enterprises who may not have applied for a grant or run a community project before. Applicants pick from a list of templates of previously successful project ideas and receive more support throughout the application and project delivery period.
A workshop for these grants will take place on:
- Tuesday 8 September, 6pm – register here.
The closing date for the current funding round is 10am on Monday 28 September 2026.
For full details, including a simple eligibility checker, visit TfL’s Walking and Cycling Grants webpage.
