Guidance
Tackling loneliness with transport fund: list of organisations awarded funding
Updated 23 May 2022
| 锘縎uccessful organisation | Funds awarded | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Community Action Hampshire | 拢566,876 | This bid will deliver three pilots aimed at reducing loneliness across rural and urban populations in the county. The first is an e-bicycle based shopping delivery service, the second an accessible community transport pilot, and the third will pilot the use of leased electric cars. |
| Age UK | 拢546,674 | A nationwide scheme that will use travelling companions to help older people access and use a range of transport options, addressing the barriers to re-engaging with their communities. |
| Community Transport Association | 拢498,000.00 | This pilot will support community transport operators around the country to extend their reach to lonely groups they don鈥檛 currently support, expand existing services, and create volunteering opportunities to recruit people at risk of loneliness. |
| Living Streets | 拢497,213.00 | Living Streets鈥� scheme will focus on two types of intervention: activities to encourage walking as a social act, and activities to tackle barriers to walking to access social locations. |
| Devon County Council | 拢493,894.00 | This local authority will lead on a varied portfolio of pilot activity, including a travel buddy system, a community grants fund and a community rail project in Okehampton that targets young people. |
| West Midlands Combined Authority and Transport for West Midlands | 拢460,469.00 | Community transport vehicles with trained volunteers on board will deliver a 鈥楲et鈥檚 Talk鈥� initiative in local communities across the region. Buses will be used for door-to-door access to existing local support groups that provide crucial services to people at risk of loneliness. |
| Leeds Older People's Forum | 拢447,500.00 | This varied scheme will commission partners to deliver projects using buses, taxis, active travel, community transport and travel companions to explore how the vast network of existing transport resources in Leeds can be better used to reduce loneliness in older people. |
| Bikeworks CIC | 拢343,687.00 | An active travel pilot in London. The 鈥楻ide Side-by-Side鈥� project will tackle loneliness by giving users a chance to enjoy exercise and fresh air while making social connections. Riders sit side by side in two rows to aid interaction as they cycle. |
| Volunteering Matters | 拢284,349.00 | Based in Nuneaton, this pilot will use a minibus transport service and a tuk-tuk transport service with volunteer drivers enabling a free, safe, community focussed offering that will provide people with access to the services and social connections they identify as crucial to reducing their risk of loneliness. |
| Vista (Royal Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind) | 拢329,973.28 | This pilot will make public transport more accessible for people with sight loss in this region, and thereby reduce loneliness in this group. Vista will deliver accessibility training for local transport providers, and improve the accessibility of transport hubs by auditing and then funding improvements. |
| National Autistic Society | 拢267,391 | A nationwide proposal that will offer training to transport providers, ensuring that their staff have an increased understanding of autism and removing barriers for autistic people on public transport, enabling social connections. |
| Community Rail Network | 拢238,722 | This bid will develop and test an innovative approach to engaging young people with public transport to tackle loneliness with three pilots led by community rail partnerships in Bristol, Blackburn and Newcastle. |