Our People and Place work contributes towards three of the four objectives set out in our Regional Transport Strategy by supporting behaviour change interventions that allow people to choose active or sustainable ways to travel instead of using a car.
The objectives of our People and Place programme are to:
Our People and Place work is supported by the Scottish Government through Transport Scotland, who have made funding available to each of the seven regional transport partnerships across Scotland to support their active travel vision: to enable walking, wheeling (including those using a wheelchair or mobility aid) and cycling to become the most popular mode of transport for short, everyday journeys.
This support allows us to offer grant funding to local authorities, charities and community groups across our region for projects that will deliver active and sustainable travel behaviour change. The focus areas for the grant funding are:
For 2025/26 we are running two grant funds – the People and Place Grant Fund and the Community Grant Fund.
Our People and Place Grant Fund is for public bodies, charities or community organisations (note that local authorities are not eligible for this fund as they will receive funding via a different route) who have experience in delivering large sustainable transport behaviour change projects. The grant fund will support projects with a minimum value of £50,000.
This fund is currently open for applications.
People and Place Grant Fund
The Community Grant Fund is to support community organisations looking to deliver sustainable transport projects. The grant fund is for community groups, Community Interest Companies and charities delivering in the SEStran region and will support projects with a value between £5,000 to £50,000.
This fund is currently closed for applications.
This grant fund it likely to open to applications in spring. We will make more information available soon.
We have produced a Delivery Plan for our People and Place work.