People and Place Community Grant Fund
People and Place Community Grant Fund
The People and Place 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 for projects with a value between £5,000 to £50,000.
Projects can focus solely on active travel or sustainable transport interventions or a combination of both elements. Projects must align with at least one of the three key People and Place themes – schools and young people, workplaces and accessibility and inclusion.
**This fund is open for applications. Scroll down to apply.**
People and Place themes
⇒ Schools and young people
Interventions in Scottish schools that deliver holistic solutions for creating an environment where active and sustainable travel choices are not only an option, but the most effective ways to travel for young people and families.
⇒ Workplaces
Interventions that focus on places of work, that make active and sustainable travel choices a realistic solution for commuting for staff and volunteers. These could include investment in workplace cycle storage/parking or maintenance provision, or incentivisation schemes that make walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport a more attractive choices to private car use.
⇒ Accessibility and inclusion
Interventions that focus on inclusion of underrepresented groups in Scotland who might face additional barriers to active and sustainable travel, such as cost, social perception, culture, health, ability, and geographical location. Interventions should integrate a good engagement with groups who face such barriers and aim at significantly reducing them to increase opportunities to choose active and sustainable travel.
Applications to the Community Grant Fund are now open
To apply
Applications are made through our new online portal.
To apply for funding, you must first create an account. To do this:
- Enter your organisation’s email address under where it says ‘Log in or register’
- You will then be prompted to enter a 6 digit code which will be in an email sent to this email address. This can take a few minutes and sometimes goes to spam/junk folders.
- You will then be asked to provide the required details, including your name and organisation name.
- You will be asked to create a password and accept the portal’s terms and conditions. Please note you must agree to receive notification emails to receive updates on your application.
After activation, you can log in at any time to start, save, and submit your application(s). Before you apply, ensure you have read our .
The closing date for applications is 6 February 2026.
Application timeline
Pre-application support: 15 December 2025 – 12 January 2026
Applications open: 12 January 2026
Applications close: 6 February 2026
Decision in principle: w/c 2 March 2026
At this stage, it is anticipated that decisions will be issued in principle subject to confirmation of funding for the People and Place Plan from Transport Scotland and SEStran Board approval of the 2026/27 partnership budget.
2025/26 funded projects
The projects being funded during 2025/26 through the Community Grant Fund are:
