National charity Motability has announced it will provide £50 million to UK charities and organisations in the accessible transport sector from 2022 to 2025, starting with two new funding streams:

• Community Transport Grants
• Wheelchair Sector Grants

Both programmes will offer grants of between £100,000 and £4 million for a maximum of three years.

There is a focus on medium and large charities and non-profit organisations with well-established ways of working. As such, applicants must have been active for three years, with an annual income of at least £150,000 in that time.

Community Transport Grants should be used to cover:

• Staffing and/or volunteer costs to increase supply of Community Transport services.
• Leasing or buying Community Transport vehicles
• Initiatives to influence transport strategy, policy and funding.
• Partnerships/collaborations which drive efficiency at the organisational and systems level.
• Best practice interventions to continue/scale up work.

Wheelchair Sector Grants should be used to:

• Help individuals to source quality equipment by topping up self-funding.
• Raise awareness of the challenges faced by disabled people in obtaining suitable, quality and affordable wheelchairs.
• Develop or improve programmes which fund high quality and affordable equipment.
• Support existing initiatives which provide best practice solutions but need further support to remain operational or expand.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Details at: Charitable Grants | Community Transport Grant | Motability

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