British Cycling
Get up to £15,000 to improve your cycling facilities and activites
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British Cycling’s Places to Ride programme is funding the development of new or the improvement of existing cycling facilities and activities in communities across England.
Teaming up with Crowdfunder UK, British Cycling wants to invest in innovative and exciting projects that perhaps would not traditionally see British Cycling as a source of funding or indeed consider sport to be their main area of work.
We are keen to hear from any sports club or community organisation with a great idea that will make a difference. We believe that investment in community-based, accessible cycling facilities and equipment will drive increased participation, encouraging existing cyclists to cycle more regularly and encouraging new cyclists to take part.
If you have already started a crowdfunding campaign, find out how to apply for this extra funding below. Or you can take the first step by hitting the 'Start crowdfunding' button below.
Projects supported by British Cycling
Bring Nottingham Bikeworks to Lady Bay
We want to expand our work to the South of the City and Rushcliffe area. Help us make our new...
Pumptrack at Kings Cliffe Active
To build a Pumptrack for the children and young people of the village and area to be active and...
Kingsbridge Skatepark
We need your help to overhaul our current skatepark into a usable wheeled sports facility and...
Portishead Lake Grounds Wheels and Skate Park
We are fundraising to build a fantastic, fully inclusive Skatepark at the Lake Grounds, for...
Applications are now closed
British Cycling’s collaboration with Crowdfunder to support clubs and community organisations is now closed, after facilitating more than a million pounds of investment into cycling facilities, equipment and training.
The collaboration has enabled clubs and community organisations with existing Crowdfunding campaigns to receive match funding from British Cycling up to the value of £15,000. Read more here.
How +Extra funding works
Start a project
Start a new project on Crowdfunder, tell us the basics and a rough outline of your story. Then we can show you funds that you may be eligible for.
Apply for funding
You can then choose to make an application for a relevant fund. If a partner likes your project, they may agree to support it.
Start crowdfunding
Start raising money from the crowd and once you reach an agreed percentage of your target, one of our partners could boost your total with a large donation.
See if you're eligible for +Extra funding
Start by setting up a crowdfunder project, if eligible you will be able to apply to our available funds
Our success stories
There are hundreds of brilliant success stories on Crowdfunder, created by cycling communities across the UK. Are you ready to start yours?
Success story
Creating a new space for the community through crowdfunding
Finsbury Park Skate Plaza laid out a vision to build a new, open-to-all skate plaza, with space for bowls, street skating, scooters, bladers and bikers. In the end their community raised £45,567 including extra funding from British Cycling and Sport England.
We'll help you every step of way
Our team of crowdfunding experts are here to help you tap into the power of crowdfunding, hosting regular interactive webinars. They're FREE to attend and we recently invited Hayes Hawks BMX Club to join us. The club raised £30,467 to replace its start gate with £20,000 of extra funding by British Cycling and Sport England. You can watch their story here.
