Reading Council Grants for Sustainable Travel Initiatives

Reading Borough Council’s Sustainable Travel Challenge Fund has awarded grants to forganisations to run projects aimed at helping local people choose sustainable ways to travel around town.

The groups are Reward Your World, CTC, Intelligent Health, Reading Cycle Campaign and ReadiBus. They were selected from charities, businesses, voluntary groups and residents who applied for a grant.

All the initiatives will encourage more walking, cycling and public transport use while making sustainable travel more accessible, acceptable and rewarding.

The Fund may award up to £176,000 in 2013, increased from £150,000 to enable full rather than partial funding to be awarded to certain projects.

Total grants for the organisations are:
Reward your World £50k
CTC £24k
Intelligent Health £49,700
Reading cycle Campaign £2k
Readibus £50k