Motability provides grants to charities and organisations that support the transport needs of people with disabilities. It has launched two new grant schemes.
Medium and large charities and not-for-profit organisations with well-established ways of working may apply.
Applicants must:
- Be based in the UK.
- Have been active for at least three years.
- Have had an annual income of at least £150,000 per annum over that period.
- Be working in the field of transport for disabled people.
Charities and organisations can apply for grants from £100,000 up to £4 million.
Wheelchair Grants
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 scale up.
Community Transport Grants
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.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which develop, expand and improve community transport options for disabled people in the UK, and improve and expand their access to good quality wheelchairs in the UK.
Application deadline:
The programmes end on 31 March 2025 and funding payments cannot be made after this date.
Fund description:
https://www.motability.org.uk/charitable-grants/grants-to-charities-and-organisations/