Funding for local voluntary and community organisations
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- 1. Council grants and subsidies
- 2. Creating Healthy Communities grants
- 3. Rental grant subsidy
- 4. In-kind support
- 5. Banstead Neighbourhood Fund
- 6. Banstead Neighbourhood Winter Pressure Fund 24/25
- 7. You are here: Community Transport Grants
- 8. Other funding sources
- 9. Decarbonisation grant for community groups
- 10. Strategic Grants 2025 - 2026
7. Community Transport Grants
This grant scheme is now closed to new applications.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) has made available funding to support Reigate & Banstead residents to make journeys that are important to them.
In July 2024 organisations working with residents who would benefit from community transport to help them attend services or activities in Reigate & Banstead were invited to apply for funding from the UKSPF Community Transport Grants, administered by the Community Partnerships Team.
The aim was to award funding that will be used to help remove the barriers of access, affordability or availability to transport and have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of some of our most vulnerable residents.
Organisations were able to apply for one of the following funds:
- Transport service funding – grants up to £5000
- Travel bursaries – grants between £500 - £1000
In August 2023 a panel, that included representatives from Health and Adult Social Care, reviewed the applications and agreed to allocate £16.5k of funding. This will be used to transport residents, who are in need of additional support, to medical appointments and / or to be active in community groups.
The funding was paid to the successful organisations, either as cash or in taxi vouchers that can be redeemed with a selection of taxi operators who are licensed by RBBC.
The following organisations have been awarded funding to provide travel bursaries or transport schemes to their service users.
| UKSPF Community Transport funded organisations |
|---|
| Preston and Tattenham Helping Hands |
| MHA Communities , East Surrey |
| The Wall House Surgery |
| Sight for Surrey |
| Birchwood Medical Practice |
| Richmond Fellowship |
| YMCA East Surrey - Exercise on Referral Programme |
| Surrey Care Trust - Gateway Garden Scheme |
| The House Partnership - Moat House Surgery |
| East Surrey Domestic Abuse Service (ESDAS) |
| The House Partnership - Greystone House Surgery |
| Loveworks |
Other important information
The UKSPF Community Transport Grant is non recurrent funding and prioritisation has been given to funding applications that demonstrated sustainable solutions.
This fund is not intended to replace the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Provision or the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.
Further information is available about the Surrey non-emergency hospital transport service including Easy Read is available online as well as information about the Healthcare travel costs scheme.
For further information or if you have questions about the fund, please contact Funding@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
