Cycle Share Launch

New £1m Cycle Share Fund to open ahead of the UCI Cycling World Championships
Removing barriers to everyday cycling
The Scottish Government is investing £1 million to support bike share schemes.
Delivered by Cycling UK, the Cycle Share Fund will get more people in Scotland cycling, by
enabling access to a bike in an affordable, easy and convenient way.
It will enable organisations to purchase cycles and equipment for schemes that provide
people with access to a bike that they don’t own. It will support a range of delivery models
including loan schemes, subscription services, hire schemes, bike libraries, pool bikes and
bike shares.
With support from Cycling UK, organisations who run or wish to run any form of cycle share
scheme, including third sector and community organisations, charities, schools and other
workplaces, will be eligible to apply for funding.
The fund will tackle barriers to cycling including the upfront costs of buying a bike,
uncertainty around choosing the right bike or how to maintain it, or lack of a safe place to
store a cycle. Launching the funding, Minister for Active Travel Patrick Harvie visited Bike for
Good in the west end of Glasgow, to learn more about their existing non-ownership pilot
‘SWITCH UP’.