{"id":80863,"date":"2017-04-19T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4b8bd4c1bcb3b07936a97217e3cb6326"},"modified":"2017-04-21T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T11:46:10","slug":"news-story-encouraging-cycling-and-walking-apply-for-business-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80863","title":{"rendered":"News story: Encouraging cycling and walking: apply for business funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Removed information on briefing webinar due to cancellation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Up to \u00a3470,000 is available for organisations with innovative projects that lead to people walking and cycling more. Innovations may include technology, infrastructure, manufacturing or behavioural change.<\/p>\n<p>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Small Business Research Initiative<\/a> (SBRI) competition. It has 2 phases. Up to \u00a3170,000 is available for phase 1, and up to \u00a3300,000 for phase 2.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"natural-choice-for-shorter-journeys\">Natural choice for shorter journeys<\/h2>\n<p>The government\u2019s vision is for cycling and walking to become the natural choice for shorter journeys. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-transport\">Department for Transport<\/a> (DfT) is funding this competition and is inviting proposals which:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>remove current barriers to walking and cycling<\/li>\n<li>encourage people to make more journey stages to by bicycle or on foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"removing-the-barriers\">Removing the barriers<\/h2>\n<p>To meet these aims, DfT intends to focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>better safety &#8211; safety and safety perceptions are among the biggest barriers for people wanting to take up cycling and walking<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>better mobility &#8211; to make cycling and walking normal, easy and enjoyable, we need better links and networks to key destinations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>better streets &#8211; well-designed and accessible streets can encourage people to walk or cycle more as part of their daily routine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>this competition opens on Wednesday 19 April 2017, and the deadline for registration is midday on 7 June 2017<\/li>\n<li>this competition is open to individuals, groups and organisations, but is particularly suitable for early-stage, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)<\/li>\n<li>industry partners such as local government, independent and third sectors can carry out the project on their own or with others<\/li>\n<li>total project costs can vary between \u00a325,000 and \u00a3100,000 and up to 15 weeks to up to 9 months, depending on the phase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/funding-competition-innovation-in-cycling-and-walking\">Find out more about this competition and apply online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for a share of up to \u00a3470,000 for innovative proposals to encourage people to make more journeys by bike or on foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80958,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80863\/revisions\/80958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}