--- title: Meeting Access Fund Criteria + Winning Your Bid description: Meeting Access Fund Criteria + Winning Your Bid image: https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ride-Report-Dashboard-279x300-1.png --- [![Dark blue Love to Ride logo](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/LTR%20Logo%201%20Dark%20Blue%20on%20Transparent-100px.png "Dark blue Love to Ride logo")](https://blog.lovetoride.net/) [For Business](https://business.lovetoride.net/) [For Government](https://partners.lovetoride.net/) # The Love to Ride Blog ### Creating a more bike friendly world ## [Meeting Access Fund Criteria + Winning Your Bid](https://blog.lovetoride.net/2016/08/11/meeting-access-fund-criteria-winning-your-bid) - by: Thomas Stokell - [Videos (34)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/videos) - [Case Studies (29)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/case-studies) - [Data (25)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/data) - [Challenges (21)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/challenges) - [Product (16)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/product) - [Rider Stories (14)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/rider-stories) - [Behaviour Change Theory (13)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/behaviour-change-theory) - [Webinar (6)](https://blog.lovetoride.net/tag/webinar) All - Share - [![Facebook logo](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/blog_3_wow_design/Images/facebook_40px.png)](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.lovetoride.net%2F2016%2F08%2F11%2Fmeeting-access-fund-criteria-winning-your-bid) - [![Twitter logo](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/blog_3_wow_design/Images/twitter_40px.png)](https://www.twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.lovetoride.net%2F2016%2F08%2F11%2Fmeeting-access-fund-criteria-winning-your-bid) - [![LinkedIn logo](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/blog_3_wow_design/Images/linkedin_40px.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.lovetoride.net/2016/08/11/meeting-access-fund-criteria-winning-your-bid) - [![Email icon](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hubfs/blog_3_wow_design/Images/email_28px.png)](mailto:?subject=Awesome%20blog%20post%20on%20Love%20to%20Ride&body=Hi%20buddy,%20check%20out%20this%20interesting%20blog%20post%20I%20read%20on%20Love%20to%20Ride:)   The core revenue funding in England for cycling & walking is delivered through the DfT's Access Fund. Successful bids will have 3 years of funding to help in the delivery of their local initiatives and programmes.   **Meeting the Criteria** Bids will need to show how they will meet two of the key criteria: - Improve access to employment, education, and training![Ride Report Dashboard](https://blog.lovetoride.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Ride-Report-Dashboard-279x300-1.png?width=337&height=362&name=Ride-Report-Dashboard-279x300-1.png) - Be effective at encouraging more people to walk and cycle **Love to Ride Access Fund Elements:** **Comprehensive year round cycling encouragement programme** - including 3 focussed and intensive periods of engagement, links to and promotion of your other local initiatives, and engagement of workplaces, schools and higher education institutions. **GPS data gathering and analysis tool** - cutting edge technology improving cycling, walking and sustainable transport in your area with real data and best in class data analysis tools (which are thankfully very easy to use!). [Learn more here](https://blog.lovetoride.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ride-Report-Love-to-Ride.compressed-1.pdf). **Walking Initiatives** - We’ve been asked by some local authorities what we’d recommend to encourage walking and to complement their Love to Ride programme. [Find out more about those here](https://blog.lovetoride.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Walking-Programmes-to-Complement-Love-to-Ride.pdf). 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