£68,000 from Share the Joy Fund Awarded

Rental e-bike provider Lime, the London Cycling Campaign and Loud Mobility have announced the 24 new community groups funded in the latest round of the ‘Share The Joy Community Fund’ grant scheme.

The Share The Joy Community Fund is a partnership initiative from LCC and Lime with support from LOUD Mobility.

It was created to award grants to projects and community groups that help encourage more people to cycle in London, with a focus on improving Health and Wellbeing, Accessibility & Inclusion or Skills & Connectivity. Projects that support people underrepresented in cycling are also given additional priority.

Recipients of funding in this round include community groups from across the capital, who each play a vital role in their local areas in increasing access to cycling.

From Independent Cycling Training UK in Enfield, which runs structured cycling sessions for patients recovering from major cardiac events, to Like2Bike, which supports primary school children learning to cycle in Hackney, the breadth and variety of groups funded by Share The Joy is a key element of the initiative.

Julija Zilinskaite of the Single Homeless Project

Lime, LCC and Loud were intentional about this funding round placing specific emphasis on female cyclists. It comes as part of Lime and LCC’s ongoing efforts to help more women access cycling with Lime’s Gender Pedal Gap Report found 9 out of 10 (91%) female cyclists face barriers to cycling, and LCC’s research into unsafe cycle routes after dark, supporting this.

The funding round is also supporting three organisations that support the LGBTQ+ community.

It includes Broad Bikez, an organisation supporting women, girls and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to step up into the bike mechanic industry, Queers on Wheels, a community of LGBTQ+ cyclists, welcoming and respecting all those who identify across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, and the Women of Colour Cycle Collective, a group founded to connect minority ethnic women and non-binary people across the UK.

The full list of 24 organisations funded this round is below.

Faith Uwadiae, Co-Founder, Black Women On Wheels, said on the news of their receiving of the Share the Joy funding: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded this Share the Joy grant. This support will help us increase our ride frequency by training more ride leaders while also strengthening the foundations of our cycling club.

“This will have a lasting, positive impact on our mission to empower more Black women to discover the joy of cycling,”

“LCC is hugely proud to be part of the Share The Joy fund, helping reach 24 new grassroots organisations in this round of funding alone, as cycling continues to grow in numbers and diversity across London, and increasingly becomes a leisure activity, sport and humble mode of transport that everyone can access”,  said Tom Fyans, Chief Executive, London Cycling Campaign.

“It has been fantastic to witness the positive impact that the Share The Joy fund has on cycling communities all across London since it launched last year,” added Alice Pleasant, Senior Public Affairs Manager at Lime.

“By increasing Lime’s contribution to the fund in 2025, we’re able to help provide vital first-time funding to a number of new organisations and groups, as well as renewed funding for others. Working with LCC we are so proud to play a role in ensuring these important organisations continue to grow and overcome barriers to cycling.”

The next funding round will open in June, with further funding rounds running later in 2025 and 2026.