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We work with charities and community groups across all London boroughs. Search for WCGL projects by borough, grant year or keywords.

Lewisham cyclists

Grove park mend & ride

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: Lewisham cyclists
Participant Type: Local people, low income families, women & older people
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £4759

BMX taster sessions

Borough: Barking and Dagenham
Group Name: Access sports
Participant Type: Children & young people
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £4687

Greenwich islamic centre

Greenwich islamic centre cycling club

Borough: Newham
Group Name: Greenwich islamic centre
Participant Type: All Members of the community (youth focus)
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £4829

Canning crescent mental health service

Haringey cycle gateway

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: Canning crescent mental health service
Participant Type: Adults with mental health problems
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £3910

London welcome project

LW bike project

Borough: Haringey
Group Name: London welcome project
Participant Type: Asylum seekers & refugees
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £4500

Core cycling

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Core arts
Participant Type: Adults with mental health problems
Grant: 2014
Grant amount: £3000

The connection at St martin’s

Build a bike course

Borough: Barnet
Group Name: The connection at St martin’s
Participant Type: Homeless people and those at risk of homelessness
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £3000

Hackney bike workshop

Hackney bike workshop

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Hackney bike workshop
Participant Type: All members of the community (focus on women, the elderly and those with physical problems)
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £4362

Leyton orient trust

Cycling Is my goal

Borough: Brent
Group Name: Leyton orient trust
Participant Type: Families in waltham forest, with children still in school
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £10000

Somerville youth & play provision

Safer cycling families

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: Somerville youth & play provision
Participant Type: BAME teenagers from the local area, including those who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £10000

West euston partnership

Ability bikes

Borough: Sutton
Group Name: West euston partnership
Participant Type: Disabled people & their families
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £10000

Wheels for wellbeing

Cycles for 2

Borough: Barking and Dagenham
Group Name: Wheels for wellbeing
Participant Type: Disabled cyclists, particularly with Impaired vision
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £10000

Brothers on bikes

Brothers on bikes

Borough: Ealing
Group Name: Off the street
Participant Type: Muslim boys and men
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £5000

Summer of cycling

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Misgav
Participant Type:
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £9970

Young lewisham project

Born 2 ride

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: Young lewisham project
Participant Type: Children between 11 and 16, particularly from low income families, their parents and carers
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9795

Wheels for wellbeing

Led rides for all

Borough: Haringey
Group Name: Wheels for wellbeing
Participant Type: Physically disaabled, 60+, learning difficulties, new cyclists
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Ride out

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Inspire
Participant Type: 11 to 19 year olds from largely BAME and low income families
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £3000

Wheels for wellbeing

Kids on wheels

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: Wheels for wellbeing
Participant Type: 3 to 18 year olds with learning, emotional or physical disabilities
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9996

This girl can BMX

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Access sport
Participant Type: Local women, often BAME/low income
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £7064

LD cycling experience

LD cycling experience

Borough: Southwark
Group Name: ACC CP
Participant Type: Children with complex moderate learning difficulties aged 11 to 18
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £3000

Pedal power

Borough: Pan London
Group Name: Addaction
Participant Type: History of substance misuse, involvement with criminal justice system
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9293

Cycling down memory lane

Cycling down memory lane

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: Wheels for wellbeing
Participant Type: Those with dementia, particularly those over 60.
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9906

Respoke – becontree cycle centre

Respoke – becontree cycle centre

Borough: Pan London
Group Name: Trailnet
Participant Type: BAME, low income, children, young people, women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9012

Clapton common boys club

Cycle to safety

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Clapton common boys club
Participant Type: Young people aged between 5 and 13 years of the orthodox jewish community
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Ambition aspire achieve

Cycling in canning town

Borough: Greenwich
Group Name: Ambition aspire achieve
Participant Type: Deprived, NEETs, low income, people with health problems & diverse disabilities
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Family cycling project

Borough: Merton
Group Name: CarryMe bikes
Participant Type: Families, women, young children, low income families
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9625

Ride

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: Wheely tots
Participant Type: local and low income families, lone parents, BAME residents
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9532

Cycle training UK

Ride side by side

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Cycle training UK
Participant Type: Older people and those with mobility issues
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Higham hill hub

Higham hill community outdoor group

Borough: Brent
Group Name: Higham hill hub
Participant Type: Disadvantaged young people, adults with no access to a bike
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Local people on bikes

Borough: Harrow
Group Name: Sustrans
Participant Type: People with health problems, low income residents
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £5000

Cycling for all

Cycle 4 all community reach out

Borough: Pan London
Group Name: Cycling for all
Participant Type: Local disability groups, people with health problems, local schools
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9250

Ubele initiative

Wise women on wheels

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: Ubele initiative
Participant Type: BAME women over the age of 45, women with health conditions
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £4693

The royal foundation of St katharine

Limehouse womens cycle project

Borough: Bromley
Group Name: The royal foundation of St katharine
Participant Type: Bengali women, female participants from other backgrounds
Grant: 2015
Grant amount: £9995

Empowering deaf society

Deaf cycling

Borough: Pan London
Group Name: Empowering deaf society
Participant Type: Deaf people
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9246

London grown bike project

London grown bike project

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: London grown workers’ co-operative Ltd
Participant Type: Unemployed people and people experiencing mental health issues
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Pro bike service

Pro bike service

Borough: Greenwich
Group Name: Pro bike service
Participant Type: Low income background, BAME
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9749

Safer cycles bike-fix programme

Safer cycles bike-fix programme

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Community cycleworks CIC
Participant Type: Young people, BAME, low income families
Grant: 2018
Grant amount: £9949

Family cycling: barking riverside cycling club

Barking riverside cycling club

Borough: Pan London
Group Name: Sustrans
Participant Type: BAME, low income, 60+, youth
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £5000

The Bike Project’s Bike Buddies Programme

Bike Buddies

Borough: Barking and Dagenham
Group Name: The Bike Project
Participant Type: BAME, deprived, refugees
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9586

Cycling for the Visually Impaired

Cycling for the Visually Impaired

Borough: Redbridge
Group Name: Middlesex Association for the Blind
Participant Type: People with visual impairments
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Velociposse Cycling Club

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Velociposse Cycling Club
Participant Type: Women, LGBT women, BAME women, women from low-income backgrounds
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9900

Kids on Wheels Croydon

Kids on Wheels Croydon

Borough: Southwark
Group Name: Wheels for Wellbeing
Participant Type: Youth, health problems, disabled children aged 2-18 in the London Borough of Croydon
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9969

Positive Spin Cycling

Positive Spin Cycling

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: Cycle Training UK
Participant Type: Respite care, people with health problems, 60+
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £7094

Hornbeam Joyriders Women’s Cycle Club

Hornbeam Joyriders Women’s Cycle Club

Borough: Brent
Group Name: Hornbeam Centre
Participant Type: Women, focus on muslim women and stay-at-home mums
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9998

WheeliO

Borough: Westminster
Group Name: THOCH: the Hope of Childs Hill
Participant Type: Low income, deprived, women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9922

Cycling without age Rotherhithe

Cycling Without Age Rotherhithe

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Time & Talents
Participant Type: 60+
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

London Bike Kitchen 2

London Bike Kitchen 2

Borough: Merton
Group Name: London Bike Kitchen
Participant Type: BAME, deprived, NEET’s, low income, people with health problems, 60+, LGBT, women
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £9992

Queen Mary Hostel Cycling Project

Queen Mary Hostel Cycling Project

Borough: Bexley
Group Name: Sustrans
Participant Type: Low income, people with health problems, women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9750

Get Charlton Cycling

Get Charlton Cycling

Borough: Newham
Group Name: Access Sport
Participant Type: Young people, low income
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £7900

Learn to ride: Balanceability Sessions

Balanceability Sessions

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Stars n Stripes
Participant Type: Parents and children, young parents, disabled parents, carers, guardians 50+, low income, disabled F
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9856

Build and Earn a Bike in Clapham Park

Build and Earn a Bike in Clapham Park

Borough: Haringey
Group Name: Clapham Park Project
Participant Type: BAME, low income, deprived
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £6846

Saturday Cycles

Saturday Cycles

Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Group Name: The Young Lewisham Project
Participant Type: BAME, deprived, NEETs, low income, youth, 60+, LGBT, women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Wonder Wheels

Borough: Southwark
Group Name: Upper Norwood Library Trust
Participant Type: BAME, women, women with disability, older women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9189

Cycle to Safety

Cycle to Safety

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Clapton Common Boys Club
Participant Type: Young boys of the orthodox jewish community
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

London BMX Outreach Programme

London BMX Outreach Programme

Borough: Lewisham
Group Name: Access Sport
Participant Type: BAME, female, young people, low income, disability.
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9725

Simulated Play-Road

Simulated Play-Road

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Stars n Stripes
Participant Type: Low income families, disabled families, 50+, people with health problems, people with learning disab
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9974

The INUF riders

The INUF riders

Borough: Greenwich
Group Name: INUF – The Independent newham users forum
Participant Type: People with mental health problems and their carers
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £7234

ICIC Grassroots Cycling Project

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Interlinkx CIC
Participant Type: BAME and refugee communities, NEET, young people and female cyclists
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Silver Cycling

Borough: Sutton
Group Name: West Euston Partnership
Participant Type: Deprived, 60+, people with health problems, women, older people from the Bangladeshi community
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Cycle Smarter

Borough: Barnet
Group Name: Open Age
Participant Type: 50+, people with health problems, people with low income, deprived, BAME
Grant: 2018
Grant amount: £9855

Bike Space at Lollard Street Adventure Playground

Bike Space at Lollard Street Adventure Playground

Borough: Haringey
Group Name: Lollard Street Adventure Playground
Participant Type: Deprived, low income families & children, disabled, BAME, Somali Women
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9809

Cycle Together

Borough: Westminster
Group Name: Axis Educational Trust
Participant Type: Deprived, low income families
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £10000

Wheely Tots Holiday Programme

Wheely Tots Holiday Programme

Borough: Lambeth
Group Name: Wheely Tots
Participant Type: BAME, Deprived, Low income
Grant: 2017
Grant amount: £9787

Volunteering on wheels – The Hornbeam Centre

Volunteering on Wheels

Borough: Brent
Group Name: The Hornbeam Centre
Participant Type: BAME, low-income, people with health problems, 60+, non-physical health problems (e.g. learning disa
Grant: 2018
Grant amount: £9990

Biking with Badu

Biking with Badu

Borough: Merton
Group Name: Badu Community CIC
Participant Type: BAME, deprived, non-physical health problems
Grant: 2019
Grant amount: £10747

Higham Hill COG (Community Outdoor Group)

Higham Hill Hub

Borough: Brent
Group Name: Higham Hill Hub
Participant Type: Youth, families, BAME, disability groups, NEET, people with health problems
Grant: 2016
Grant amount: £10000

Recycle a Bike Project

Recycle a Bike Project

Borough: Westminster
Group Name: Sustrans
Participant Type: Students at Whitefield School
Grant: 2018
Grant amount: £8574

Willow Learning for Life, Rambling for adults with learning disabilities

Rambling for adults with learning disabilities

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Willow Learning for Life
Participant Type: Isolated, participants with learning difficulties, improving mental wellbeing
Grant: 2021
Grant amount: £10000

North Beckton PTA, Let’s All Get Cycling

Let’s All Get Cycling

Borough: Newham
Group Name: North Beckton PTA
Participant Type: Participants with additional needs
Grant: 2021
Grant amount: £10000

British Alevi Federation, Pedal Away for Freedom

Pedal Away for Freedom

Borough: Enfield
Group Name: British Alevi Federation
Participant Type: Ethnic minorities, deprived people, access to bikes
Grant: 2020
Grant amount: £10000

South East London Disability Walking and Cycling Club

South East London Disability Walking and Cycling Club

Borough: Bromley
Group Name: Bromley Mencap
Participant Type: People with disabilities, respite care and older people
Grant: 2020
Grant amount: £9850

Life After Cancer

Life after Cancer Wellbeing Walks

Borough: Waltham Forest
Group Name: Life After Cancer
Participant Type: Disability groups
Grant: 2023
Grant amount: £10000

Croydon Walking Group

Borough: Croydon
Group Name: Apsara Arts
Participant Type: Ethnic Minorities, Women
Grant: 2023
Grant amount: £9,066

Royal Docks: Learning and Activity Centre

Walking for Wellbeing

Borough: Newham
Group Name: Royal Docks: Learning and Activity Centre
Participant Type:
Grant: 2023
Grant amount: £3794

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