CycleBus

Promote active travel by bike for school children by starting a Cycle Bus in your local community.

A cycle bus is a community-based initiative promoting active travel by bike for school children. A group of experienced volunteers, parents and teachers, escort groups of children to school by bike along a set route, on a set timetable, every day during school term. These marshals act essentially as a mobile segregated cycle lane, allowing children as young as 5, to cycle to school safely. The ...

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A cycle bus is a community-based initiative promoting active travel by bike for school children. A group of experienced volunteers, paren...

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Join the communities already benefitting from starting a CycleBus

You'll get guides and resources on how to bring this idea to life.

There is no funding available for this idea in Global, but these resources will still help to make your project happen!

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"My 7-year-old has been on the cycle bus every day for the past 2 years. To say he loves it is an understatement! He arrives in school awake, energized, and ready for learning. Cycling to school is just a normal part of his childhood now, and the ...

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CycleBus
Roisin Ni Thomain (parent)

How to start a project on ChangeX

  • 1

    Create your project page

    Click the green start button to register and set up your project page. It’s quick, free and easy.

  • 2

    Complete a 30 Day Challenge

    Complete simple steps in 30 days to get your project off the ground.

  • 3

    Activate your project

    Follow the 5 Step Guide and your action plan to bring the project to life.

  • 4

    Share impact

    Share impact by posting a summary and photos and completing a survey.

Great for

  • Is a confident road cyclist in your community
  • Is organised and capable of organising schedules and groups
  • Passionate about community wellbeing

CycleBus project essentials

5 Step Guide

  • Plan your route for your cycle bus
  • Set up a meeting with important stakeholders
  • Facilitate the signup of students and create a committed pool of marshals
  • Arrange appropriate attire and equipment
  • Launch and communicate

Time

Suggested: You will need approximately 1 hour per day excluding cycle bus travelling to manage your Cycle Bus groups and stakeholders.

Resources

More information on how to get started and any resources shared by the CycleBus

27 CycleBus projects have already been started

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Meet the Social Innovator

Welcome to the CycleBus Community on ChangeX. The Cyclebus initiative is about giving primary school children the opportunity to cycle safely to school in a safe, healthy, social, and enjoyable environment. It’s about community involvement where parents, grandparents, teachers, and volunteers all create the conditions for this to happen. Help us cut pollution and traffic congestion around schools. Help us create safe and healthy environments in our neighbourhood schools, and empower children to become responsible and active and give them the freedom and a lifelong love of cycling. Thanks for joining!

Alan Curran, Founder of CycleBus Galway

Our impact so far...

  • 8
  • 1
    Countries
  • 8
    Locations

27 CycleBus projects have already been started

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Members

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why a 30 day challenge?

    The 30 Day Challenge was developed by our Team based on our experience working with communities. We’ve learned that the first weeks are critical to build momentum and get off to a good start with any community project. Teams who complete these steps within the first month are much more likely to successfully complete their project!

    The Challenge is a series of simple steps that each applicant has to complete to get their project off the ground and unlock funding, if there is funding currently available for that idea in your region. Steps include watching a video and/or reading content, having a call with a ChangeX team member, forming a team so that you have support, having your first team meeting, sharing a team photo, and sharing a project action plan.

  • What can funding be used for?

    Once funding is received it can be used to cover direct set-up costs of the new community project. For example space rental, insurance fees, seeds and planting materials, tools, training fees; pretty much any materials you might need for a project that benefits your community.

    Funds cannot be used for the costs of work that has already been carried out, costs unrelated to the setup and maintenance of the new project, payments to group members for their work on the project. Funds can’t be used for the promotion of religious causes, non-charitable activities, sponsorship or fundraising events. Please read the terms and conditions for further details.

  • How do I know if there is funding available?

    On idea pages, if there is funding available for the idea in your region you will see “Funding available” and the region listed in the turquoise box. When you first login you will also see a green banner at the top of the screen saying “live funds near you” if there is funding available in your region. The ChangeX homepage will feature those live funds near you.

    A note on the waitlist: when all the funding has been allocated to applicants, new applicants will go on a waitlist. If some applicants that are in the fund don’t successfully complete the 30 Day Challenge their funding will be released and can be then allocated to those on the waitlist. To see if you are going on a waitlist check the main fund page, ideas fully allocated will have the note “Join the waitlist” instead of “Apply to start”.

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    By empowering local changemakers with proven ideas from social innovators and accessible funding from our partners, we aim to build healthier, more inclusive and sustainable communities. Our work is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and together with our partners, we aim to impact 1 billion people globally by 2030.

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