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The Government’s recently announced Active Travel Innovation Fund, which offers grants of up to £100,000 to small and medium-sized businesses and NGOs, represents a bold step forward in accelerating walking, wheeling and cycling initiatives across England.
Falco, a leading manufacturer and supplier of secure cycle parking systems, cycle racks, shelters, cycle hubs and bike hangars, applauds the initiative and is positioning itself as a capable partner for any organisation or business preparing a bid.
The fund, part of the government’s “Plan for Change,” invites proposals that deliver new or expanded active travel ideas — especially those targeting under-represented communities, leveraging digital tools, or working in partnership with local authorities.
Applications are open from 6 October to 14 November, for 12-month projects with evaluation and case study requirements.
Falco: Enabling Ambitious Active Travel Projects
Falco is well placed to support bidders at every stage of their project, from conception through delivery. Our capabilities include:
• HD renders & visualisation: We can provide photorealistic images and visual mock-ups suitable for inclusion in bid documentation, helping applicants illustrate their vision clearly and professionally.
• Site layouts, CAD & engineering support: Working with project planners or NGOs, we can help develop the spatial layouts, design drawings, and engineering details needed to show feasibility and technical rigour.
• Turnkey implementation: Once a proposal is approved, Falco can deliver complete solutions — from the supply of cycle racks, shelters, and hubs to on-site installation and project management.
• Flexibility and scale: Whether the need is a small local scheme or a large multi-site deployment, we can tailor solutions that meet budget, compliance, and operational criteria.
By offering these services, Falco can help bidders strengthen their applications, reduce risk, and present professional, technically robust proposals.
Organisations preparing bids under the Active Travel Innovation Fund can benefit from partnering with Falco in multiple ways:
1. Stronger, more credible proposals
Well-illustrated bid documents and realistic design plans make it easier for review panels to visualise project outcomes, improving the perceived quality and credibility of submissions.
2. Cost-effective design-to-delivery pipeline
With Falco’s integrated services, bidders avoid the inefficiencies of co-ordinating multiple suppliers or consultants, and gain certainty of delivery.
3. Reduced technical risk
Falco’s experience in cycle parking installations means issues like anchoring, drainage, vandal resistance, and operational durability are built into designs from the start.
4. Scalable solutions for replication
Many funded projects may wish to expand or replicate successful schemes elsewhere — Falco’s standardised modular systems and experience facilitate that scaling.
5. Compliance & standards assurance
We ensure all installations comply with relevant standards, safety guidelines, and local authority requirements.
Falco shares the government’s goals of improving health, reducing congestion, and enabling more sustainable urban transport options. With fresh funding backing “creative and ambitious projects” across England, our team is ready to engage with NGOs, councils, community groups, transport consultancies, and SMEs to turn proposals into reality.
If you are considering submitting an application to the Active Travel Innovation Fund — whether for a community scheme, corporate campus, public realm upgrade, or multi-site network of hubs — Falco would be delighted to help you develop a winning bid. From visual concepts and layouts, through detailed engineering and turnkey installation, we stand ready to help bring active travel infrastructure to life.
For more information, or to discuss how we can assist your bid, please contact Falco’s helpful sales team on 01538 380080 or by email at sales@falco.co.uk.
Falco has been a family company with its own production site for over 70 years. Sustainability was in our DNA from the very beginning and this is reflected within our complete range of modular cycle parking and shelter products, all designed with full circularity in mind.
All products ranges are contemporary and durable, typical of a Falco product. Falco has been at the forefront of the cycle parking and street furniture market and has built up a renowned reputation for manufacturing products that exceed in both design and durability.
Falco’s operations have supported the Circular Economy for many years, simply manufacturing products with environmentally friendly products, that can last for decades and at the end of the product life can be 100% recycled and manufactured back into a brand new product.
