Published
30 August 2023
Ministers
Record number to celebrate WA Bike Month in 2023
This year's WA Bike Month is set to be the biggest yet with a record $75,000 in grant funding being awarded.
- Highest number of WA Bike Month grants awarded in the program's history
- WA Bike Month encourages people of all ages and abilities to give bike riding a go
- Celebration month will allow community to discover the fun and benefits of riding, as well as use the many riding and walking facilities across the State
This year's WA Bike Month is set to be the biggest yet with a record $75,000 in grant funding being awarded.
Celebrated annually in October, this State Government initiative aims to promote and encourage people of all ages and abilities to ride bikes for transport, fun and a healthier lifestyle.
This year's grants program is being delivered in partnership with RAC, which is contributing $25,000.
Seventy-six local governments, organisations, schools and community groups will share in major, local and minor grants to host bike riding activities across the State.
Funded events include ride to school or work breakfasts, trail rides, scavenger hunts and safety and skill building sessions, and are taking place in all corners of WA, from the East Kimberley to the South West.
A Bike Month Blast Off event will kick-start celebrations taking place on 1 October 2023. Two major events will also be held in the Cities of Albany and Wanneroo.
WA Bike Month is an initiative of the State Government, co-funded by the Department of Transport and RAC, and administered by WestCycle.
For more information, visit www.wabikemonth.com.au or follow @WABikeMonth on Facebook. Grant applicants who were unsuccessful can still register their unfunded event.
Comments attributed to Transport Minister Rita Saffioti:
"Our Government will be investing more than $300 million over the next four years to significantly expand the State's cycling network.
"Supporting grass root events is an important way we can encourage more people to get out and use the fantastic new infrastructure our Government is delivering.
"This year we have made record funding available and with a record number of organisations being awarded grants, it is clear more and more people in our community want to get out on two wheels."
WA Bike Month 2023 grant recipients
|
Grant category |
Organisation |
|
Major |
City of Albany |
|
Major |
City of Wanneroo |
|
Local |
CycleSense |
|
Local |
Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
|
Local |
City of Bayswater |
|
Local |
Shire of Murray |
|
Local |
Bunbury Town Team |
|
Local |
City of Greater Geraldton |
|
Local |
Shire of Kondinin |
|
Local |
Munda Biddi Trail Foundation |
|
Local |
Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale |
|
Local |
City of Stirling |
|
Local |
St Augustine's Primary School |
|
Local |
WA Historical Cycle Club |
|
Local |
Shire of Carnarvon |
|
Local |
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley |
|
Local |
Adventure Connections Australia |
|
Local |
City of Mandurah |
|
Local |
Town of Bassendean |
|
Local |
Shire of Morawa |
|
Local |
Shire of West Arthur |
|
Local |
Shire of Harvey |
|
Local |
Shire of York |
|
Local |
Cockburn BMX Club |
|
Local |
Cycling Without Age Australia |
|
Local |
Environment House |
|
Local |
Shire of Cuballing |
|
Local |
Green Skills |
|
Minor |
Bramfield Park Primary School |
|
Minor |
East Victoria Park Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Canning Sea Scouts |
|
Minor |
Shire of Augusta Margaret River |
|
Minor |
Excelsior Primary School |
|
Minor |
St Pius X Catholic Primary School |
|
Minor |
Phoenix Primary School |
|
Minor |
Kellerberrin Community Resource Centre |
|
Minor |
Telethon Kids Institute |
|
Minor |
Craigie Heights Primary School |
|
Minor |
Paraburdoo Primary School |
|
Minor |
Perenjori Primary School |
|
Minor |
Coolgardie Primary School |
|
Minor |
Shark Bay School |
|
Minor |
Spencer Park Primary School |
|
Minor |
Albany Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Gibbs Street Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Riverside Primary School |
|
Minor |
Nannup Mountain Bike Club |
|
Minor |
Winterfold Primary School |
|
Minor |
Onslow School P&C |
|
Minor |
Charthouse Primary School |
|
Minor |
Holyoake |
|
Minor |
Siemens Mobility Australia |
|
Minor |
Oakwood Primary School |
|
Minor |
Lakeland Senior High School |
|
Minor |
Little Grove Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Oberthur Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Denmark Primary School |
|
Minor |
St Patrick's Primary School Fremantle |
|
Minor |
Kondinin Community Resource Centre |
|
Minor |
X-Speed Australia Cycle Club |
|
Minor |
Kinross Community Garden |
|
Minor |
Margaret River Coastal Residents Association |
|
Minor |
Pine View Primary School |
|
Minor |
Bibra Lake Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Mukinbudin District High School |
|
Minor |
Cycling Without Age |
|
Minor |
Bolgart Primary School |
|
Minor |
Kirup Primary School P&C |
|
Minor |
Beckenham Primary School |
|
Minor |
East Hamersley Primary P&C |
|
Minor |
Mount Lockyer Primary School |
|
Minor |
WA Local Government Association |
|
Minor |
Denmark Mountain Bike Club |
|
Minor |
White Gum Valley Primary School |
|
Minor |
Marmion Primary School |
|
Minor |
Women's Health and Family Services |
