Record number to celebrate WA Bike Month in 2023

  • 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.auor follow @WABikeMonth on Facebook. Grant applicants who were unsuccessful can still register their unfunded event.

As stated by 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

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