Grant funding now available for schools to encourage active travel

• Connecting Schools Grant applications now open
• Eligible schools participating in the State Government's Your Move program can apply
• Grants support schools to improve their bike and walking access, skills and infrastructure

Schools across Western Australia can now apply for the Connecting Schools Grant, offered as part of the State Government's Your Move program.

Grants are open to schools that are achieving positive results through the program and will assist them to:

• Upgrade bike and scooter parking;
• Run bike skills and pedestrian road safety education workshops; and
• Deliver innovative initiatives that support active travel.

Up to $325,000 is available to be shared, with grants ranging from $1,200 up to $25,000, the highest packaged amount offered in the scheme's history.

A key aim of the funding is to encourage more students to walk, wheel or ride to school more often through the provision of suitable infrastructure, facilities and bike skills.

The grants complement a range of other State Government efforts to reverse declining rates of active travel to school, including a $10 million commitment to improve school crossing safety and free public transport for students, prompting students to walk or ride to nearby stations.

The Cook Labor Government is committed to making active travel a common and widely accepted form of transport across the State. Embedding these healthy, sustainable and cost-effective travel habits early plays an important role in achieving this.

The Connecting Schools Grant is delivered as a partnership between the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure and the Department of Education.

For more information and to apply, visit the Connecting Schools Grant website. Applications close Monday, 3 November 2025.

Comments attributed to Transport Minister Rita Saffioti:

"Since 2018, more than $1 million has been invested as part of this grant scheme.

"Last year, the Your Move program recorded one of its best years yet for active travel to and from school, with a nine per cent overall increase across participating schools.

"Car use at primary schools also dropped by six per cent, which is the equivalent of almost 600,000 car trips, and more than 2,971 tonnes of CO₂ emissions avoided.

"The Connecting Schools Grant continues to deliver positive outcomes, helping students arrive at school energised and more attentive, and easing traffic congestion and pollution at the school gate".

Comments attributed to Education Minister Sabine Winton:

"The Cook Labor Government is proud to be delivering initiatives that are increasing active travel to school - leading to healthier, happier kids with increased independence.

"As the Minister for Education and Preventative Health, it is pleasing to see a grants program that fosters a positive culture of active travel in school communities.

"I strongly encourage schools not already signed up to the Your Move program to do so, in order to enjoy the long-lasting benefits of this program."