WRASP - How can it help my business

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How can the WRASP help me or my Business/Organisation?

The WRASP will support and enhance existing services or help implement new initiatives to help improve access to a range of services across the County. Solutions include:

• Maximise the opportunities to provide journey planning.
• Improve safety and reducing the fear of crime on public transport.
• Consideration of the sustainability of new and existing projects
• Work in partnership to provide tailored transport provision for defined areas, communities with accessibility needs or specific journey types e.g. transport for people employed in a job that involves shift work.
• Through marketing and publicity:
- raise awareness of public and other forms transport
- increase people’s access to information about WRASP schemes.

The WRASP may be able to provide advice and/or funding to help you access employment, training and other services or to help improve accessibility
for your organisation/group via the:

Higer Value Bids for Funding

If you wish to bid for funding of £5,000 or more you must apply to the Higher Value bids scheme.
Unlike the small grants scheme bids for funding can be for longer than 12 months, up to the full duration of the WRASP (2006-2009).
Projects must have an identified need, meet the overall aims and objectives of the WRASP and, if appropriate add value to existing schemes

Please email wrasp@warwickshire.gov.uk or telephone 01926412673 for more information about how to apply for funding

Small Grants Scheme - WASPS

A total of £40,000 is available for small grant scheme bids for 2006/2007
Application for grants between £100 and £5,000 are welcome from organisations that fulfil at least one of the WRASP’s aims
Applications must be based on an identified local need
Funding is available for projects for up to 12 months
Projects must demonstrate that they can be sustained at the end of the year once WRASP funding has ended.

For more information about the small grants (Wasps) scheme please contact:

Rural Access to Services Partnership
Transport Operations
Environment & Economy
PO Box 43
Warwick
CV34 4SX

email: wrasp@warwickshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01926 414986

Can I Apply for Funding?

You have a business in a rural part of Warwickshire.
You live or work in rural Warwickshire and a lack of transport makes it difficult to get to work.
You live in rural Warwickshire and are struggling to secure employment or training due to a lack of transport.
You live in an urban area but struggle to get to work or training in rural Warwickshire.
You provide a service which will improve accessibility in rural areas (e.g. a mobile service)
You are a voluntary or community sector organisation in Warwickshire and would like to improve access under our WRASP themes from or to
rural areas for your client group.

Further information about the WRASP, including aims and a leaflet you can download can be found on the WRASP Homepage

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