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Safe routes to schools program

Councils, schools and not-for-profit organisations can access funding for school projects focused on road safety and active travel. 

The safe routes to school program supports projects that:

  • improve road safety around school pick-up and drop-off times
  • create safe walking and cycling routes to school
  • encourage active travel to school.

Funding

Applications for 2023-24 have closed.

Email [email protected] for information about future funding. View more on the Community Road Safety Grants Program.

Councils, schools and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding. We encourage these groups to apply together as project partners. The program is open to primary and secondary schools.

Available funding per financial year:

  • Up to $6,000 (excluding GST and administration funding) per school.
  • Up to $24,000 (excluding GST) for applications to run a program for neighbouring schools.

Project eligibility

You can apply for funding for an entire project, from issues identification through to implementation and evaluation or apply for specific activities within a project, if you can demonstrate project need and benefits.

Activities may include:

  • design and analysis (for example, student catchment maps or walking audits to identify priority routes to school)
  • delivery (for example, road safety incursions, events, campaigns or supporting materials)
  • evaluation (for example, online surveys, intercept surveys, student or parent workshops).

We will not fund:

  • council officer wages (however, funding may be used to pay contractors)
  • standard traffic management infrastructure, such as parking management signs or road crossings
  • bike or scooter racks.

Before submitting your application

  • Speak with your local road safety partnerships coordinator, even if you have previously applied for Safe Routes to School funding.
  • Use the resources at the bottom of this page to help you design your project.
  • Confirm commitment from your partner school/s or council.
  • Attach supporting evidence of any past project results.

Keys to a successful project

  • Use a mix of improvements - engineering, education, engagement and enforcement - to improve road safety and increase active travel to school.
  • Establish a partnership that is ongoing between the school and local council.
  • Work with students and the school community to design and implement locally relevant actions.
  • Monitor and evaluate changes in road safety and active travel to school.

Resources

These resources will help you to prepare your safe routes to school application. They include tips and templates to help you design, deliver and evaluate your project.

School resources

Other resources