1. Commonwheels C.I.C.your project
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Commonwheels is an innovative social
enterprise that offers a ‘pay by the hour’ car
club with cars parked in convenient locations
close to where people live and work.
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Members can make use of car club vehicles
as and when they need them, without any of
the cost and hassle of owning a car. Car club
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membership also encourages people to think
more about their journey, only taking the car
when it’s the best option, so helping to cut
car use and tackle climate change.

2. The Big Pictureyour project
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3. Benefits and savingsyour project
Describe the 3 key benefits and carbon savings of your project.
What are the social and financial How does your innovation reduce carbon
benefits? emissions?
• Proven to reduce CO2 emissions by y • Research undertaken by the National Charity
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changing attitudes towards car ‘Car Plus’ has proven that for every car club
ownership and behavioural patterns of car we have put on the road – we take 24.5
car ownership resulting in cleaner and cars off the road.
healthier streets. • By changing attitudes towards car ownership
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• Cheaper and more convenient and behavioural patterns of car usage,
alternative for individuals owning a car Commonwheels enables people to voluntarily
and employers using grey fleet, taxis and kick the habit of car dependency.
hire cars. • By encouraging people to think more about
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• Social Justice - Increased access to work their journey, only taking the car when it’s
and leisure opportunities for those who the best option, so helping to cut car use and
suffer from transport poverty. tackle climate change.
Commonwheels will seek to deploy cars
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in all areas, not just those which are
lucrative for the company

4. Measures of successyour project
Describe 3 ways in which you have measured success and demonstrated your
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project has made a difference. This might include behavioural change, low carbon
emissions, renewable energy source.
1. Behavioural change of our members in ditching
their car.
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2. Increased growth of the Commonwheels network
nationally through our social franchise scheme.
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3. Low Carbon emissions through taking cars off the
road.
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5. Challenges and supportproject
Describe the project’s biggest challenges and the key forms of
support the project needs to develop and grow.
What are the biggest challenges or questions for your project?
a) Access to finance to grow and expand (Constrained by lack of
capital)
b) Marketing a new innovative concept of sustainable travel
c) Time !
What would most help your project to develop and grow?
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b) Local authority ‘buy in’ to car club concept
c) Growing our social franchise offer to encourage locally managed
community based car club schemes