The company will provide benefit to:

• Small business owners

• Bike riders

• The people of Calderdale and any other communities in which Cargodale operates

• Community organisations and charities

• Individuals and families

How people will benefit:

To offer affordable, low carbon delivery service to small business owners in Calderdale:

Business owners will benefit by:

• having reduced costs of delivery,

• the chance to offer delivery without long term expensive contracts,

• a chance to engage customers they could not reach otherwise

• corporate social responsibility by helping meet climate change objectives

• Social capital by telling the customers they work with a community not for profit organisation

To offer healthy, sustainable jobs

The riders will benefit by:

• Being active as part of their daily work

• A sense of community and being part of the greater good

• A living wage

To provide low emission, low carbon delivery services

The people in areas of operation will benefit by having:

• Cleaner air

• Affordable delivery options

• A delivery service that reduces the impact of remote shopping on climate change

• Access to deliveries from shops that otherwise couldn’t provide a delivery service

• A delivery service that contributes to reduced congestion

• A delivery service that minimises impact on local infrastructure (eg roads, parking spaces etc).

• A delivery service that enables people to shop without driving

To support local community organisations and charities

Local community organisations will benefit by:

• Having access to free or subsidised low carbon local delivery services

To enable individuals and families to consider replacing a car with an e-cargo bike

Individuals and families will benefit by having access to:

• Information, support and guidance on buying and running an e-cargobike

• Rider training for using an e-cargobike

• Cargobike loans and sales

If the company makes any surplus it will be used for:

Reinvesting in the organisation in order to provide affordable, low emission delivery services to individuals, organisations, and businesses in Calderdale and beyond