Oma Bikes Projects was created to allow Oma Bikes, a commercial venture, to exploit it's abilities to help improve the community through the activities it undertakes. Through the community facing nature of bicycle use and repair, Projects allows us to teach skills to our neighbours, increase the level of that teaching to provide a basis for employment-level skills for those who we take on as apprentices or in a learning role.
While we offer these to any within the community, we also work with other organisations and delivery partners to help maximise the value of what they do, where we feel we can add value. Some of our partners include XO Bikes, London Cycling Campaign, individual artists Tere Chad and Otto Schade, and other local community groups and bodies.
Beyond this scheme, we also organise social rides on weekends to enhance the positive aspects of cycling while offering a social interaction. During these, cycle road-safety is also developed.