We’re passionate about getting more people on bikes.
The way that we get more people onto bikes is by saving unwanted bikes from landfill, refurbishing them with a team of volunteers supported by professional mechanics, selling them at a reasonable price or giving them away to people in need. We provide formal and informal training in bike maintenance in a variety of settings so that more people have the skills to keep their bikes in good repair.
We do this because we believe that bikes are brilliant and address a variety of health and social issues. Cycling is proven to have beneficial effects on physical and mental health. It’s an affordable and environmentally friendly form of transport. The skills required to fix a bike can be easily taught and transferred to other settings.
We offer supported volunteering programs to young people, refugees and veterans to enable them to gain confidence, skills and workplace experience. We deliver pop up bike repair sessions in the local area to engage children in fixing and maintaining their bikes and ensuring bikes which are being ridden by children and young people are safe. We provide refurbished bikes to children and adults who are referred to us for reasons of transport poverty, physical health, mental health and social isolation. Many recipients are people seeking asylum as a bike enables them to travel without the often prohibative costs of public transport.
