Bike refurb & repair charities

[annedonnelly]

Good idea.

I seem to have found myself a job!

@All uphill Give me a shout if you want me to help with anything - I did start the thread after all. I'm pleased to see so many places being mentioned.

 

[All uphill]

@All uphill Give me a shout if you want me to help with anything - I did start the thread after all. I'm pleased to see so many places being mentioned.

Thanks Anne, I'll do that. It's great to see the spread of charity projects, isn't it?

I expect to be off the bike and banned from gardening for the next few weeks, so I'll have time to get the list up to date.

Cheers!

 

[All uphill]

@All uphill Give me a shout if you want me to help with anything - I did start the thread after all. I'm pleased to see so many places being mentioned.

PM on its way.

 

[annedonnelly]

Thanks Anne, I'll do that. It's great to see the spread of charity projects, isn't it?

Much better than to think of bikes rusting away in the back of someone's shed!

 

[All uphill]

Streetbikes in Huddersfield got missed off the list - https://streetbikes.org.uk/affordable-bikes

In Leeds:

Leeds Bike Mill - https://leedsbikemill.org
The Bikes College - https://thebikescollege.org

Happy Days Cycles in Sowerby Bridge - https://www.facebook.com/HappyDaysCycles

Plus two in Nottingham:

The Bike Project - https://thebikeproject.co.uk
RideWise - https://www.ridewise.org.uk/ourworkshops

Thanks, these have now been added to the list.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Oldham
https://positive-steps.org.uk/contact-us/
Camborne, Cornwall
https://www.liferecycle.co.uk/ at office@cornwall-life-recycle.co.uk
Plymouth
https://www.bikespace.org.uk/recycling.html

 

[Hover Fly]

Don’t forget the Salvation Army in various places, too many to list.

 

[All uphill]

Don’t forget the Salvation Army in various places, too many to list.

I didn't know that they have a connection with bikes.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I didn't know that they have a connection with bikes.

Neither did I.
Our local Salvation Army shop rarely has bike related stuff.

 

[Ajax Bay]

@All uphill I found this: in the footsteps of ?giants
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...TBrs/donate-a-bike-where-to-donate-your-bikes
Surely worth mining and verifying.
However I think a geographic order is better than alphabetical, for sure (is 'Cheltenham' really (usefully) in the "south west"? Gloucestershire's always had that split Midlands v SW skitz) And Ross? Check with @Rhythm Thief: he da boss man (ex).
But the accessibility key is a map: I have not the skilz btw.

B
Belfast	East Belfast Mission
Birmingham	The Bike Project (Also based in Leicester, London and Manchester)
Brighton
Bristol	The Bristol Bike Project
C
Cardiff	Cardiff Cycle Workshop
Carlisle	Rebike Cumbria
Chepstow	Forest Upcycling Project (Also based on Cinderford and Swindon)
E
Edinburgh	The Bike Station
Essex	Re
Exeter	Ride On
G
Glasgow	Common Wheel
Gloucester	Gloucestershire Bike Project
Grantham
H
Halifax	Happy Day Cycles
Hampshire	New Forest Bike Project
Huddersfield	Street Bikes
Hull	R
I
Ipswich	The Green Bike Project
L
Lancashire	Active Cycles
Leeds	Leeds Bike Mill
Leeds & Bradford	Margaret Carey Foundation
Leicester	The Bike Project
Liverpool	Recycles Merseyside
London	The Bike Project
London	upCYCLE
Londonderry	Life Cycles
M
Manchester	The Bike Project
Manchester
Moray	Bike Revolution
N
Newcastle
Newcastle
Newtown	Bike to the Future
Nottingham	Nottingham Bike Works
Nottingham	Ride Wise
O
Oxford	Sanctuary Wheels
P
Plymouth	Bike Space
Portstewart
R
Reading	Reading Bicycle Kitchen
Rutherglen	Bike Town
S
Scottish Borders
Sheffield
Stafford	Back 2 Bikes
Stirling	Recyke
Surrey
W
Winchester

 

[Big John]

@All uphill I found this: in the footsteps of ?giants
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...TBrs/donate-a-bike-where-to-donate-your-bikes
Surely worth mining and verifying.
However I think a geographic order is better than alphabetical, for sure (is 'Cheltenham' really (usefully) in the "south west"?)
But the accessibility key is a map: I have not the skilz btw.

Awesome link, Ajax. Just checked to see if our place in Stafford is there and it is. Very useful info.

 

[Ajax Bay]

[anyone visiting] Stratford should check out The Charity Bike Shop

Stratford-upon-Avon
https://cyclistsfc.org.uk/our-charity-bike-shops/stratford-upon-avon-shop/

 

[Ajax Bay]

OK here's another great resource:
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/guide-cycle-recycling-schemes
I've tidied it up the list to make it easier to integrate. Again - needs verification (some already on main list).
And . . . there is a map.

across Great Britain	Re-cycle
Ashford	ReCYCLE
Bath and Trowbridge	Julian House Bike Workshop
Bognor Regis	Bognor Bike Hub
Bristol	The Bristol Bike Project
Bristol and Derby	Life Cycle UK Bike Back
Cardiff	Cardiff Cycle Workshop
Dagenham and Brentwood	ReSpoke
Derby	Treetops Hospice bike donation scheme
Dewsbury	Gav’s Bikes
Edinburgh and Perth	The Bike Station
Exeter	Ride On
Faringdon	Farcycles
Glasgow	Bike for Good
Glenrothes	Bikeworks Fife
Gloucester	Glos Bike Project
Harrogate	Resurrection Bikes
Hindley	Wigan Cycle Project
HMP institutions in England and Wales	Recycle Your Cycle
Ipswich	Genesis Orwell Mencap Green Bike Project
Kessingland and Beccles	CycleRecycle
Knowsley	MerseyCycle
Lancashire	Cycle Recycle Scheme
locations across England	The Sue Ryder Bicycle Workshop
locations in East Yorkshire	R-evolution Bike Project
London	Waltham Forest Bike Recycling Scheme
London and Birmingham	The Bike Project
Luton	Luton Bike Recycling Scheme
Maidenhead	Maidenhead Cycle Hub
Manchester	Manchester Bike Kitchen
Milton Keynes	Cycle Saviours
New Milton	New Forest Bike Project
Newcastle and Chester-le-Street	Recyke y’bike
Plymouth	The Bike Network
Plymouth	Bikespace
Ponteland	WATBike
Shrewsbury	Shropshire Cycle Hub
Stafford	Back2Bikes
Stratford-upon-Avon	Cyclists Fighting Cancer
Weston-super-Mare	Weston Bicycles Works
Witney	Windrush Bike Project
Worthing	Durrington Community Cycle Project
York	Re-cycle York

 

[All uphill]

That's great info, Anne has created a great map, and I'll have a couple of weeks to work on the list, after my surgery on Monday.

I agree the map is the clearest way to understand the info.

 

[annedonnelly]

Here is a link to the first draft of the map. I think everyone should be able to access it but let me know if not. Still lots of projects to add to it.