FIND A PROJECT NEAR YOU

Bike recycling is growing, and there are now so many projects that it's difficult to keep track of them. So we thought it would be useful to have an up to date* record of what is going on around the country. The map below shows each bike recycling project by region. We have listed all those that we know about, and have only listed those that are currently operating. To find ther nearest to you, just click on the yellow hot spot. In each section we give a description of the project, address, website address, email and telephone number. There's also a link direct to the relevant website for each organisation -Just click on the logo/picture on the top left of every entry.. Because lots of these projects are run on a shoestring budget, they're not always able to keep open full-time, so make sure you contact them first to save a wasted journey.

Finally, if you find any faults with this web page, or know of a bike recycling project that we don't know of, please drop us a line and we'll add it on. We hope you find this useful.

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*We have used information from www.bikerecycling.net , set up by Oxford Cycle Workshop, Edingburgh Bike Station, and Bikes4 All, of which are listed below, and also Intelligent Giving, as well as our own research, in order to give as fully comrehensive and up to date list as possible

The The Bike Station in Edinburgh is one of the country's largest and longest-established bike recycling projects, having recycled over 13,000 bikes to date. As well as keeping old and discarded bikes out of landfill, they repair as many as they can, to put them back on the road. They provide cycle training, bike maintenance training, as well as refurbished bikes, to promote cycling and healthy lifestyles across Edinburgh and the Lothians. The Bike Station can collect bikes from Edinburgh, East and West Lothian and Midlothian and beyond.

Address 250 Causewayside, Newington, Edinburgh

Website: www.thebikestation.org.uk

Email: info@thebikestation.org.uk

Tel: 0131 668 1996

Bikeworks is based in Whitehill Industrial Estate in Glenrothes, and provides people in Fife affected by disability the opportunity to learn skills in cycle repair. Expert guidance is provided and participants are given the opportunity to complete recognised qualifications in cycle maintenance. Bikeworks aims to provide a quality bike repair service and works with Fife Council Transport Section's “Green Travel Plan” which promotes healthy living in Fife. They also sell recycled bikes.

Address: Bikeworks Unit 136 Whitehill Industrial Estate Glenrothes KY6 2RP

Website: www.fifebikeworks.org.uk

Email:bikeworks@tiscali.co.uk

Tel 01592 774837

Black Bridge Bikes was started in January 2008 to create volunteer and training opportunities and hopefully eventually jobs for people in Merkinch -by refurbishing abandoned bikes and then selling them. Each week, around 40 bikes are discarded at the Longman recycling point, having been deemed by their owners as to be beyond any practical use and it is estimated that two-thirds could be done up again. They are put back on the road by Black Bridge Bikes. Merkinch Pedal Power ‘Black Bridge Bikes’ is a social enterprise run by Merkinch Development Ventures.

Address: (awaiting address)

Website address: www.merkinch.info/directory.php?shown_alpha=B

Email: lucy@nesssoaps.org.uk

Tel: 01463 243869

Commonwheel repair and recycle old bicycles. They offer a safe, happy, structured place where people with mental illness can learn new skills, make new friends and do meaningful work. They are always happy to receive donations of bikes at any of their two branches but they don't often collect bikes.They are particularly keen on good older bikes. The Maryhill branch does a lot of old roadsters and shoppers, Bridgeton does everything

Main address: 53 Chapel Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 9BD

Website: www.commonwheel.org.uk

Email: commonwheel.org@googlemail.com

Tel. 0141 946 0777

There are two sites for the Project: Maryhill (address as above)

and BridgetonVintage Vehicle Trust 76-136 Fordneuk Street Glasgow G40 3AH Tel. 0141 550 3854

GREAN RECYCLE is a project that refurbishes bikes that would otherwise be scrapped, funded. The aim is to help not-for-profit, community based organisations develop projects that will increase the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste. It is run by Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network and is funded by the Robertson Trust and the Increase III Programme
GREAN refurbishes discarded bikes from Civic Amenity sites and other sources. The Project takes on trainees and volunteers.
The bike project also repairs bikes, with special rates for people on benefits. There is also a scheme whereby GREAN recycling vehicles can pick up bikes on their routes. Refurbished bikes are available to buy for very reasonable prices.

Address: Unit 7, Industrial Estate, Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6RN.

Website: www.grean.co.uk/index.php/recycle_project

Email: grean@btconnect.com

Tel: 01408 634253

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Recyke-a-bike Set up in Fallin, Stirling, by Fallin Community Enterprises, a non-profit organisation and a charity. The project aims to recycle bikes that are no longer needed or thrown away & encourage the use of bikes as a resource for the community of Fallin & beyond. They also sell reconditioned bikes and repair bikes. They say: If you wish to buy a bike, to donate an unwanted bike, to help in a volunteering capacity, or to have your bike serviced please contact them!

Address: 18-24 Abbey Road Stirling FK8 1LJ

Website address: www.recyke-a-bike.co.uk

Email: admin@recyke-a-bike.co.uk

Tel: 01786 818059

Recyke y' bike in Byker, Newcaslte-Upon-Tyne, is a community social enterprise project and registered charity, set up in 2006 that accepts donated bikes from members of the public and recycles them for use by priority groups of people, such as the long-term unemployed, those who have been homeless, and those with mental health problems. They have saved over 5000 bikes from landfill and have sold or given away to worthy causes nearly 2000. There are now 4 employees and over 20 committed volunteers. And they’re encouraging cycling, training newcomers and sending bikes to  projects in Africa

They also run bike maintenance and cycle training classes for the public and groups. they don't pick upbikes but have an arrangement with a local furniture pick-up scheme.

Address: Unit 2 Railway Arch Hannington Street Byker

Newcastle Upon TyneNE6 1JT

Website: www.recyke-y-bike.org.

jEmail: recyke@cooptel.net

Tel: 0191 265 4197

Gremlin cycle library ,Oldham, offers free and low cost alternatives to help you get you on your bike. Initially funded by an SRB6 (Single Regeneration Budget) grant, as well as offering a great free-of-charge cycle loan scheme, the Gremlin Cycle Library has built up a reputation for the sale of quality low-cost bikes. Through a not-for-profit operation of receiving pre-owned bikes and refurbishing them, they have now developed a huge stock of bicycles. They have a range of bikes of all types, shapes and sizes - racers, mountain bikes, tourers, BMXs and if you are looking for something specific, the Gremlin Team can even build a bike to your exact specification.
Bikes range from £10 to £40. All are thoroughly inspected by Gremlin's own Cycle Engineer and you will also benefit from the peace of mind of a FREE 3 month guarantee which will cover the bike against any mechanical problem.

Contact address: Strategy & Resources Directorate Level 14 Tower Block Civic Centre West Street Oldham OL1 1XL

Website: www.srb6oldham.org.uk/gremlin_cycle_library.htm

Email: andy.nichols@oldham.gov.uk

Tel: 0161 284 3733

York Bike Rescue is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which specialises in recycling bikes. Based right in the centre of York, they recycle old bikes that are too old or broken to be wanted any more. In spring 2009 they plan to open York's city centre secure cycle park, with associated facilities, repair workshops and retail outlet for our bikes and other practical cycling products. They sell all sorts of bikes and accept donations, which they can collect within York if you have no transport. They also sell discounted quality locks and lights. Bike maintenance classes will be restarting in early 2009.

Address: Unit B4, Parkside Commercial Centre, Terry Avenue, York, YO23 1JP.

Website: www.yorkrecycling.net/bikerescue

..and some really nice photos of the Project at: flickr.com/photos/bikerescue

Email: bike_rescue@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 01904 733789

ReCycleBikes in Sheffield was established in 2001, they are a not-for-profit workshop based in Heeley and are a project run and supported by Heeley development Trust. Their range of services include - Repairs, servicing, new and used sales of bikes and parts, cycle maintenance classes, youth training and last but not least guided cycle rides for groups. Qualified teachers and NVQ mechanics ensure the quality is high for both the maintenance classes and repairs done by ReCyclebikes. The workshop has recently Switched to "Green Oil" for its supply of lubes, grease and cleaners - they provide a range of fully biodegradable, non petrochemical based products for bikes which are both for sale and used in the workshop. They have a range of new and used bikes available from the workshop between Monday and Friday from 9am until 5pm.

Address: ReCycleBikes, 62-68, Thirlwell Rd, Sheffield S8 9TF

Website: www.ReCycleBikes.co.uk

Email info@recyclebikes.co.uk

Tel: 0114 250 7717

Back2Bikes in Stafford, offers supported volunteer opportunities to people who have difficulty in getting a job. They do this through the repair of unwanted bicycles, which are then sold to help defray costs. They also offer servicing and repairs to customers´ bikes and sell used parts to people who want to do their own repairs. Volunteers come from many diverse backgrounds-former offenders, people with learning disabilities and people recovering from long-term mental illness.
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Address: Unit 3, Greyfriars Business Park, Greyfriars Way,

Stafford, ST16 2RF

Website: www.Back2bikes.org.uk

E-mail: back2bikes@tiscali.co.uk

Tel: 01785 257483 (at unit) 07802 484797 (mobile)

Bikes 4 All was set up in 2003, as a social enterprise project in Leicester, part of Groundwork Leicester and Leicestershire. They provide training and employment opportunities in cycling related activities and services to those individuals who are most deprived within our communities. They re-use and recycle donated bikes from the public and from corporate sponsors across Leicestershire. They aim to not only provide the infrastructure to enable more people to engage in cycling but also to build the skills and knowledge to become better cyclists

Address: 26-28 Queen Street Leicester, LE1 1QW

Website address: www.bikes4all.org.uk

e-mail - bikes4all@gwll.org.uk

Tel : 0116 246 0048

Cyclemagic is a not-for-profit community enterprise in Leicester, whose projects include cycle training, bike maintenance classes, special needs & disabled cycling, bike recycling and events.
They have all kinds of unusual human powered machines such as recumbents, pedal boats and work bikes. They also hire and sell bikes, trikes and trailers and build or adapt specialist machines to individual requirements. They are experts in special needs cycling and can supply various machines such as tricycles, tandems, Dutch bikes, and handcycles. They also usually have some refurbished bikes available, such as 3-speeds , mountain bikes and kids bikes. They carry out servicing and repairs at our workshop.

Address: Unit 6, 62 Friday Street, Leicester, LE1 3BW

Website address: www.Cyclemagic.org.uk

Email address: Info@cyclemagic.org.uk

Tel: 0116 262 5551

Oxford Cycle Workshop has three main purposes; Recycling as many of Oxfordshire's abandoned bikes as possible, empowering people with the knowledge of how to do routine maintain and more complicated repairs on their bike, Doing everything they can to promote cycling in Oxford and beyond - particularly making cycling safe, easy and fun. They work with the County Youth Offending Team, and have been a partner in a project working with the homeless, providing work therapy placements and done cycle maintenance courses for young people.

Address: 39 Magdalen Road Oxford OX4 1RB

Tel: 01865 204 799

Website address: www.oxfordcycleworkshop.org.uk

Email: mail@oxfordcycleworkshop.org.uk

Re Cycle Newport

Running since 2008, Re Cycle Newport, based i newport, wales, puts unwanted bikes back on the road. Good bikes that would normally go to waste can be donated to Re Cycle at the workshop in Beechwood Park. They are serviced and sold for as little as £20, or given to community groups.

Volunteers earn a bike and the skills to look after it.

Contact us directly to donate/buy a bike, or for details of bike maintenance classes and safe cycle training.

Address, C/o Ian Williams, Unit 3, Beechwood Park, Newport NP19 8AJ

Email: re-cycle@sewrec.org.uk

TEl 01633 277324 07982 567788

Re-Cycle Swansea A project of the Black Environment Network and supported by The Countryside Council for Wales, takes in donations of unwanted bikes which are refurbished, repaired and supplied cheaply to low waged people, asylum seekers and refugees. Simply take your unwanted bicycles to the Re-Cycle workshop, or browse the showroom at Catherine Street (alley between number 19A and The Mill pub), off Bryn y Mor Road Swansea. The workshop is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9.30 am to 5pm. For further information on the scheme, including how to donate your bicycle contact Anthony Nichols at the Black Environment Network on 01792 468271

Address: Catherine Street (alley between number 19A and The Mill pub), off Bryn y Mor Road Swansea.

Tel: Anthony Nichols on 01792 468271.

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Re~Cycle in Colchester collect secondhand bicycles and ship them to Africa. Where bikes are distributed and African projects teach riders the skills to repair and maintain them. Their bikes also help health/AIDS workers reach remote villages and even provide an ambulance service in remote Namibia.

They say: In Britain, millions of bikes are thrown away or lie unused, whilst many people in Africa have no access to transport of any kind. Walking can take up-to 4 hours per day (collecting water, or walking to school). The burden can cripple a family, hampering work and education opportunities. A bicycle cuts travel time to a fraction, even carrying passengers and heavy loads. Bikes give families the extra time to earn, learn and enjoy life.
Donate your unwanted bike to us

Unfortunately they do not have the resources to collect bikes but they have a number of collection centres, and are looking for more.

Website: www.re-cycle.org.uk
Email:
Address: Unit A, Global Park, Moorside, Colchester C01 2TJ
Tel: 0845 458 0852 or 01206 863 111

Bike Street is a service for 14-24 year olds in Carsholton, Sutton, linked with then Ecolocal organisation, to provide training including Cycle Maintenance. Young participants can benefit by restoring a bicycle for their own use making them more mobile, or they could help change the perceptions that older members of the community have of young people in the borough. They gain simple AQA qualifications and get the opportunity to volunteer to improve. They are also now running a social enterprise recycling bikes for re-sale.

Address: Ecolocal, The Old School House, Mill Lane, Carsholton, Surrey, SM5 2JY

Website: www.ecolocal.org.uk/project-detail.php?id=34

email bikestreet@ecolocal.org.uk :

Tel: Michael or Gareth on 0208 404 1520

Bikeworks is a social enterprise project in Tower Hamlets, East London, that offers a range of organisational and public cycle services including; cycle training courses, repairs, bike re-cycling, travel planning and sales of new & second hand bikes. They tackle environmental issues by getting more people cycling & make cycling as green as possible by recycling used bikes for re-use whilst at the same time creating employment & training opportunities for disadvantaged communities.

Address: Unit 8 Gun Wharf 241 Old Ford Rd Victoria Park London E3 5QB

Website Address www.bikeworks.org.uk

Email: jim@bikeworks.org.uk dave@bikeworks.org.uk Tel: 0208 980 7998

Lunar-Cycles run a Project just started in 2008, to refurbish, restore and recycle bicycles in Islington, London. However, they sell them to anyone in London or further afield. They obtain bicycles by accepting donations from people trying to dispose of unwanted bicycles, and from varied public organisations. These recycled bikes cost between £50-£100. Wherever possible, they use parts from other, stripped down 'beyond
repair' bikes, in order to keep the 100% recycled ethos intact. Other projects include fully restoring bicycles which have been out of action for a while, whatever their condition, and custom building bicycles with some new parts (approx 40%) which have also had a respray.

Address: Smart's Place(entrance at end of street)

London WC2

Tel: 07935241928

Website www.lunar-cycles.com

Email: sam@lunar-cycles.com

Recycle-a-cycle

The London Borough of Merton run a successful project called 'Recycle a Cycle', based in Mitcham, Surrey. The project collects redundant bicycles from Merton's recycling centres and central police station, then takes them to a central location where young offenders refurbish the bicycles under the supervision of trained adult supervisors. Once cycles are refurbished and roadworthy they are given free to victims of crime on receipt of a crime reference number. The scheme is actively supported by the local police authority and promoted community support officers and Victim Support Merton. They do not sell to the public but wanted to be included in these lisitings, as they hope toexpand the Project in the future.

Addresss: Keith Filby, Road Safety Officer, London Borough of Merton, Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX.

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Email: keith.filby@merton.gov.uk Tel: 0208-545-3205,

Waltham Forest Bike Recycle Centre in Walthamstow, East London, is directly funded by the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Recycled bikes are available for members of the public. If you have a bike you would like to donate, bring it to the workshop. Members of the public can attend sessions to learn how to work on their own bikes with the assistance of a bike mechanic.

Address: Low Hall Depot, South Access Road E10 7AS (continuation of Markhouse Avenue off Markhouse Road) Website: www.bikerecycle.org Email: Christopher.rigby1@ntlworld Tel: 07948060473 (Fridays and Saturdays only) or Gina Harkell on 020 8496 6780 at other times.

BikeBack is the name of Life Cycle UK's new bicycle recycling project in Brstol... They also provide on-going opportunities for young people to gain work experience. Teenagers referred are able to help with the bike recycling. Renovated bicycles are given, free of charge, to local people to use for everyday transport, for leisure and for healthy recreation. Lifcycle particularly want to help those most disadvantaged in society: job seekers, low income families, students, refugees and asylum seekers, and people with health issues. They are not able to collect bicycles from individual households but do make periodic collections from large organisations that have quantities of bikes available. They also run practical activities such as cycle training, organise awareness-raising events, provide help with bike maintenance, and provide cycle maps and other literature, and organise conferences and seminars.

Address: The CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN

Website : www.lifecycleuk.org.uk

Tel: 0117 353 4580 – Email: post@lifecycleuk.org.uk

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Bike Recyling Projects was compiled by 1LessCar