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Bristol Charity Advent Calendar 2022, day 6: Bristol Bike Project
Bristol Bike Project is a member-led co-operative repairing and rehoming bicycles within our city.
(Okay, this latest Charity Advent Calendar is not officially a charity; but let’s not split hairs as for more than a decade they have done extraordinary work repairing and rehoming unwanted bicycles.)
“We aim to help people from all walks of life get out on two wheels and for it to be an inclusive and empowering experience,” they say.
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Previously based at Hamilton House on Stokes Croft, the Bike Project’s new headquarters since 2021 have been on Stapleton Road in Easton.
Despite the change of location, their objectives remain fourfold:
Empowerment
“Empower people within our community by providing access to affordable and sustainable transportation, and encouraging an ethos of DIY and DIT (Do It Together!).”
Community
“Strengthen our community by providing an inclusive, vibrant and supportive workshop environment for people from all backgrounds to come and work alongside one another.”
Education
“Deliver an educational experience for all by creating opportunities to learn and develop lifelong bike maintenance skills, and offer people the opportunity to have contact with positive role models.”
Sustainability
“Promote sustainability by saving bicycles and their working parts from landfill, encouraging reuse wherever possible, and offering an alternative to buying new.”
Main photo: Bristol Bike Project
Read next:
- New home for Bristol Bike Project
- ‘Enabling people to walk, wheel and cycle safely should be the priority’
- Labour councillor calls Cycling Campaign ‘arrogant and dismissive’
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