Back 2 Bikes

Back 2 Bikes key objective is to offer 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.

Bike Rescue

Bike Rescue is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, which specialises in recycling bikes.

Bikes 4 All

Bikes 4 All is a Community Enterprise that gives bikes to children who don't have a bike but want to learn to ride safely. They also sell bikes and do repais.

Bikeworks

Bike Works is a Social Enterprise by Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets offering a range of services including cycle training, repairs, bike recycling, travel planning and sales of bikes.  They can receive and store parts, tools and mobile phones (preferably with chargers) for us but please do not take bikes as they only have limited space.

Bikeworks

Based in Whitehill Industrial Estate in Glenrothes, Bikeworks 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.

Black Environment Network

The Black Environment Network Recycle Project in Swansea

"The BEN recycle Project in Swansea takes in donations of unwanted bikes from the public to refurbish and repair in order to be able to supply them cheaply to low waged people, asylum seekers and refugees. Most people would much rather see their old bikes used than scrapped. The project rescues about 80% of the bikes and the rest are recycled into spares or scrap. All reusable bikes are refurbished and safety checked by a qualified bike mechanic and trained volunteers before being sold on for a nominal fee."

Blackbridge Bikes

Blackbridge Bikes is a social enterprise which is part of Merkinch Development Ventures that recycles and refurbishes bikes for sale to adults and children and runs bike maintenance classes.

Bristol Bike Project

The Bristol Bike Project a project based in Stokes Croft, aiming to provide free bicycles to underprivileged groups that would not otherwise have the opportunity to own a bicycle. People that would like a bike come to their workshop space and to work with the project overhauling their own bike which they may then take away with a quality lock and lights. All of the bikes are donated by the general public and are either unwanted and unused or require more work than they are worth.

Common Wheel Project, Bridgeton

Common Wheel Project is a charity based in Maryhill and Bridgeton, provide meaningful activity for people with mental illness by recycling and repairing old bicycles.

Common Wheel Project, Maryhill

Common Wheel Project is a charity based in Maryhill and Bridgeton, providing meaningful activity for people with mental illness by recycling and repairing old bicycles.

Cycle Re Cycle Bradford

Thanks to the support of the Bradford Council we receive bikes from their waste refuse sites along with bikes and parts donated by people. It is very surprising how good a condition some of the bikes that we are given are in. The best was a bike that had only been ridden twice!
These are recycled either by volunteers or volunteers working with young people. Once recycled these are either passed on to the young people who recycled them (if they do not have one), to socially disadvantaged people, passed to our Parent Project for them to use in their cycling promotion work or sold to bring in valuable funds.
As a part time charitable project we receive no regular or guaranteed income and selling the bikes brings in valuable funding to pay or running expenses and buy tools, parts and equipment. 
We also hold various structured sessions training cycle maintenance & repair as well as re cycling bikes. We can tailor make sessions to suit a groups needs, please contact us for details.

Cyclemagic

Cyclemagic is a not-for-profit organisation that runs projects including bike recycling, training, special needs and disabled cycling and cycling promotion. They also hire and sell bikes.

GREAN ReCycle

The GREAN ReCycle project refurbishes bikes that would otherwise be scrapped and landfilled.

The project has a well-equipped workshop and is run by the resident bike mechanic, an assistant and volunteers. Anyone interested in learning about bikes is welcome to get in touch.

The bike project also repairs bikes, with special rates for people on benefits. Most bikes are brought in to the workshop, but GREAN recycling vehicles can pick up bikes on their routes.

Gremlins Cycle Centre

"Interest has grown since the Spring of 2004 and Gremlins is now a Not-for-Profit Social Enterprise which has set up a training room to expand on the range of certificated and non-certificated training routes. Proficiency Training has also become a mainstay of our work.

We still accept donations of unwanted and unused bicycles and these are rebuilt by staff and volunteers. Once inspected and passed these are either given away, loaned or sold to help cover our running costs."

Jole Rider

Jole Rider is an education based organisation and registered charity, making positive changes by directly affecting the lives of children.  We do this through our education based programmes, involving the use of bicycles, enabling African children to get to school, books and resources to offer them more opportunities  to learn and also Xperience trips to Africa, to change peoples’ perspective of themselves and others.

Merlin (Re~Cycle's founder) met up with David and Helen, the founders of JOLE rider in the Gambia in 2004, and shared his take on setting up and running a bike reuse project.

They've been doing well since then, shipping bikes out and taking groups of UK school children to experience life in the Gambia.

Meadowbrook

A day centre for adults with learning difficulties that offer a drop off point for bicycles for us. Over the last few years they have collected and delivered to us several hundred bicycles for us to ship to Africa. Our thanks to all on the Island who contributed van hire, ferry crossing and diesel costs and of course bikes.

Necessary Furniture

Necessary Furniture is a charitable organisation set up to provide furniture and household goods (and bicycles) for the disadvantaged within the community.  In addition Necessary Furniture (in partnership with the relevant agencies) provides work experience for unemployed people.

OWL Bikes

OWL Bikes (Opportunities Without Limits) run a bike project based in Sawston just south Cambridge. They provide work, learning and leisure opportunities for disadvantaged and learning disabled adults and sell refurbished bikes to help fund the project. OWL Bikes donate used tyres and other spares to Re-Cycle.

Oxford Cycle Workshop

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 and doing everything we can to promote cycling in Oxford and beyond - particularly making cycling safe, easy and fun.
Established in 2002 they recycle bikes from a variety of local sources and run a busy repair shop. They run maintenance and cycle training classes and work with young offendors

Pedal Power

Pedal Power is a Lancaster Council bicycle recycling scheme. They especially welcome mountain bikes and BMXs (as long as they are not too rusty). All bicycles are then graded and checked and then either repaired and re-used, or dismantled for their recyclable parts. They sell a range of bicycles and also offer a wide range of volunteering and training opportunities for local children and adults.

ReCycle Bikes

Training
A vocational skills provider for Sheffield City Council and offer up to 9 places a day (Mon to Thurs) for 14 to 16 year olds. This is accessed through their school. The students study cycle mechanics but also work towards various ASDAN awards

Workshop
Accept donations of unwanted bikes which are refurbished/recycled. Offfer service and repairs for most types of bikes. Our mechanics are Cytech Level 2 Qualified and work to a high standard. Turnaround is quick and we carry a good stock of spares.

Shop
Offer for sale
-Refurbished second hand bikes, new bikes and spares and accessories etc.

Supporting Re-Cycle

Collecting bicycles and spare parts to be sent to us to ship out to Africa

Recycle Newport

Running since 2008, Recycle Newport takes in donated bikes and refurns them to a high standard. Many of the bikes are donated to diverse community groups, others are sold to the public at very low cost. Volunteers are given training in maintenance up to OCN standard and a free bike. They also deliver safe cycle training up to national standard.

Recycle Newport is a partnership project with South East Wales Racial Equality Council, Mentro Allan and Wastesavers.

Recyke Y'Bike

Recyke Y'Bike is a charity that runs a busy bike reuse and recycling project. They sell refurbished bikes and parts, run bike maintenance and cycle training classes and Dr. Bike sessions. They also very generously send bulk deliveries of bikes for us to ship to Africa, have donated much appreciated funds and we are delighted to work closely with them exchanging ideas, suggestions of best practice and mutual inspiration.

Recyke-a-bike

Recyke-a-bike is a cycle reuse project set up 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 and beyond.

Recyke-a-bike also sell reconditioned bikes and carry out repair bikes.

Re~Cycle

Re~Cycle is the charity that's setting up this global database of bike re-use groups.

You're on its web site, look around to find out more!

And please help with this database project and our How To guide.  Thanks

Southend ReCycle Centre

"Our ReCycle Centre will give your old ride a whole new lease of life, with fully-qualified Cytech technicians making sure it is fully serviced before selling them on at a low cost. So, not only are you doing something good for the planet, you're helping someone who can't afford to buy a new bike to get pedalling and stay healthy!

And, of course, if you're looking for a retro bike – or just one that's a bit cheaper – then the ReCycle Centre is the perfect place to visit. You can get in the saddle for less!

As the project grows in the future, the Centre will become a bigger part of the community, with more and more people getting involved and helping old bikes get a new life... and getting more riders on the road."

The Bike Station

The Bike Station is Scotland's premier bicycle recycling and cycle promotion charity. They provide a wide range of services including cycle training and bike maintenance training, Fix Your Own Bike sessions, organise guided rides, run Dr Bike sessions and sell refurbished bikes.

Waltham Forest Bike Recycling

Waltham Forest Bike Recycling is a scheme that recycles and refurbishes bicycles that are offered for sale locally. They also run bike maintenance training sessions. Workshop space is provided by Waltham Forest Council at its Low Hall depot.