Bike refurb & repair charities

[annedonnelly]

I know a few people volunteer at or use bike repair charities. Would it be useful to have a pinned post listing the ones we know about with their locations?

I know of three in this area:

Recyke y'bike - shops in Byker, Newcastle and Chester-le-Street
WATBike - Kirkley, Northumberland
Cycling 4 Everyone - run a weekly pop-up repair and refurbishment shop in Hirst Park, Ashington.

EDITED: updated with link to list and to include map.

Please see this thread for the definitive list (so far)

We've also started building a map of the locations. As of 26/01/25 this is a snapshot of the map. There are over 150 pins so far!

Please continue to update this thread with new locations, deletions and amendments. If you have the opportunity to sanity check any of the locations/organisations please do so - it's likely that some have closed or moved and new ones opened.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There is a charity called "Wheels for All" that fixes and rents out bikes for disabled people
It is based in Warrington - Victoria Park
https://wheelsforall.org.uk/

They - or a similar one - used to operate in Victoria Park in Widnes - don;t if they are still there or not

 

[Windle]

resurrectionbikes.org.uk ~ Harrogate, situated in an old church, appropriately.

I've yet to visit as I suspect I'd not be coming away empty handed.....

 

[Drago]

Here's one in Northampton.

https://www.umbrellafair.org/bicycle-recycle

The sponduliks raised goes to local good causes.

 

[All uphill]

ressurectionbikes.org.uk ~ Harrogate, situated in an old church, appropriately.

I've yet to visit as I suspect I'd not be coming away empty handed.....

I must avoid Harrogate; if I accidentally went there I'd come home with the Roberts tourer and an order for a Spa Elan.

*pedantic note: it's resurrectionbikes. You might want to edit your link.

 

[Big John]

Here's one in Stafford :

https://www.back2bikes.org.uk/How_to_find_us.html

The site hasn't been updated for years but there is a contact number on there. I'm a volunteer. Refurbished bikes for sale, servicing, repairs and wheel builds. A few consumable items for sale such as tubes, chains, cassettes and a few rear mechs.

 

[Windle]

I must avoid Harrogate; if I accidentally went there I'd come home with the Roberts tourer and an order for a Spa Elan.

*pedantic note: it's resurrectionbikes. You might want to edit your link.

Cheers, I'd one too many es's and one too few ar's!

 

[Gunk]

I volunteer here, a great organisation run by some genuinely lovely people.

https://windrushbikeproject.uk/

 

[Jameshow]

https://upcyclemcf.org/

Margret Carey foundation
Shipley - West Yorkshire..

 

[All uphill]

This my local project. They do great work and have branches in Bridgwater and Taunton.

https://www.on-your-bike.co.uk/

 

[DCLane]

Streetbikes in Huddersfield - https://streetbikes.org.uk/affordable-bikes/

 

[Jenkins]

There's https://www.orwellmencap.co.uk/greenbike/ this side of Ipswich. I donated a couple of bikes for them to either sell or strip for parts, plus a backpack full of unused spares for them to use last autumn.

 

[All uphill]

Hmmm. I can feel an idea for an interesting bicycle tour forming.

Much more engaging to visit all these cycle projects than going to a load of boring cathedrals.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Don't know if this exactly fits the bill, but it's in the right ballpark: https://xobikes.com/about-us/

It's a charity that helps ex-offenders on their release from prison by providing training and employment in bike refurbing. They are in Wandsworth and Lewisham, S London.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I know of "cyclists fighting cancer" https://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ shops in Manchester, Stratford upon Avon and Cheltenham. Refurbed bikes get sold and the money goes to help children and their families who have cancer. There was one near me and I'd offered to help out, but it moved to Manchester. Some of the donated bikes when it was in Prestbury (very wealthy area) were very tasty indeed.