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Life Cycle Bike Back bike recycling project operates in both Bristol and Derby. Unwanted bikes are donated by members of the public and are taken to HMP Bristol & HMP Stocken where they are stripped down, cleaned and rebuilt by prisoners. Prisoners learn employability and mechanical skill. In Stocken they achieve a City & Guilds Level 2, In Bristol a City & Guilds Level 1. When bikes leave the prison workshops they are checked and made ready for sale by volunteers. We have some limited opportunities for people on licence and ex-offenders to volunteer for us. We are planning to increase these opportunities significantly. Refurbished bikes are sold to members of the public at pop-up sales. Both projects have bikes available at low cost through the Wheels to Work scheme.
Contact
Work Tel. No.
0117 353 4580
office@lifecycleuk.org.uk
Website
In Brief
Charity Number
1077575
No. of Paid Staff
25
No. of Volunteers
100
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
Yes
Primary Field of Work
Training
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
East Midlands | Derby UA | Derbyshire | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | South West | Bristol, City of UA
Fields of Work
Collaboration and partnership working | Education | Prisons | Training
People you work with
Men | People on a short sentence | People on remand
Prisons
Aylesbury | Bristol | Stocken