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General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: ScumOfTheRoad on 29 September, 2018, 09:19:10 am

Title: Bikes for Refugees - Deptford. And me polishes halo.
Post by: ScumOfTheRoad on 29 September, 2018, 09:19:10 am

I saw the Bike Project when I was taking the MX5 in for an MOT.
https://thebikeproject.co.uk/blogs/news/the-bike-project-takes-over-the-world-well-deptford

Fantastic idea - take in discarded bikes, do them up and give them to refugees and asylum seekers who are penniless.
Scum now polishes his halo. Having a clearout, I realised I had not used my track pump in years. Similarly my toolbox with brand new pedal spanners, bottom bracket tools and a little grease gun.
Delivered these and a box of various inner tubes to the Bike Project.
They have loads of BSOs lined up outside for fettling. When I was there a lady was being handed a nice looking pink bike and being helped to get to the nearest train station for her journey home. Pat on the back to Bike Project.

Title: Re: Bikes for Refugees - Deptford. And me polishes halo.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 04 October, 2018, 07:55:16 pm

There's a similar organisation in Bristol, which started out with bikes for refugees but the idea has expanded quite a bit since then.
https://thebristolbikeproject.org/about-us/history/
Must be others in other places (I hope).