The Residents of Michael House have been busy reconditioning unwanted bikes for rough sleepers and people within our local community for a nominal donation to cover the cost of parts.
Since starting the project in 2019, we have developed this initiative into a self-funding community project, with a view to helping more people to save their travel costs and further their move-on opportunities.
Residents are welcome to take part in this project and learn the skills of bicycle maintenance, whilst gaining confidence within a voluntary placement. All volunteers are able to elevate this activity to a training opportunity, with fully funded certificated assessment-based learning and/or online courses available.
During 2020, Michael House On The Move continued to operate and donated children’s bikes to families in need and free bike safety checks and services to local Key Workers.
Our most powerful intervention occurred (through Facebook) when we supported a single mum who could not afford to repair her daughter’s bike or the bus fare to get to school (£4.10 a day). We supplied a loan bike and serviced the bicycle for free.
If you would like to support this project or if you have an unused bicycle sitting in the shed destine for landfill, please make contact with Michael House or email: onthemove@michaelhouse.co.uk
Read about “Michael House: On The Move” in the news
- ASDA (Castlepoint) Facebook post – 7th October 2020
- Bournemouth Echo article – 10th March 2020