About Us
Re-Cycle receives used bikes in the UK and donates them to trusted partners in Africa.
What we do?
The ethos behind our work is sustainability. Re-Cycle works in partnership with four organisations across four different African countries, each one doing something inspiring and empowering with the bicycles we send them. All own and run bike social enterprises – this ensures that the bikes we provide can be repaired, distributed and maintained for a long time to come.
We send our partners bikes, spare parts and tools (for free) that can be sold for a fraction of market value via their bicycle social enterprise. Working in this way generates multiple outcomes:
- Affordable transport for the local community: New bike owner can access quality, affordable bikes and on-going repair services.
- Sustainable income: Our partners use the income from their bike social enterprises to fund work to help their beneficiaries.
- Local employment and skill development: Each partner employs local bike mechanics, some of which Re-Cycle has helped train.
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Capital to pay for the shipping of the next container of bikes: our partners are responsible for the shipping costs and onwards transport – an expense which can run into several thousand pounds depending on where they are located. As a result, all of our partners sell a number of the bicycles they receive to recover their investment and raise money to fund projects, buy materials and pay their local staff.
Re-Cycle supports this model of social-entrepreneurship, using a business model to achieve a charitable income.
It’s a hand up not a hand-out
Sustainability
Our History
Where we work
UK Operations
