Friday 6th May 2022 Day 2 of training today and final day in South Africa. The BECs owners arrived promptly at 9am to start training following a very successful day yesterday. The things that they covered today included headset bearings, wheel hub bearings, tubeless tyre systems, gear adjustments and they also talked about chain …
Thursday 5th May 2022 Today is training day! This is where Chris comes into his own. When we arrived at BEN HQ at 9.15am the BECs owners were ready and waiting for their day of training. After introductions, Chris set up his training area and introduced the participants to his format for …
Wednesday 4th May 2022 Today is our ‘on the road’ day! We were picked up at 8am and taken on a trip around 5 different townships to visit some of the BECs that BEN work with along with some other bike entrepreneurs that BEN work with. We started with visiting James who was …
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 Today is our first day in the field with our partners at BEN SA. This morning we met the BEN team at their HQ in Marina da Gama. We exchanged gifts including t-shirts, water bottles, pens and keyrings and we were introduced to some locally made cakes – Koeksister …
Re-Cycle’s Corporate Partner, Chimney Fire Coffee, a Surrey roastery has become one of only 700 businesses in the UK to be awarded B Corp status, an international commendation of its social and environmental performance. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, Chimney Fire Coffee near Dorking was founded in 2017 and has become Surrey’s fastest growing coffee roastery …
Re-Cycle’s Corporate Partner Are Now B Corp Certified! Read More »
We were delighted to launch our maiden Re-Cycle Sportive event in partnership with a local cycling club – VC Revolution, on Saturday 2nd April. There were 2 routes available, a 45-mile and a 60-mile ride and each route started and finished at our warehouse in Wormingford. We were fortunate to have great weather and …
Huge thank you to all our UK Partners At Re-Cycle we really appreciate every bicycle donated to us. Some are brought directly to our warehouse from individuals, some are one-off bulk donations and others are donated via our valued UK partnerships. We have 2 main corporate bike donor partners, Gladwells Pet and Country Stores, and …
Village Bicycle Project Supplied Bicycles to Students Teachers and Pastors at Afadjato South District in The Volta Region of Ghana. VBP’s first program for the year took place in Ve-Agome, a small village in the Afadjato South District in the Volta Region of Ghana from the 12th to 15th of June 2022. This program …
VBP Supplies Bikes to Students, Teachers & Pastors Read More »
The first field trip of 2022 was a visit to our partner, The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Cape Town, South Africa and took place from Saturday 30th April to Saturday 7th May 2022. Chris, Our Workshop Mechanic accompanied Charlotte, our Africa Partner Manager on this trip to meet the team and carry out …
Field Trip to The Bicycle Empowerment Network, South Africa Read More »
For the past 13 years 2 cycle enthusiasts Sven Gade and Frank Scharlau, have cycled across Europe raising funds for Re-Cycle. They started in Glasgow in 2010 and cycled for 5 days each year, finally finishing in Istanbul at the point where Europe meets Asia. The original plan was to do the challenge over …
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