Do you live in or near Woodbridge?
We’re having a Bike Amnesty at this weekend’s Woodbridge Family Cycling Festival ( Sunday 15th, Kingston Fields, 11-4) . Please, please bring along any ratty, unused, unwanted bikes, and we will recycle them via the Re-Cycle charity – sending them in empty containers to people who could really do with them. It doesn’t matter if they need some work: they can be used!
The gift of a bicycle is incredible in many parts of the world. Health workers can visit remote communities to help people, and students and adults can save valuable cash that they might have had to spend on bush taxis, travelling to school and work.
There is no problem persuading people to ride bikes in Africa (unlike Suffolk!) – in fact, a bike is a very valuable possession. Re-Cycle partners with projects of various types in several African countries to give free or low cost bikes to nurses , health visitors or HIV workers, or provide essential transport to school children to help boost their attendance. And for a small farmer, a bicycle is invaluable for bringing crops to market – increasing income and improving the life chances of the whole family
Currently Re-Cycle is in desperate need of bikes. So if you have an old bike sitting in a shed somewhere, even if it needs remedial work Re-Cycle can send it where it will be hugely appreciated and make a massive difference. And if you tie a tag on it, giving your name, address and a little bit about you and your bike, you might get a letter back from the person who ends up using it!
Go on. Free up some space – and revolutionise someone’s life-chances !
