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We-Cycle
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Website	http://www.wecycle-melbourne.com/
Email	wecyclemelbourne(at)gmail.com
Founded	2016
Location	Gumbri (Batman) Park, 154 St George's Road, Northcote, VIC 3070, Australia
Language	English; French; Spanish, Italian, Bahasa, Chinese (sometimes);
Services Offered	Workshops; Bicycle Advocacy;
Mission Statement	Providing low-cost bicycles to marginalised members of our community

Latest revision as of 11:51, 13 November 2022

We-Cycle is a bike workshop in Melbourne, Australia repairing and supplying bikes to those in need.

Contact Info

wecyclemelbourne (at) gmail.com http://www.wecycycle-melbourne.com

History

We Cycle was founded by Craig Jackson (1971-2021<ref>https://www.mykeeper.com/profile/CraigJackson/</ref>) and Gayle Potts, who met in 2015 at the City of Darebin Community Leaders in Sustainability Program in Melbourne's inner north. They shared interest in promoting bicycles as an affordable and sustainable means of transport. In 2016 Craig and Gayle collected bicycles and worked (from their backyards) to repair and then re-home almost eighty bikes with refugees and asylum seekers who were referred to them by caseworkers from support agencies. In January 2017 WeCycle expanded and continued this work in a small vacant Council building in Gumbri (Batman) Park, Northcote. It is now a sustainable project, a registered Association with a Board, and annual reports are available. There is a team of regular and occasional volunteers, but no paid staff.

We-Cycle bike shed

Services Offered

Volunteers collect or receive, and then refurbish and distribute around 80-110 bikes a year to those in need across Melbourne. We-Cycle occasionally sells bikes or parts that cannot be re-homed, and assists local residents with inquiries. In 2021 it started running a monthly bike check scheme, with the Council. The shed is usually open 10am-3pm Saturdays, barring future pandemic shutdowns.

Outside the shed the volunteers have also designed bikes, adapted bikes for special needs, written a book (Cycle Zoo), toured the world by bike, and researched bike workshops worldwide.<ref>https://theconversation.com/bike-kitchens-the-community-run-repair-workshops-that-help-build-a-culture-of-cycling-169687</ref>

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 == History ==
-We Cycle was founded by Craig Jackson (1971-2021) and Gayle Potts, who met in 2015 at City of Darebin Community Leaders in Sustainability Program in Melbourne's inner north. They shared interest in promoting bicycles as an affordable and sustainable means of transport. In 2016 Craig and Gayle collected bicycles and worked from their backyards to repair and re-home almost eighty bicycles with refugees and asylum seekers referred by caseworkers from support agencies. WeCycle expanded and continued this work in a small vacant Council building in Gumbri (Batman) Park, Northcote in January 2017. We are a registered Association with a Board.
+We Cycle was founded by Craig Jackson (1971-2021<ref>https://www.mykeeper.com/profile/CraigJackson/</ref>) and Gayle Potts, who met in 2015 at the City of Darebin Community Leaders in Sustainability Program in Melbourne's inner north. They shared interest in promoting bicycles as an affordable and sustainable means of transport. In 2016 Craig and Gayle collected bicycles and worked (from their backyards) to repair and then re-home almost eighty bikes with refugees and asylum seekers who were referred to them by caseworkers from support agencies. In January 2017 WeCycle expanded and continued this work in a small vacant Council building in Gumbri (Batman) Park, Northcote. It is now a sustainable project, a registered Association with a Board, and annual reports are available. There is a team of regular and occasional volunteers, but no paid staff.
+[[File:We-Cycle.jpg|thumb|We-Cycle bike shed|left]]
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 == Services Offered ==
-Around ten to twenty volunteers collect, refurbish, and distribute around 80-110 bikes a year to those in need across Melbourne.  We occasionally sell bikes or parts we cannot re-home, and assist local residents with inquiries. In 2021 we started running a [https://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/Parking-and-transport/Sustainable-transport/Bike-riding/Bike-events monthly bike check scheme], with the Council. We usually open 10-3 Saturdays, unless there is a pandemic shutdown. Outside the shed our volunteers have also designed bikes, adapted bikes for special needs, written a book ([http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2021/08/cycle-zoo-book-is-out-isbn-9780648925248.html ''Cycle Zoo'']), [https://www.athousandturns.net/ toured] extensively, and [https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com researched] bike workshops worldwide.
+Volunteers collect or receive, and then refurbish and distribute around 80-110 bikes a year to those in need across Melbourne. We-Cycle occasionally sells bikes or parts that cannot be re-homed, and assists local residents with inquiries. In 2021 it started running a [https://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/Parking-and-transport/Sustainable-transport/Bike-riding/Bike-events monthly bike check scheme], with the Council. The shed is usually open 10am-3pm Saturdays, barring future pandemic shutdowns.
+Outside the shed the volunteers have also designed bikes, adapted bikes for special needs, written a book ([http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/2021/08/cycle-zoo-book-is-out-isbn-9780648925248.html ''Cycle Zoo'']), [https://www.athousandturns.net/ toured] the world by bike, and [https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com researched] bike workshops worldwide.<ref>https://theconversation.com/bike-kitchens-the-community-run-repair-workshops-that-help-build-a-culture-of-cycling-169687</ref>
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