Bikes for the Community
Life Cycle is a Bristol-based charity with a mission to transform lives and the environment through cycling. They help individuals unlock the environmental, financial, and wellbeing benefits of cycling, regardless of their background.
Project Overview
Their support today will help get people cycling while also backing social impact projects and enhancing sustainable transport in Bristol. With this assistance, they will recycle 20 bikes through their in-prison bike workshop, saving tons of metal from landfill, reducing carbon emissions from travel, and helping lift individuals out of transport poverty.
They are promoting sustainable, thriving, and connected communities by:
1) Reducing travel-related carbon emissions: Each person who learns to cycle or receives a recycled bike is empowered to use green transport instead of fossil fuel alternatives. Recycling each bike saves the emissions associated with manufacturing a new one. In the bike's first year of use, traveling by bike instead of car can save an average of 150 kg CO2e from being emitted, resulting in a total of 3,000 kg CO2e saved from the 20 bikes.
2) Saving metal from landfill: Their bikes are recycled through the in-prison bike workshop, where prisoners gain new skills and acquire professional-standard bike mechanic qualifications. On average, each recycled bike saves 15.2 kg of metal from landfill, totaling 304 kg of metal saved from 20 bikes.
3) Empowering climate action: Sustainable transport is often a privilege. By helping make cycling affordable for 20 individuals, their support will inspire a practical climate solution that addresses both health and poverty.
“Everyone benefits: prisoners learn new skills, the public can buy affordable bikes, road users benefit, and so does the environment. It's just so wholesome.” – Sarah, Bikes for the Community recipient.
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