Southern Railway donate bikes abandoned at its stations to Cycling UK
'Build a Bike courses' by Southwark's Community Cycleworks teach young people maintenance skills
15 youngsters will get to keep the bike they renovate
Fifteen young people in south London will learn cycle maintenance skills and earn a renovated bike of their own, thanks to a partnership between Cycling UK and Southern Railwa
Southern Railway has forged four new recycling partnerships with charities who will restore bikes abandoned on the railway to support their vital community work across Sussex, Surrey and south London.
All four charities run bike recycling programmes, and every month Southern will donate up to 30 bikes from its stock of abandoned and unclaimed machines to each charity in turn.
The train compa
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Three delighted NHS staff at Biggleswade Hospital are now enjoying free bicycles, thanks to a partnership scheme between rail company Thameslink, Luton and Central Bedfordshire Councils to renovate abandoned bikes and donate them to key workers.
The project is one of a series of activities being run by Thameslink to support staff, passengers and local communities. The aim was to help hospital
Around 30 delighted NHS key workers at Bedfordshire hospitals are now travelling to work on free bicycles, thanks to a scheme to renovate abandoned bikes that is being run by Thameslink, Luton Council and Sustrans, the charity promoting cycling and walking.
Fittingly the project has completed its first batch of bikes in June, National Bike Month. As one of a series of activities being run by T
West Sussex County Council has issued the following press release about its partnership with Govia Thameslink Railway to restore abandoned bikes for NHS key workers: More than 40 abandoned bicycles have been renovated by Bikeability instructors for NHS workers in a scheme initiated by Southern Rail.
Thirty key workers at Bedfordshire hospitals could soon be travelling to work on free bicycles, thanks to a partnership between Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Luton Borough Council.