Donate your unwanted bike today.

Your bike will support a prisoner to make a fresh start, while lifting local people out of transport poverty. Each bike is recycled, used as a training tool at our prisoner rehabilitation project, then returned like new, to the community.

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Bring your bike to Life Cycle.

We'll take it to local prisons.

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Prisoners give it a Gold Service - to run like new.

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Prisoners earn a Cytech qualification – so they can build a brighter future.

The bike comes back to our workshop.

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Bikes are quality assured by our expert mechanics.

Then returned to the community

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Either: Sold at affordable prices.

Or: Subsidised for people on low incomes and refugees

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The results: Cleaner air, healthier people, happier communities.

Find your drop off point

And when you get there, don’t forget to Gift Aid. With Gift Aid your bike donation will go further at no extra cost to you.

Life Cycle Hub

Bristol

Drop off your bike 24-hours per day, seven days a week

The Create Centre

Bristol

Leave your bikes by the Life Cycle sign next to the ground floor lift. We’re open Mon - Fri, 9 am - 5 pm.

Dott Operations Centre

Bristol

Drop off within Dott's opening hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4.30 pm.

Bath Spa Station

Bath

Please find a member of GWR staff within Bath Spa's opening hours: 7 am - 9 pm seven days a week.

Pickering’s Bikes

Derbyshire

Speak to the friendly shop team. Open 10 am - 5.30 pm, Mon - Sat.

Do check…

Check your bike

We’re grateful for every donation, but we’re not able to take bikes that are very rusty or unsuitable to refurbish.

Not sure your bike is OK?

Send a photo to 07884 990 920 and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

See abandoned bikes?

If you have or know of larger stocks of unwanted or abandoned bikes, we’d love to help! Please email us.

What happens next?

Your bike will be refurbished by prisoners as part of their Cytech accredited training - helping them get back on their feet. Once refurbished it will be sold at our Hub or given away to someone in need.

Make your bike go further with Gift Aid

Fill out a Gift Aid form and we’ll get an extra 25% of funds when we sell your refurbished bike. Your donation will go further and reach even more people in need.

Gift Aid now