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Re-cycle seeks new partners and drop-off locations for bike donations

Re-cycle Bikes to Africa bikes from Sierra Leone

Re-Cycle (Bikes to Africa) is on the lookout for new partners across the UK— people and places who can help collect and store donated bikes. Once a number of bikes have been gathered, Re-Cycle will arrange their collection and transport them to our warehouse, ready to be sent to communities …

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Re-Cycle sends first container of bikes to Africycle in Malawi

Re Cycle HERO 1 Re-Cycle sends first container of bikes to Africycle in Malawi

Re-Cycle, a charity based in Essex, has announced the shipment of its first container of bikes to a new partner in Malawi. The shipment of bikes is the result of a new partnership with NGO, Africycle, and is Re-Cycle’s 340th container of bikes to be shipped to Africa since it …

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Re-Cycle sends 150,000th bike to Africa

Director of Re Cycle Charlotte Ward and Warehouse Manager Mark Pamment loading the 150000th bike. Photo by Matt Grayson Re-Cycle sends 150,000th bike to Africa

Re-Cycle is celebrating a significant achievement: the shipment of its 150,000th bicycle to Africa. This milestone is a notable moment in the charity’s mission to provide sustainable transportation for individuals in need, while simultaneously reducing waste in the UK. Since its first container left the UK in 1998, Re-Cycle has …

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Re-Cycle bidding to raise £3,000 to support students in Africa with bicycles

Re Cycle Logo e1717498095985 Re-Cycle bidding to raise £3,000 to support students in Africa with bicycles

Re-Cycle, the Essex based charity dedicated to changing lives through the power of bicycles, is launching an ambitious appeal to raise £3,000 to give much needed pedal power to school children in Africa. The successful Cycle to School initiative, which has been running for numerous years, has been steadily transforming …

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Re-Cycle to sponsor Cycle Advocacy Award at the BikeBiz Awards 2024

Re Cycle Logo e1717498095985 Re-Cycle to sponsor Cycle Advocacy Award at the BikeBiz Awards 2024

Re-Cycle has been announced as the sponsor for the Cycle Advocacy Award at the BikeBiz Awards 2024, in association with Push. The Cycle Advocacy Award, in association with Re-Cycle will be open to any company advocating cycling throughout the UK to benefit the cycle industry members, e.g. promoting funding schemes, …

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Re-Cycle and Velo Club Revolution to host Spring Sportive, Chris Boardman set to attend

Chris Boardman Re Cycle photo Re-Cycle and Velo Club Revolution to host Spring Sportive, Chris Boardman set to attend

Re-Cycle, the UK charity which sends unwanted bikes to Africa, has teamed up with Colchester-based cycling club, Velo Club Revolution, to host its annual Spring Sportive on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Each year, the non-competitive cycling event raises funds to enable Re-Cycle, one of the UK’s largest bicycle charities, to …

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Greater Anglia donates more than 300 abandoned bikes to Re-Cycle

Greater Anglia donates more than 300 abandoned bikes to Re Cycle Greater Anglia donates more than 300 abandoned bikes to Re-Cycle

Greater Anglia has donated more than 300 bicycles to Re-Cycle, a charity which takes used bicycles and ships them to rural communities in Africa. The cycles were all abandoned and had been left at stations across the Greater Anglia network. Throughout 2020, the train operator carried out cycle tagging exercises, …

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