Yate Community Bike Hub

We support our community and try to reduce transport poverty by:

1. Running Yate Community Bike Hub in Yate Shopping Centre, encouraging sustainable travel options for the whole community. This “one stop” home for cycling in Yate is open to the public three days a week to provide a welcoming and non-judgemental space to get information and advice about all forms of cycling.
2. Running regular Dr Bike Sessions and monthly free bike maintenance courses to the community, helping to improve skills and reduce maintenance costs for families

3. Organising family and community bike rides in the area, building social cohesion and confidence in using bikes to get around, tackling loneliness and improving physical and mental wellbeing.
4. Co-ordinating Rusty Riders skills and social sessions to encourage adults to return to cycling for fun and function.
5. Recycling unwanted bikes , by refurbishing them in our volunteer workshop. This enables us to give them away or sell at affordable prices to those who need them.
6. Providing a social bike oriented volunteer workshop for the community 3 times a week attended by 10-20 volunteers,. All ages are welcome but in particular this
space supports male retirees at risk of social isolation in applying their tremendous skills and knowledge to the good of the wider community.
7. Working with local schools to support work placements for young people with additional needs, Cycle2 School week and provide bikes, helmets and Dr Bike sessions to widen access to the in-school Bikeability training provided by South Gloucestershire Council. Our partners include local youth groups such as Scouts and Guides and specialist educational provisions Oakwood College, SGSE and Sheiling School