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We've reached our initial target of £15,000, the minimum we felt we needed to survi...
Aim: Please help Bike for Good survive the winter! Donate any amount and GCC will match it. E.g £10 turns into £20.
About Us
Bike For Good is a cycling charity based in Glasgow using bikes to do good actions. Our mission is to enable people to ride a bike.
Founded in 2010, Bike For Good sell and service refurbished bikes, teach cycle mechanic skills, provide cycle training, and deliver community programmes, all to change lives for the better through cycling.
We have two cycling community hubs around Glasgow and welcome any new or existing cyclists to engage with us.
Our team comprises cycling enthusiasts with 85 volunteers and 40 employees.
We aim to foster an environment where cycling all year round is the norm, not the exception. We seek to address the imbalance in the cycling community and broader industry and create a healthier and more environmentally friendly Glasgow.
Unfortunately, we are facing the most challenging period since our inception 12 years ago!!
We need to raise £15 000 by the end of January to keep us going through the winter and deliver our current services in 2023!
We need your help now!
What went wrong:
Like many other UK businesses, our cash flow is plummeting, and our reserves are at an all-time low. More companies are now seeing their cash flow decreasing instead of increasing. One in three (32%) firms reported reduced cash flow over the last three months [Low profitability].
As a result, we need to raise £15 000 by the end of January to cover those extra costs, keep us going through the winter, and deliver our services in 2023!
Our longer-term plans:
Here is what we plan to do once we’ve got to the other side of the winter
We must raise £15 000 via the crowdfunding campaign to survive the winter without cutting critical services.
We’ll review what we sell in our shops. If profits on refurbished bikes are razor-thin, what can we do to keep them affordable to the public? We’ll look into selling new products such as e-bikes.
We’ll keep training our volunteers to help us refurbish bikes, keep the labour costs low, and upskill the community.
We’ll review all our services cycle training, Fix-Your-Own-Bike, and more to see what we should stop doing, keep doing or do differently.
We launched Scotland's first Cytech training academy in November. Although still in the start-up phase, this is to become a valuable new source of income.
We’re about to launch Scotland’s first bike subscription scheme, where users can access a fully serviced bike for a fixed monthly price.
What you can do to help us:
A variety of incentives are listed that we would love to offer you to redeem in our shops in the South or West of Glasgow. Anything you donate will help Bike for Good Survive the Winter!
Please help us!
We thank you in advance,
Bike for Good Team
Glasgow Community Climate Action Fund has provided £13,603 of match funding
Crowdfunder Cost of Living Emergency Fund has provided £500 of match funding