CYCLE-R

Registered charity 1155932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

Cycle-R is a community recycling charity that collects old, used, damaged and scrapped bicycles and refurbishes them for re-use. Finished bicycles are sold at low prices, accessible to those on low incomes, as an affordable means of personal transport. Cycle-R will also provides gainful employment, volunteering and training within the community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO RELIEVE THOSE WITH A CHARITABLE NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY:A) SUPPLYING LOW-COST RECONDITIONED BICYCLES TO UNEMPLOYED AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE SO AS TO:(I) ENCOURAGE INCREASED FITNESS AND HEALTH-WELLBEING THOUGH CYCLING ACTIVITY;(II) REDUCE THEIR PERSONAL IMPACT OF CO2 EMISSIONS BY USE OF PERSONAL BICYCLE TRANSPORT INSTEAD OF CARBON-FUEL-BASED TRANSPORT;(III) REDUCE THEIR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS BY PROVIDING BICYCLES FOR THEIR USE; AND (IV) PROVIDE THEM WITH ADDITIONAL MEANS TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTHY RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE (WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE) THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THEIR REACH WITHOUT THE USE OF LOW-COST PERSONAL BICYCLE TRANSPORT.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY:A) PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN BASIC BICYCLE MAINTENANCE TO ENABLE BICYCLE OWNERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN BICYCLE;B) TRAINING BICYCLE MECHANICS THROUGH THE PRACTICAL LEARNING OF ADVANCED SKILLS IN BICYCLE MAINTENANCE;C) PROVIDING VOLUNTARY TRAINING & VOLUNTARY WORK OPPORTUNITIES;D) PROVIDING APPRENTICESHIPS; AND BYE) PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING THOSE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE INTO FULL OR PART TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CIO OR SUPPORTING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN GAINING EMPLOYMENT (PAID OR OTHERWISE) AT OTHER BICYCLE ESTABLISHMENTS.3) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY:A) RECONDITIONING BICYCLES FOR REUSE;B) RECYCLING OF USED AND SCRAP BICYCLES AND BICYCLE PARTS IN ORDER TO:(I) REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED BY USED BICYCLES GOING DIRECT TO LANDFILL; AND(II) THE SEPARATION OF BICYCLE SCRAP INTO CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS (FOR EXAMPLE STEEL, ALUMINIUM, RUBBER) TO IMPROVE THE RECYCLING OF THESE BASE MATERIALS.C) FUNDING OR WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE PROVISION OF BICYCLE PATHS, CYCLE ROUTES AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT ENABLE SAFE ACCESS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CYCLISTS AND OTHERS WHILST AT THE SAME TIME MINIMISING THE IMPACT OF CYCLE USAGE ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH APPROPRIATE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE.4) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BY:A) IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES FOR CYCLING, WITH EMPHASIS ON CREATING ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH REASON OF INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL EXCLUSION.B) REFURBISHING AND ADAPTING OF BICYCLES TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR WHO OTHERWISE REQUIRE A BICYCLE TO BE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE ONE.C) HIRE OF BICYCLES TO THOSE WHO CURRENTLY DO NOT OWN A BICYCLE SUITABLE FOR THE CYCLING ACTIVITY IN WHICH THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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4 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Jaitika Dhir
• Mandy Jane Taylor
• Richard William Leslie Lawrence
• Stuart Russell Taylor

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Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Telford & Wrekin · Walsall · Wolverhampton

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