Shetland Community Bike Project is a cycle shop located in the centre of Lerwick. The shop has been recognised for its support for cycling in local communities, and key role in promoting cycling as a sustainable and healthy option for all.
As a core part of its work, the Bike Project provides opportunities for people with barriers to employment, helping them to reach their full potential through voluntary placements and training. Every year, the Bike Project helps more than 30 people gain practical work skills, confidence and experience through bike repair, and supports varied cycling events across Shetland.
Find out more: https://www.cycling.scot/news-and-blog/article/charity-empowering-more-women-to-cycle-recognised-as-scotlands-cycling-champion-awards-are-announced
The winners of the 2023 awards were announced at the Cycling Scotland conference in October 2023.
The awards are promoted and presented jointly by Cycling Scotland, Cycling UK, Scottish Cycling and Sustrans Scotland.
I’m carine Adamson the manager of the Shetland Community bike Project based here in larwick Shetland we have won the cyclin shop champion of the Year [Music] award we provide support to employment and voluntary placements for people that have got barriers to employment it could be anything like drug alcohol mental health we support on average maybe 36 people in the year at the moment we’ve got nine staff a pool of 10 volunteers and um they work done in the workshop and the work that they do is fixing up bikes the bike project attains various events during the year we have a mechanic that goes out to the schools and works with the road safety officer and delivers do bike they up to 250 uh bikes in a year and that works really well it’s like making sure that all the bikes that the children are going on is Road worthy and safe winning this award it’s good because it shows the recognition of all the hard work that has been put in by the staff volunteers the board of directors and really just able to recognize the what that we do in the community