Bikes for Refugees

Bikes for Refugees Bikes for Refugees refurbishes old, unwanted bikes for use by the refugee community in the Örebro län. What is Bikes 4 Refugees? What's the plan? Why?

It's a new multi-stakeholder project in Örebro that recycles and refurbishes old bikes, for use by the nyanlända (refugee) community. We are setting up a bike workshop at the Båtshagen accommodation centre near Frövi and will use this as a base to fix old bikes, sourced from housing associations, the police and the public. The nyanlända will be involved in refurbishing the bikes and in the operati

on of the workshop. Lots of reasons! The Båtshagen centre is 6km from Frövi and currently the people living there have to walk (or get a lift from the staff) just to go to a shop. So, on a practical basis, providing bikes will give the nyanlända the personal freedom to go where they want, when they want. We hope that this increased independence will improve their daily lives and allow them to more easily integrate into the local community. Nyanlända cannot work until their applications have been processed, meaning boredom is real problem. The workshop will provide an opportunity to do something productive. We believe that increasing the number of people who cycle is an important part of making Örebro a cleaner, greener, nicer place and we think that making old, unwanted bikes usable and giving them to people that don’t have bikes is a great way of getting more people cycling. How can you help? We need bikes! If you or someone you know has an unwanted bike to donate, please get in touch and we will come and collect it. If you are involved in an organisation (e.g. a housing association) that has many unwanted bikes, we will take them off your hands. We also need money for tools, parts, and for the general running of the organisation. As soon as we have our organisation number we will be ready for donations. We want to work with bike shops, sports associations, other not for profit organisations and pretty much anyone else who wants to be
involved, so if that’s you - let us know. :-)

Had a great donation recently by Eswegge Fastigheter AB in Örebro, 30 bikes that had been abandoned at various propertie...
10/10/2016

Had a great donation recently by Eswegge Fastigheter AB in Örebro, 30 bikes that had been abandoned at various properties. All are now either being used at Båtshagen or awaiting refurbishment. :-)

What a fantastic, generous donation by Mr Hellström this afternoon. Three working bikes and a load of parts including wh...
28/07/2016

What a fantastic, generous donation by Mr Hellström this afternoon. Three working bikes and a load of parts including wheels, brand new tyres, pedals, handlebars and more. Exactly what we need!

Great story about Bikes for Refugees in today's Örebro NA. :-)
22/07/2016

Great story about Bikes for Refugees in today's Örebro NA. :-)

Happy bike riders!https://youtu.be/YsjFVneq9dw
29/06/2016

Happy bike riders!

https://youtu.be/YsjFVneq9dw

Yusef and Hassan each received one of the latest refurbished bikes and they seem pretty pleased with them. :-)

These are the latest bikes that have been donated, repaired and are now at Båtshagen for use by the refugees.
28/06/2016

These are the latest bikes that have been donated, repaired and are now at Båtshagen for use by the refugees.

Massive thanks to sisters Elin and Karin for donating their late father's beautiful DBS bike. Doesn't look like there's ...
19/05/2016

Massive thanks to sisters Elin and Karin for donating their late father's beautiful DBS bike. Doesn't look like there's much wrong with it at all. :-)

I went to Båtshagen to meet people and help them fix some of the bikes that are already there.
16/05/2016

I went to Båtshagen to meet people and help them fix some of the bikes that are already there.

16/05/2016

Welcome to Bikes for Refugees, a new not-for-profit organisation based in Örebro, Sweden. We (Sam Usiskin and Dag Balkmar) are refurbishing old unwanted bikes, for use by the nyanlända (refugee) community in the Örebro län.

What's the plan?
We are setting up a bike workshop at the Båtshagen accommodation centre near Frövi and will use this as a base to fix old bikes, sourced from housing associations, the police and the public. The people living at Båtshagen will be involved in refurbishing the bikes and in the operation of the workshop.

Why?
Lots of reasons! The Båtshagen centre is isolated (6km from Frövi) and currently the people living there have to walk a long way just to go to a shop. Bikes provide the personal freedom to go where you want, when you want. Bikes increase independence, which improves lives and allows people to more easily integrate into the local community.
Nyanlända cannot work until their applications have been processed, meaning boredom is real problem - the bike workshop will provide an opportunity to do something productive.
We believe that increasing the number of people who cycle is an important part of making Örebro a cleaner, greener, nicer place and we think that making old, unwanted bikes usable and giving them to people that don’t have bikes is a great way of getting more people cycling.

How can you help?
We need bikes! If you or someone you know has an unwanted bike to donate, please get in touch and we will come and collect it. If you are involved in an organisation (e.g. a housing association) that has many unwanted bikes, we will take them off your hands.
We also need money for tools, parts, and for the general running of the organisation. We are in the process of finalising the official registration of our not-for-profit organisation (ideell förening) with the Swedish Tax Office (Skatterverket) and as soon as thats done we will ready to accept donations.
We want to work with bike shops, sports associations, other not for profit organisations and pretty much anyone else who wants to be involved, so if that’s you - let us know.

Brilliant first day at Båtshagen, fixing some of the bikes that are already there. Great people and plenty of work to do...
16/05/2016

Brilliant first day at Båtshagen, fixing some of the bikes that are already there. Great people and plenty of work to do.

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Båtshagen, Frövi
Örebro

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