By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
Andy Chivers of Cyclox volunteers as a mechanic Kathryn McNicoll, of Cyclox, and Josh Lenthall, of Active Oxfordshire, celebrate the first anniversary of an important cycling project. One year on from the start of the Bikes for Key Workers project we have handed out our last bike to a key worker, making the total in Oxford 345 bikes. With the Windrush Bike Project in Witney refurbishing at least 100 bikes, and the Bicester project over 60, that means 500 bikes county wide. In Oxford, the project was made possible through the collaboration between Cyclox and Active Oxfordshire and the generosity of donors and volunteer mechanics.
By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425 200th Keyworker receives bike - pictured from right to left: JR Neurology ITU keyworker Agnes and niece Emily, bike donor Judy, and volunteer mechanic Sara Kathryn McNicoll celebrates the success of the Bikes for Key Workers project but warns that bikes thieves are still operating. The Bikes for Key Workers Project is drawing to a close after 340 bikes were handed out in Oxford in 10 months. It has been a wonderful, heart-warming project bringing together generous donors, magnificent volunteer bike mechanics and very grateful key workers. But there is just one downside: bike theft.