Recirculate project gifts bikes to staff at Pinderfields Hospital for second year
For the second year running, bikes have been gifted free of charge to members of staff at Pinderfields Hospital.
The Recirculate project follows a ‘donate, renovate, locate’ model, and aims to reduce waste and increase sustainability.
Donations of unwanted bikes are sourced from the wider community and renovated by prisoners in bike workshops.
The refurbished bikes are then located with NHS workers who are planning to use the bikes to cycle to work.
Following the success of the scheme last year, there was a huge volume of applications for renovated bikes from hospital staff.
Bikes were allocated using a range of criteria to ensure they were gifted to those most in need, including those on lower salary bands and who would be using the bike for their commute to work.
Following renovation at HMP Humber, the bikes were presented to staff at the end of July during a giveaway presentation day at Pinderfields Hospital.
18 members of staff at from the Mid Yorkshire Trust were gifted renovated bikes.
These included clinical and non-clinical staff from a range of different areas across the Trust.
A further 10 refurbished bikes will be given to staff in the coming days, bringing the total number of bikes gifted at Mid Yorkshire to 52.
Nicola Meadley, project manager for Recirculate, said: “The demand for the renovated bikes was higher this year – hopefully staff are realising this is a genuine offer and are seeing their colleagues enjoying the benefits of cycling.
"Despite having given away so many bikes, seeing someone riding away on their ‘new’ bike with a big smile on their face is still a great moment.”