how a bike changes a life.

We use bamboo bike-building to give practical skills and a way forward to people locked out of education — in schools before exclusion, and in prisons after. Same spine, two settings.

from bamboo to a changed trajectory.

1. input

   A workshop, bamboo, tools and a trained instructor — in a school, a community space or a prison industries workshop. Funded by kit and workshop sales, grants and partners.

2. activity

   Hands-on building: measuring, mitring, bonding and finishing a real bamboo frame. No prior experience — the craft is the teacher.

3. output

   A finished bike, a portfolio of work, and accredited learning — two OCN London Level 2 courses in prisons (Workshop Skills and Sustainable Manufacturing; Introduction to Product Design & Manufacture (Bamboo Balance Bike)), and schools programmes built to the same standard.

4. outcome

   Skills that map to real trades, confidence built by making something that works — and, inside prison, a family bond strengthened when the bike goes home with a Maker's child.

5. impact

   Better routes into work, education and training — and a contribution to the two levers the evidence says matter most on release: employment and family ties. We contribute to these outcomes; we don't claim them alone.