Bikes Supporter - Bikes@Syd programme
Southern Youth Development (SYD) is a youth development trust working with rangatahi towards their success. The Bikes@Syd programme aims to empower rangatahi to achieve success and make a sustainable difference to the local community. All rangatahi involved in this programme gain lifelong skills by learning how to maintain and care for a bicycle. Each year at least 500 bicycles go into landfill. Southern Youth Development works with rangatahi (youth/ young people) to collect bicycles from the landfill to restore, recycle and gift them back out to people who need them.
SDY teach everything including learning how to use tools, maintaining and understanding the mechanisms of a bicycle. The Bikes@Syd programme strives to provide positive social impact outcomes including empowering rangatahi and their whanau to be more active everyday.
You don't need to be a bike mechanic to help out, here are some of the jobs they need help with;
- Stock taking
- Bike logistics
- Bike component harvesting
- Scrapping bikes
- General assistance at our workshop.
Why volunteers enjoy this role
- Volunteers will benefit from bike maintenance training from our mechanics
- Leadership skills leading rangatahi through problem solving and a sense of fun!
- Sense of accomplishment that they have recreated something new
- Reduce waste by lessening the impact of bike waste on the environment
- Encourages the use of alternative transport
- Getting bikes to people who need them
Requirements
- Enthusiastic
- Passionate about getting more people on bikes
- Ability to work with rangatahi (youth)
A Police background check is required for this role.
Time commitment
There are weekly, monthly and event based volunteer options available.
Helpers for Tuesday sessions, which need some volunteer help including:
- After school programme 3.30pm-5.30pm.
School holiday events
Monthly salvage events at Green Island Landfill.
To get started click the link https://volunteersouth.org.nz/roles/2764/bikes-supporter-bikes-at-syd-programme
