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01/08/2005: "Old Bikes, Good Cause"

If you have an old bike lying in your shed which you no longer need, then here's a way to help a good cause out;

The Disabled Motorcyclists Association based in Ashton,has received £30,000 over two years towards the salary of a Motorcycle Recycling Co-ordinator in collaboration with the Inside Out Trust to help raise funds from donated unwanted bikes.

The scheme known as the Motorcycle Recycle Scheme (MRS) provides unwanted motorcycles donated by the public, to a number of prisons throughout England where they are revamped back to their former glory. The work is carried out by inmates with the help and supervision of the teaching engineers, who help the inmates to learn engineering skills.

The bikes are then MOTd by the DMA with support from another charity, the Inside Out Trust and then they are sold on with the profits going back to the charity.

The Vice chair of the DMA Martin Connor commented:

Its really is good news for everyone concerned that we have received this grant we can now move the scheme forward and hopefully roll it out to other prisons and we thank the Foundation for their support.

Any bikes that you think maybe of use please contact the office on 0161 214 8314 or email: [email protected]. www.thedma.org.uk