![]() I got to keep the bike too, which was great. It’s been good for my confidence, although I still find things hard it definitely helped. I’m quiet and can get anxiety easily, but the team were really helpful and taught me how to take a bike apart from scratch and build it back again, after only 4 sessions. ![]() ![]() Before doing this, I’d never had much interest in bikes and never done anything like this before. On my first day I met the mechanics, who were really kind and supportive and helped me pick out a bike to fix up. I was a bit nervous about getting involved to start with, as I didn’t really know what to expect. The Building Bridges scheme recommended that I try going to Julian House bike workshop, and at first I was thinking “no way am I doing that”. I’m socially awkward and find talking to people very difficult, which made school hard to deal with and affects me in lots of ways. What led me here in the first place was my anxiety issues. We spoke to Ben and Geoff who have recently completed the Build-A-Bike course, these are their stories: Ben, 17yrs old – Trowbridge The added bonus is that they get to keep the bike they have worked on! Employment support is provided throughout the course and attendance and AQA qualification are awarded on completion. The Bike Workshops provide customers with reliable and excellent value bicycles and maintenance and they also create opportunities for vulnerable people to train, gain confidence and get a positive lift back into independence and employment as part of our Build-a-Bike programme.īuild-A-Bike is a four-week course that has been developed in collaboration with our service users and is intended for people with a history of homelessness, an offending background, substance misuse or long-term unemployment.ĭuring the four-week course, participants work alongside a professional mechanic where they fully dismantle and rebuild a bike. Julian House has two full-service Bike Workshops in Bath and Trowbridge that sell new and professional refurbished bikes, have repair and servicing facilities, E-bike sales and hire and Bike Maintenance Courses.
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